Medico Legal Aspects Of Dermatology & Plastic Surgery 1st/2019

Key Features

• This book on medicolegal issues seeks to educate doctors on this vital and fast changing subject.
• The book, holds relevance for all medical practitioners, both government and private, to understand the dynamic, ever-changing norms and adopt necessary strategies to minimize risk and maximize outcomes.
• The book has 52 chapters in three sections. Section 1 deals with general medicolegal issues which are relevant to all doctors such as consent, practice management, malpractice and 
• negligence, liability-both civil and criminal, social media, clinic regulations, pharmacies and dispensing, consumer courts, advertisement, ethics, quackery, compensation, legal aspects of medical research, photography and confidentiality, and dealing with legal cases.
• Sections 2 and 3 deal with specific issues of relevance to dermatology, in particular dermatologic surgery and aesthetic dermatology, and plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery in important diseases, procedures, surgeries and situations.
• New issues such as advertisements, social media are also included.
• Key Objectives have been provided in the beginning of each chapter for a quick glance.
• Supplemented with Important Boxes highlighting Key Points, Case Reports and Examples.
• Enhanced with Figures, tables and flowcharts for interesting reading.
• References for further reading have been given at the end of each chapter.
• The authors for this compendium are all eminent doctors who have been handpicked, based on their noteworthy expertise in the fields of medicine and law.