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ETHICS AND LAW IN PHYSIOTHERAPY
Paper Code:
BPT 105 A
Credits:
4
Max. Marks:
50.00
Objective:
- To Understand the rights of patients.
- To understand the ethical principles in physiotherapy.
- To understand the laws and legal concepts in physiotherapy.
Unit I:
History of physiotherapy
Philosophy and Philosophical statements.
Major Ethical principles applied to moral issue in health care.
Unit II:
Rules of professional conduct
Scope of practice.
Personnel and professional standard.
Professional standard
Unit III:
Relationships with patients
Relationships with medical collogues
Relationships between professional with carrier.
Relationships with in the profession.
Unit IV:
Confidentiality and responsibility
Pervasion of services and advertising.
Sale of goods.
Professional and government licensing, Accreditation and Education standards.
Unit V:
Physiotherapy laws & Legal Concepts
Law
Legal concepts.
Protection from Malpractice claims.
Consumers protection Act.
Liability and Documentation.
References:
British Journal of Physiotherapy 1994 Issues
2. Medical Ethics- By. CM. Francis
Academic Year:
