| Description |
xiv, 260 pages ; 24 m |
| Contents |
I: Introduction to law and ethics for health practitioners -- Introduction to the australian legal system -- Introduction to the australian health system -- Introduction to ethics and ethical decision making -- II: Professional regulation and key concepts relevant to health care delivery -- Professional regulation of health practitioners -- Management of health information -- Negligence -- Intentional torts -- Criminal law and issues related to health care -- III: Matters of life and death -- Registration of births and deaths and the coroners court -- Abortion, wrongful birth, wrongful life and pre-natal injury -- Assisted reproduction and surrogacy -- Advance care planning and the withholding and withdrawal of treatment -- IV: Further practice considerations -- The removal and donation of human blood, tissue and organs -- The regulation of drugs and poisons -- Mental health legislation -- Child and elder abuse -- V: Law and ethics in action -- Working with legal representatives -- Case studies: guided application of legal and ethical prinicples |
| Analysis |
Australian |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Medical laws and legislation -- Australia.
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Medical ethics -- Australia.
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Ethics, Medical.
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| ISBN |
9780729543033 |
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072954303X |
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