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• This book on medicolegal issues seeks to educate doctors on this vital and fast changing subject. </br></br>• The book, holds relevance for all medical practitioners, both government and private, to understand the dynamic, ever-changing norms and adopt necessary strategies to minimize risk and maximize outcomes. </br></br>• The book has 52 chapters in three sections. Section 1 deals with general medicolegal issues which are relevant to all doctors such as consent, practice management, malpractice and negligence, liability-both civil and criminal, social media, clinic regulations, pharmacies and dispensing, consumer courts, advertisement, ethics, quackery, compensation, legal aspects of medical research, photography and confidentiality, and dealing with legal cases. </br></br>• Sections 2 and 3 deal with specific issues of relevance to dermatology, in particular dermatologic surgery and aesthetic dermatology, and plastic, reconstructive and cosmetic surgery in important diseases, procedures, surgeries and situations. </br></br>• New issues such as advertisements, social media are also included. </br></br>• Key Objectives have been provided in the beginning of each chapter for a quick glance. </br></br>• Supplemented with Important Boxes highlighting Key Points, Case Reports and Examples. </br></br>• Enhanced with Figures, tables and flowcharts for interesting reading. </br></br>• References for further reading have been given at the end of each chapter. </br></br>• The authors for this compendium are all eminent doctors who have been handpicked, based on their noteworthy expertise in the fields of medicine and law.