Medical law
Medical law is a branch of law that focuses on issues related to health care, patient rights, bioethical issues, and medical practice. It is a field that integrates medical science and law.
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Medical law covers a wide range of issues, from patient confidentiality and patients' rights to medical malpractice and medical negligence. It also includes issues related to bioethics, such as organ donation, genetic engineering, assisted reproduction, and euthanasia.
Patient Rights[edit | edit source]
Patient rights are the legal and ethical rights of patients, and vary between different nations and jurisdictions. Patient rights cover a number of aspects of a patient's interactions with health care providers, such as the right to privacy, the right to information, the right to refuse treatment, and the right to receive appropriate care.
Medical Malpractice[edit | edit source]
Medical malpractice is a legal cause of action that occurs when a medical professional deviates from standards in his or her profession, thereby causing injury to a patient. Medical malpractice law provides a way for patients to recover compensation from any harms resulting from sub-standard treatment.
Bioethics[edit | edit source]
Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues emerging from advances in biology and medicine. It is also moral discernment as it relates to medical policy and practice. Bioethicists are concerned with the ethical questions that arise in the relationships among life sciences, biotechnology, medicine, politics, law, and philosophy.
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