Medicolegal Update in Obstetrics & Gynecology

Virendar Pal Singh MD LLB CC (Medical Laws) PGD Medicolegal Systems CC (Healthcare Quality Management)Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Dayanand Medical College and Hospital, Ludhiana, Punjab, IndiaHarpreet Kaur MD (Obstetrics and Gynaecology)Specialist (Obstetrics and Gynaecology); Professor and Unit Head, Guru Gobind Singh Medical College and Hospital, Faridkot, Punjab, India

• Section 1: Medical Laws1. Landmark Judgments Related to Obstetrics and Gynecology2. Medicolegal Aspects of the Clinical Establishment Act3. The Ethics of Medical PracticeSection 2: Legislations Related to Obstetrics and Gynecology4. Medicolegal Aspects of Abortion and Medical Termination of Pregnancy5. Medicolegal Aspects of the PCPNDT Act6. Medicolegal Aspect of Child Sexual Abuse and the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act 20127. Medicolegal Aspects of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005Section 3: Documentation and Checklists in Obstetrics and Gynecology8. Informed Consent in Obstetrics and Gynecology9. Medicolegal Aspects of Documentation in Obstetrics and GynecologySection 4: Forensic Gynecology10. Medical Laws Related to Sexual Offences Against Women11. Medicolegal Examination of Survivors of Sexual OffencesSection 5: Medicolegal Issues in Family Planning Services12. Medicolegal Aspects of Female Contraception and Sterilization13. Medicolegal Aspects of Surrogacy and Assisted Reproductive Technology in IndiaSection 6: Medicolegal Issues in Obstetrics14. Medicolegal Aspects of Cesarean Delivery15. Medicolegal Aspects of Antenatal Care and Fetal Monitoring16. Medicolegal Issues in Prenatal Testing17. Anemia in Pregnancy18. Intrauterine Fetal Death and its Medicolegal Implications19. Preterm Labor and Birth20. Medicolegal Aspects of Postpartum Collapse21. Sepsis and Critical Care in PregnancySection 7: Medicolegal Issues in Gynecology22. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome23. Endometriosis24. Urological Injuries in Obstetric and Gynecological PracticeSection 8: Miscellaneous Topics25. Communication Skills in Obstetrics and Gynecology26. Breaking the Bad News