Physicians - Legislation & jurisprudence
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Australian professional practice bodies and the tort of negligent investigation.

30 Jul 2009 The New South Wales Supreme Court has examined the statutory and common law duties of the New South Wales Health Care Complaints Commission and the New South Wales Medical Board in the recent case of Attorney General (NSW) v Bar-Mordecai [2008] ... Read more...

Full steam ahead on the SS "external regulator"? Mandatory reporting, professional independence, self-regulation and patient harm.

30 Jul 2009 Mandatory reporting by medical practitioners of their colleagues who demonstrate poor clinical performance, are intoxicated while working or have sexual relations with patients, has been recently legislated for in New South Wales, and is likely to ... Read more...

[Contract instead of regress : Possibilities for mutually agreed termination of benchmark checking procedure for prescriptions]

30 Jul 2009 The law in section 106 paragraph 5d of the Code of Civil Law provides for various possibilities for a mutual agreement to terminate the unpleasant benchmark checking procedure of prescriptions. This does not as otherwise lead to establishing a ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Physicians - Legislation & jurisprudence'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• [Physicians' legal rights are weak] 24 Oct 2009
• When a patient chooses death: divided attitudes. 29 Sep 2009
• Opioid prescribing challenges doctors. 19 Sep 2009
• Money in biomedicine: The senator's sleuth. 15 Sep 2009
• Trust, but verify. 15 Sep 2009
• Physician seeks inquiry into ordeal. 13 Sep 2009
• KMA Legal Trust Fund protects physicians' rights. 30 Aug 2009
• The treating piysician as a witness. 30 Aug 2009
• Australian professional practice bodies and the tort of negligent investigation. 30 Jul 2009
• Full steam ahead on the SS "external regulator"? Mandatory reporting, professional independence, self-regulation and patient harm. 30 Jul 2009
• [Contract instead of regress : Possibilities for mutually agreed termination of benchmark checking procedure for prescriptions] 30 Jul 2009
• The end of compulsory retirement? 30 Jul 2009
• Doctors with disabilities: licensed to practice? 30 Jul 2009
• Physicians fight back against disclosure rules. 28 Jul 2009
• [Reimbursement for result reports for the instruction of the courts. Decision of the Regional Welfare Court of Schleswig-Holstein from December 10, 2008] 21 Jul 2009
• A review of the federal guidelines that inform and influence relationships between physicians and industry. 8 Jul 2009
• Legal remedies for online defamation of physicians. 29 Jun 2009
• Changes in courts underscore need to evaluate policy limits and protect your assets. 29 Jun 2009
• Noble intentions can be dangerous. 29 Jun 2009
• Conflict of interest rules seen by some as too stringent. 29 Jun 2009

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Technical information about 'Physicians'

Definition: Individuals licensed to practice medicine.

Descriptor UI: D010820

Alternative terms: Physicians; Physician;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.526.485.810; N02.360.810;

Technical Notes: /educ = EDUCATION, MEDICAL or its specifics; Manual 35.2.3; in biographies: Manual 32.16.7; when not to use: Manual 34.11.1; "role of physician in ..." = PHYSICIAN'S ROLE: see note there