
Law in Optometric Practice
1st Edition
Authors:
Stephen Taylor
eBook ISBN: 9780702038235
Paperback ISBN: 9780750645782
Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
Published Date: 6th January 2002
Page Count: 176
Description
- This book is the first of its kind and provides optometry students and practitioners with all the background information that they need on practising within a legal framework Clear and contemporary its straightforward no-nonsense approach helps to demystify the subject Taking into account new legislation and recent lively ethical debates, the book provides a comprehensive, synoptic and very practical text that will provide all the information required * It includes recent healthcare reforms, medical devices and the latest information concerning primary care groups, co-management schemes, industrial eye protection, therapeutics and ethics
Table of Contents
Introduction to the UK legal system; The National Health Service; NHS terms of service; NHS GOS regulations; Complaints and NHS tribunals; The Opticians Act; The General Optical Council; OSAC and the GOC; GOC disciplinary procedures; Referral and case records; Law relating to the use of drugs; Professional ethics and professional discipline; Standards of vision; Industrial eye protection and consumer protection; The negligent professional; The need for insurance; European optometry; Computers and the Data Protection Act; General law and optometry
Details
- No. of pages:
- 176
- Language:
- English
- Copyright:
- © Butterworth-Heinemann 2002
- Published:
- 6th January 2002
- Imprint:
- Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN:
- 9780702038235
- Paperback ISBN:
- 9780750645782
About the Author
Stephen Taylor
Affiliations and Expertise
Vision Consultant, Private Practice, Dorset, UK
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