5. The transplantation of human organs and tissues : law and policy in India / Right to health : a human right perspective / Dr. Radheshyam Prasad. Right to health : human right, constitutional right and international perspective / Dr. Bhavana Sharma -- Right to health and emergency health care / Samuel Molsom -- Human rights perspectives of clinical trials in India : a critical study / Sajal Sharma -- 2. Medical profession, patient and the law -- Consent : informed consent and requirements of consent / Dr. Nirmala Kumari K. -- Medical negligence / Dr. Suneet Kashyap -- 3. Organization of public health care and medical jurisprudence -- Medical jurisprudence : an appraisal on rights to health in India for ethical perspective / C. E. Pratap -- Importance of medical jurisprudence in criminal trials in India : a medico-legal study / Dr. Meena Ketan Sahu -- Medico-legal aspects of injury or wound : an appraisal / Dr. Caesar Roy -- 4. Insurance and victim compensation -- Need for reforms in health insurance in India, with special reference to IRDAI (health insurance) regulations, 2016 / Shreya Mishra -- Victim's right to health under state victim compensation schemes in India / Dr. Sukdeo Ingale -- 5. Health legislative perspective -- Surrogacy and its regulation : an overview of legislative and judicial responses in India / Dr. Aneesh V. Pillai -- Abortion in India : issues & concerns / Mrs. Soumya James -- Arguing for legalization of euthanasia : emerging issues and challenges / Dr. Aparna Singh -- Mental Health Care Act, 2017 : decriminalizes suicide and protecting the inalienable rights of mentally ill persons / Diksha Dubey -- Surrogacy in India / Anjali Dixit -- Environmental pollution and bio-medical wastage in India : issues and concerns / Dr. Deepom Baruah -- Abortion and Indian law / Sridip S. Nambiar -- The transplantation of human organs and tissues : law and policy in India / Dr. Radheshyam Prasad.
Summary:
"The relationship between health and law in not new but the relation is multifaceted. Law and health are both subjects with an inherent dynamism. Health and law as a curricular subject of law is a recent addition and is taught in law colleges under many universities. This edited book tries to focus on the intersection between law and health. It is divided into five extensive sections: Concept of Health; Medical Profession, Patient and the Law; Organization of Public Health Care and Medical Jurisprudence; Insurance and Victim Compensation; and Health Legislative Perspective. The book will be helpful to prepare a foundation for understanding and analysis of advanced knowledge in the field of health and its relationship with law. This book will also be helpful for the teachers, students, researchers, lawyers, judges, law firms, medical professionals, academics, libraries, law universities and anyone interested in the subject""-- Provided by publisher.
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