Medicolegal
Encyclopedia
Medicolegal is something that involves both medical
and legal
aspects, mainly:
Medicine
Medicine is the science and art of healing. It encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness....
and legal
Law
Law is a system of rules and guidelines which are enforced through social institutions to govern behavior, wherever possible. It shapes politics, economics and society in numerous ways and serves as a social mediator of relations between people. Contract law regulates everything from buying a bus...
aspects, mainly:
- Medical jurisprudenceMedical jurisprudenceMedical jurisprudence, or forensic medicine in the broad sense , now embraces all matters which may bring the physician into contact with the law...
, a branch of medicine - Medical lawMedical lawMedical law is the branch of law which concerns the prerogatives and responsibilities of medical professionals and the rights of the patient. It should not be confused with medical jurisprudence, which is a branch of medicine, rather than a branch of law....
, a branch of law