| language, meeting needs of patient (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 23) |
| laparoscopy images (Audio and Visual Recordings, paragraph 5) |
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| law |
and life-prolonging treatment (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 8)
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applying to the courts for consent (Consent, paragraph 26)
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for controversial treatments (Consent, paragraph 26)
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in children (Consent, paragraph 24)
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case law on life-prolonging treatments (Withholding and Withdrawal, Appendix A)
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law, court rulings |
assessment of capacity (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 51)
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for life-prolonging treatments in children (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 75-76)
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on best interests (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 18)
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on child's best interests (Consent, paragraph 24)
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on permanent vegetative state (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 82)
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disclosure and public interest (Gunshot wounds, paragraph 6)
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disclosure of information to courts (Confidentiality, paragraphs 19-20)
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disclosure of information required by (Confidentiality, paragraph 18)
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employment equality and health and safety laws (Management, paragraph 12)
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for capacity in children (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 70)
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keeping up to date with (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 13)
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keeping up to date with (Management, paragraph 41)
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on disclosure of information (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)
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on permanent vegetative state (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 82)
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on provision of artificial nutrition (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 81)
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on slimming clinics (Prescribing, paragraph 44)
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patient rights protected in law (Consent, paragraph 2)
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relevant to prescribing (Prescribing, paragraph 2)
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reporting criminal proceedings (Reporting Convictions, paragraphs 1-9)
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statutory requirements for consent (Consent, paragraph 30)
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| leading a team |
leading a team (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 42)
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leading a team (Management, paragraphs 49-50)
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| learning difficulties and research (Research, paragraph 43) |
| learning from mistakes (Management, paragraph 50) |
| legal advice when resolving disagreements on best interests (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 59) |
| legal rights in research (Research, paragraph 20) |
| licences, prescribing outside terms of (Prescribing, paragraphs 19-20) |
| life insurance, medical reports and confidentiality (Confidentiality FAQs, question 13) |
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| life support |
dilemmas associated with (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 2-3)
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withdrawal of (Consent, paragraph 26)
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| life-prolonging treatments |
accountability (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 95)
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accountability for withholding or withdrawing (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 30)
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artificial nutrition and hydration (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 78-83)
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assessment of capacity to decide on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 49-52)
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benefits vs burdens (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 10)
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best interests of patient (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 53-55)
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cardiopulmonary resuscitation (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 84-94)
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communicating decisions (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 60-62)
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consensus on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 56, 57)
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ethics of withholding (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 4)
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in competent patients (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 13)
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in patients who lack capacity (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 14-15)
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initiation of in emergencies (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 21)
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legal background (Withholding and Withdrawing, Appendix A)
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options for (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 36-38)
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patient care (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 1)
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prognosis and choice of (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 33-35)
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provision of artificial nutrition and hydration (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 22-24)
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recording decisions on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 63)
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responsibility for decisions on (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 32)
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review of provision (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraph 20)
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reviewing decisions (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 64-65)
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seeking patient's views (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 41-43)
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sensitivity when discussing (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 44-48)
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starting then stopping (Withholding and Withdrawing, paragraphs 19-21)
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| line management, within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 3) |
| line managers, within multi-disciplinary teams (Accountability in multi-disciplinary teams, paragraph 1) |
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| living wills, see under advance statements |
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| litigation |
law on disclosure of information (Confidentiality FAQs, question 21)
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provision of information for (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 67)
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| living wills, see under advance statements |
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| locums |
appraisal of (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 18)
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taking up locum posts (Good Medical Practice, paragraph 49)
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