Legal and Ethical Aspects of Medicine — Flashcards

Declaration of _____ (1975): Guidelines for medical doctors concerning torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

Declaration of _____ (1991, revised in 1992): Related to hunger strikes

Section _____ of the BNS or IPC 92 states that an act done in good faith for the benefit of a person without consent is not punishable

In case of professional misconduct, the patient's records on demand should be provided within _____ hours.

Under doctrine of _____, the doctor can perform life-saving procedures in a patient with life-threatening injuries without obtaining consent

If a question of negligence against a doctor has already been decided by a Court, patient is not allowed to contest based on same set of facts. This doctrine is known as _____