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Emergency Doctor’s Medicolegal Manual

100 essential medico-legal topics for the emergency department, updated for BNS, BNSS & BSA 2023

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  • Emergency & ICU
  • 137 pages
  • 3.3 MB
  • 1st (2026) edition
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The law for the doctor on duty in casualty: 100 real medico-legal situations, each on a single page in the same order: the law with section numbers of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam 2023 and other Acts, what to do in the ED, what to document, legal traps, a key court judgment and a pearl to remember. Ten parts cover consent and autonomy, documentation and charting, medico-legal cases and police intimation, negligence and malpractice, statutory and regulatory compliance, critical care and end-of-life issues, high-risk clinical traps, operational and system pressures, ethics, professionalism and the courtroom, and special populations and emerging frontiers such as telemedicine, AI and cyber-security. Appendices list the BNS, BNSS and BSA sections every emergency doctor needs, other Acts and guidelines, landmark judgments and model formats. An educational guide, not legal advice. For emergency physicians, casualty medical officers, interns, residents and every doctor who handles MLCs.

Author: Dr. Gireesh Kumar K. P. · For: MBBS / UG students, PG (MD/MS/DNB), Practising doctors, Nursing & allied health

Inside this book

  1. Part 1. Consent and Autonomy
  2. 1 Implied consent in life-threatening emergencies
  3. 2 Informed consent — the basics
  4. 3 Refusal of treatment and leaving against medical advice (LAMA/DAMA)
  5. 4 Capacity versus competence
  6. 5 Surrogate decision-making and next of kin
  7. 6 Advance directives, living wills and DNR orders
  8. 7 Emergency treatment of minors
  9. 8 Emergency treatment of intoxicated patients
  10. 9 Patient abandonment and unsafe transfers
  11. 10 Involuntary emergency psychiatric care
  12. Part 2. Documentation and Charting
  13. 11 Real-time versus retrospective charting
  14. 12 Accurate arrival and intervention timelines
  15. 13 Incomplete or missing emergency records
  16. 14 Legibility and electronic audit trails
  17. 15 Documenting refusals by patients and families
  18. 16 Negative findings and differential diagnosis
  19. 17 Consultation and handoff documentation
  20. 18 LAMA / DAMA documentation template
  21. 19 Preserving physical evidence and chain of custody
  22. 20 Retention of emergency and MLC records
  23. Part 3. Medico-Legal Cases and Police Intimation
  24. 21 What is a medico-legal case (MLC)?
  25. 22 Police intimation — how and how fast
  26. 23 Road traffic accidents (RTAs)
  27. 24 Hurt and grievous hurt — how the law classifies injuries
  28. 25 Firearm and blast injuries
  29. 26 Burns — thermal, chemical and electrical
  30. 27 Sexual assault — examination and care

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