The Osteopath's Guide to Keeping Out of Trouble : A Toolkit to Help Meet Professional Obligations and Avoid Pitfalls in Practice /: A Toolkit to Help Meet Professional Obligations and Avoid Pitfalls in Practice. ([2018])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Lambden.
• Authors: Lambden, Paul
• Contents: Introduction. Risk management. The duties of an osteopath. Professional indemnity requirements. Handling complaints. The General Osteopathic Council. Competence and continuing professional development. Clinical negligence. Examining and treating a patient. Dealing with difficult patients. Consent. Confidentiality. Patient records and the law. Osteopathic records. Personal relationships with patients. Whistle blowing. Chaperones. Domiciliary visiting. Managing patient expectations. Getting to grips with communication. Information technology and risk management. Reviewing the practice. Health and safety. Health and safety: disability. Employment issues and risk. Risk and the media. Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 615.533; Osteopathic medicine -- Practice; Osteopathic medicine -- Standards -- Great Britain; Osteopathic medicine -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain; MEDICAL / Pharmacology; MEDICAL / Osteopathy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781315345079; 1315345072
• Related ISBNs: 9781138448490
• Notes: Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 26, 2018).
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