Medical Law in Ghana
International Encyclopaedia for Medical Law, pp. 5-6, Herman Nys, Roger Blanpain and Michele Colucci, eds, Kluwer Law International, 2014
Posted: 15 Apr 2014 Last revised: 2 Jul 2014
Date Written: April 4, 2014
Abstract
After a general introduction, the book systematically describes law related to the medical profession, proceeding from training, licensing, and other aspects of access to the profession, through disciplinary and professional liability and medical ethics considerations and quality assurance, to such aspects of the physician-patient relationship as rights and duties of physicians and patients, consent, privacy, and access to medical records. Also covered are specific issues such as organ transplants, human medical research, abortion, and euthanasia, as well as matters dealing with the physician in relation to other health care providers, health care insurance, and the health care system.
Keywords: Medical Law; Ghana; healthcare law; Patient rights; Regulation of Medicine; informed consent; organ transplantation in Ghana; reproductive rights
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