Health Law

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Description
Medicines constitute one of the essential components of health care delivery system in promoting health, preventing and managing diseases. Inappropriate use of medicines can be harmful and has medical, social and financial implications. Inadequate supply of essential medicines leads to treatment failure and loss of confidence in the health care system. On this basis, the ministry of Health developed the National Medicines policy in 1997 to guide the pharmaceutical sector in the areas of quality assurance and regulation, supply management, manufacture, monitoring and evaluation. Since then, the policy has been an important tool in the effort to implement the Ministry's vision of ensuring the availability of safe, effective and affordable medicines for the whole population of the country.
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Contents
UNIT - I
Chapter 1    Meaning and Concepts of Health Law
Chapter 2    Factors Affecting Health
Chapter 3    National Health Care Policies of 1983 and 2001
Chapter 4    Health Care as Function of State
UNIT - II
Chapter 1    WHO : Concept of Health and Medical Assembly Guidelines
Chapter 2    Concept of Health under Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948
Chapter 3    Concept of Health under United Nation Declaration on Rights of Mentally Retarded Persons, 1971
Chapter 4    Declaration of Rights of Disabled Persons, 1975
Chapter 5    ALMATA Declaration
Chapter 6    Health Care Scenario under TRIPs
UNIT - III
Chapter 1    Right to Health as Fundamental Right under Article 21 of the Indian Constitution
Chapter 2    Provision Relating to Articles 38, 39 41, 42, 48A and 51A of the Directive Principles of State Policy
Chapter 3    Entries Relating to Health Care under Schedule VII of the Indian Constitution
Chapter 4    Power of State to Regulate Trade and Commerce for Securing Health of People
Chapter 5    Right to Health vis-a-vis, the Right to Confidentiality and Right to Access to Medical Records
UNIT IV
Chapter 1    Ingredients of Medical Negligence
Chapter 2    Role of Consent in Medical Practice
Chapter 3    Gross Negligence
Chapter 4    Wrongful/Negligent Diagnosis
UNIT - V
Chapter 1    Law of Torts
Chapter 2    Law of Crimes
Chapter 3    Consumer Protection Act
UNIT - VI
Chapter 1    Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1994
Chapter 2    Pre Conception and Pre Natal Diagnostic Techniques Act, 1994
Chapter 3    International Code of Medical Ethics
Chapter 4    Indian Medicine and Central Council Act, 1970
Chapter 5    Dentists Act, 1948
Chapter 6    The Homeopathy Central Council Act, 1973
Chapter 7    Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940
Chapter 8    Drugs Control Act, 1950
Chapter 9    The Mental Health Act, 1987
References
Index
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Author Details
Dr, Ishita Chatterjee
LL.M., Ph.D. (Allahabad University) Assistant Professor, ICFAI Law School, ICFAI University, Tripura
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