Role of the Health Care Professional

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shirley M. Neitch ◽  
David P. Elliott ◽  
Barbara L. Nunley ◽  
Constance R. Wiener
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professional

Practicalities around time of death

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard D.W. Hain ◽  
Satbir Singh Jassal
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Child Death ◽  
The Body ◽  
Good Death ◽  
Tissue Donation ◽  
Time Of Death ◽  
Post Mortem ◽  
Correct Procedure

In helping children to have a ‘good death’, it is vitally important to understand the practical issues around death. Parents often have little or no understanding of this and will look to the health-care professional for guidance. When done well, the parents are left unaware of the complexities involved. However, when done badly, the parents can be left feeling very upset. Predicting the time of death for a child is notoriously difficult, and this issue is addressed by this chapter. A detailed overview of practicalities around the time of death is provided, with information on the correct procedure before death, certifying and registering a death, cremation, organ and tissue donation, and transporting and looking after the body. Further practicalities, including the post-mortem, the role of the coroner, and the role of the Child Death Overview Panel, are also covered.

Patient incompetence and substitute decision-making: an analysis of the role of the health care professional in Dutch law

Health Policy ◽  
2005 ◽  
Vol 73 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sander P.K. Welie ◽  
Joseph Dute ◽  
Herman Nys ◽  
Frans C.B. van Wijmen
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Health Care Professional

The Ethical Health Lawyer

2006 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 624-628
Author(s):  
Robert Schwartz
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Professional ◽  
Care Provider ◽  
Code Of Ethics ◽  
Good Doctor ◽  
The Law ◽  
Risk Managers ◽  
Information Providers ◽  
Legal Consequences

What happens when being a good doctor requires being a bad citizen? What should a doctor do when living up to the requirements of a professional code of ethics or staying true to deeply held personal values requires breaking the law? What should a health care professional do when the appropriate conduct in a particular case is inconsistent with a more generalized principle that has been incorporated into law? Further, what is the role of the ethical health lawyer who advises a health care provider facing such a dilemma?As health care lawyers advising individuals and institutions, is it our job to advise our clients of all the options available to them, and all the potential legal consequences, or is our role simply to keep our clients acting within the law? Are we information providers, policy counselors, risk managers, or some combination of these?

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