Contents:
Preface vii

List of Cases xi

1. The Structure and System of Medical Education and Training in India 1

2. Regulation of the Healthcare Professionals through the Professional Bodies 32

3. Relationship between Doctors and Patients 42

4. Relationship between Patients, Hospitals and Diagnostic Service Providers 61

5. Evidence of Doctors in Judicial Proceedings: General Understanding 78

6. Evidence of Doctors in Criminal Cases 98

7. Evidence of Doctors in Civil Cases 129

8. Role of Consent in Medical Treatment 143

9. Consent under Indian Laws 153

10. Introduction to Confidentiality in Medicine 182

11. Patient's Right to Confidentiality and the Concomitant Duty of the Doctor to Maintain it Under Indian Laws 189

12. HIV/AIDS and the Issue of Confidentiality 207

13. Medical Negligence and Law 230

14. Medical Negligence Complaint Mechanism and Remedies Available 258

15. Defending Suits of Medical Negligence 277

16. Subject Index 289

This book is a sincere attempt to deal with one part of medical jurisprudence encompassing the relationship of different stakeholders and consequences of such relationship. As there are different stakeholders in healthcare, the authors have tried to explain the nuances of relationship between stakeholders in simple terms by avoiding both legal and medical jargons. This book is valuable for lawyers, lawmakers, healthcare administrators, policymakers, doctors, patients and academicians pursuing research in the relevant areas. It would also serve an essential role as a study guide to students pursuing post-graduate and doctoral studies in the wide subject of medical laws and ethics.