Law
Case law and legislation can change the way healthcare is provided. This section looks at key legislation, such as Data Protection Act 1998, and the impact these laws have on medical practice.
Advice articles
- Changes to doctors’ duty to notify specified diseases - 12 April 2010
- Are you licensed for Lourdes? - 26 February 2010
- Incapacity and the law in Scotland - 27 November 2009
- Junior doctors indemnity unaffected by European working time directive - 3 September 2009
- NHS constitution sets out expectations of NHS staff - 2 July 2009
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Case histories
- Granting a deathbed wish - 1 May 2009
- A rarity within a rarity: when presenting symptoms don't quite add up - 31 August 2004
- Missed femoral epiphyseal fracture - Hotson case - 1 January 2002
- Dissatisfaction with surgery 8 years later - 1 January 2002
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