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

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Ernest Owusu-Dapaa

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Law; Lancaster University Ghana

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

Suggested Citation

Owusu-Dapaa, Ernest, Medical Law in Ghana (April 4, 2014). International Encyclopaedia for Medical Law, pp. 5-6, Herman Nys, Roger Blanpain and Michele Colucci, eds, Kluwer Law International, 2014, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2420576

Ernest Owusu-Dapaa (Contact Author)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Faculty of Law ( email )

Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
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HOME PAGE: http://www.knust.edu.gh/pages/

Lancaster University Ghana ( email )

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