Healthcare Law and Ethics: Principles & Practices(電子書)

The rapid developments of electronic communication in the past decades have resulted in a huge amount of clinical knowledge becoming readily available to patients and the general public. At the same time, with the increasing number of complaints and court cases relating to healthcare disputes, knowledge in healthcare ethics and law is increasingly important in the education, training and practices of lawyers as well. This book aims at helping healthcare practitioners (HCPs) to gain some basic and practical knowledge in the two important areas of clinical ethics and laws, so that they will become better practitioners upholding the standard of care, concentrate on taking care of their patients and stay away from unnecessary legal battles.

James Shing Ping CHIU
Dr. James S P Chiu is an Honorary Assistant Professor of the Medical Faculty at the University of Hong Kong. He was the first Adjunct Assistant Professor in mediation course at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and is a professional mediator. He co-chairs the Professionalism & Ethics Committee at the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine. He is a medical assessor in Inquiry Panels and a member of the Preliminary Investigation Committee 1 of the Medical Council of Hong Kong.

Albert LEE
Professor Albert Lee is Emeritus Professor of Public Health and Primary Care of the Chinese University of Hong Kong and Honorary Professor of Department of Rehabilitation Science of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He is an International Member of the National Academy of Medicine, USA and Fellow of Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, UK. He is an enrolled Barrister and Solicitor (New Zealand) and Legal Practitioner (NSW, Australia).

Kar-wai TONG
Dr. Kar-wai Tong was a healthcare manager. He is an enrolled barrister and solicitor (New Zealand) (non-practicing), a legal practitioner (New South Wales, Australia) (non-practicing), a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK), and an accredited general mediator (Hong Kong).

The book is intended to be a reference for professional legal practitioners, post-graduate and undergraduate students in related fields of study.