Contents
SECTION 1: BASICS
1. Introduction
2. Ethical Issues in Medical Practice
2.1 Ethical Issues in Medical Research
3. Rights/Duties of Patients and Doctors
4. Legal Hurdles in Medical Practice
5. Communication Skills
6. Doctor-Patient Relationship
SECTION 2: MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE
7. Record Maintenance
8. Consent and Consent Forms
9. Medical Negligence
10. Errors in Medical Practice
11. Criminal Liability
12. Difficult Situations in Practice
SECTION 3: LEGAL PROCEDURES
13. How to Defend a Case?
14. Specific Legal Issues
14.1 Vicarious Liability
14.2 Ratio Decidendi and Obiter Dicta
15. Important Case Laws
16. Calculation of Compensation
SECTION 4: ISSUES RELATED TO DIFFERENT SPECIALTIES
17. Medicolegal Issues in Pediatrics
17.1 Medicolegal Issues in Newborn Care
18. Medicolegal Issues in Medicine
19. Medicolegal Issues in Critical Care
19.1 Euthanasia and Life Support Systems
20. Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics/Gynecology
20.1 Medicolegal Issues in Pregnancy and Labor
20.2 Medicolegal Aspects of Obstetric Bleeding
20.3 Medicolegal Aspects in LSCS
20.4 Issues in Adolescent Gynecology
20.5 Issues Related to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act
20.6 Issues Related to PCPNDT Act
21. Medicolegal Issues in Surgery
22. Medicolegal Issues in Orthopedics
23. Medicolegal Issues in Anesthesia
24. Medicolegal Issues in Ophthalmology
25. Legal Issues in ENT
26. Medicolegal Issues in Dentistry
27. Medicolegal Issues in Pathology and Microbiology
28. Medicolegal Issues in Organ Transplant
29. Forensic Issues in Clinical Practice
29.1 Issues Related to PM Examination of Fetus
30. Medicolegal Issues in Radiology
31. Medicolegal Issues in Dermatology
32. Legal Issues in HIV
33. Medicolegal Issues in Ayurveda
34. Medicolegal Issues in Homeopathy
35. Issues Related to Crosspathy and Cross-specialty Practice
36. Medicolegal Issues in Psychiatry
36.1 Mental Healthcare Act
SECTION 5: MISCELLANEOUS
37. Legal Issues in Immunization
38. Legal Issues in Junk Food
39. Legal Issues in Unborn Fetus
40. The POCSO Act
41. The IMS Act
42. Telemedicine and Electronic Consultations
43. Legal Issues in Medical Education
44. Medical Tourism
45. Surrogate Motherhood
46. Legal Issues for Doctors in Government Service
47. Role of Government
48. Role of NMC, Medical Councils
49. Police, Society, and Doctors
50. Role of Community/Social Organizations
51. Role of Media
52. Medical Websites
53. Professional Indemnity
54. No-fault Insurance
55. Clinical Establishment Act
56. Are Doctors Greedy and Money Sharks?
57. Consumer Protection Act
58. Advertising by Professionals
59. Alphabet for Action
60. Consent Forms
