Medicine
Antimalarial Measures, Fevers Treated With Antimalarial Drugs (in the Human Development Area)
In this context, Medicine means: the percentage of children under age five who were ill with fever in the two weeks before the survey and received antimalarial drugs.
Antimalarial Measures, Use of Insecticide Treated Bednets (in the Human Development Area)
In this context, Medicine means: the percentage of children under age five sleeping under insecticide treated bednets.
Law and Medicine
Contents of Law and Medicine
Contents of this subject matter include:
- Introduction to Health Law- What are the major legal and ethical issues? How does Bioethics play a role?
- The legal duties of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals/The role of Inquiries/disciplinary matters
- Consent to medical procedures-adults, children and the mentally incompetent
- Doctor s duty to provide information-negligence issues and defenses
- Injuries caused by Medical Treatment – negligence
- Access to medical records- ownership issues/FOI
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Withdrawal of treatment and Euthanasia/adults and children
- Abortion and wrongful birth
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Public Health Law issues- obesity, tobacco, SARS
- Organ donation
Medicine and Law
Contents of Medicine and Law
Contents of this subject matter include:
- Introduction to Health Law- What are the major legal and ethical issues?
- The legal duties of doctors, nurses and allied health professionals/ disciplinary matters/ Inquiries/Royal Commissions
- Consent to medical procedures-adults, children and the mentally incompetent
- Doctor’s duty to provide information-Open disclosure/negligence issues and defenses
- Injuries caused by Medical Treatment -negligence
- Access to medical records- ownership issues/FOI
- Privacy and Confidentiality
- Withdrawal of treatment and Euthanasia
- Abortion and wrongful birth /wrongful life
- Public Health Law issues- obesity, tobacco, alcohol, cancer
- Medical Technology and Devices
- Complementary and alternative medicine
- Organ donation/Definition of death/Inquiries
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See Also
- Social Protection
- Social Security
- Employment Affairs
- Welfare State
- Health
Hierarchical Display of Medicine
Social Questions > Health > Medical science
Social Questions > Health > Pharmaceutical industry > Pharmaceutical product
Social Questions > Health > Health policy > Organisation of health care > Medical law
Social Questions > Health > Telemedicine
Education And Communications > Teaching > Vocational education > Medical training
Education And Communications > Information technology and data processing > Computer systems > Computer applications > Medical computing
Employment And Working Conditions > Organisation of work and working conditions > Working conditions > Occupational safety > Occupational medicine
Medicine
Concept of Medicine
See the dictionary definition of Medicine.
Characteristics of Medicine
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Resources
Translation of Medicine
- Spanish: Medicina
- French: Médecine
- German: Medizin
- Italian: Medicina
- Portuguese: Medicina
- Polish: Medycyna
Thesaurus of Medicine
Social Questions > Health > Medical science > Medicine
Social Questions > Health > Pharmaceutical industry > Pharmaceutical product > Medicine
Social Questions > Health > Health policy > Organisation of health care > Medical law > Medicine
Social Questions > Health > Telemedicine > Medicine
Education And Communications > Teaching > Vocational education > Medical training > Medicine
Education And Communications > Information technology and data processing > Computer systems > Computer applications > Medical computing > Medicine
Employment And Working Conditions > Organisation of work and working conditions > Working conditions > Occupational safety > Occupational medicine > Medicine