| Description |
xi, 238 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Section 1. Law and the context of practice -- Section 2. Accountable service delivery and the law -- Section 3. Adverse service delivery and the law -- Section 4. Law and professional life. |
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Acknowledgements vii -- Section 1: Law and the context of practice -- Introduction -- The Australian legal system -- Allied health professions, professionalism, ethics and law -- The health service delivery in context -- Occupational regulation of health practitioners in Australia - Section 2: Accountable service delivery and the law -- Decision-making and consent -- Confidentiality, privacy and health information management -- Intervention methods and processes - Section 3: Adverse service delivery and the law -- Legal risks of unprofessional behaviour -- Reporting own and others' conduct - Section 4: Law and professional life -- Working for others or as a private practitioner? -- Writing reports and giving evidence in court -- Maintaining professional competence - Index |
| Summary |
Explains the legal context in which allied health professions, (e.g. OT, Chinese medicine, radiography, psychology, optometry, etc) function, the various forms of legal regulation which apply to them, their legal liabilities, and legal imperatives which bear upon their practice. This book has been included as one of the texts for the National Psychology Examination - Curriculum Domains 1 (Ethics) and 4 (Communication), developed by the Psychology Board of Australia This book targets a wide range of allied health professions. The list, while not exhaustive, embraces occupational therapy, podiatry, Chinese medicine, complementary medicine, nuclear medicine, speech pathology, radiography, physiotherapy, psychology, osteopathy, chiropractic care and optometry. The authors explain the legal context in which these professions function, the various forms of legal regulation which apply to them, their legal liabilities, and legal imperatives which bear upon their practice. Also included is commentary on the limits and ambiguities of law in relation to allied health activity, the interaction between law and professional ethics, and some significant legal challenges in normal professional life. Allied Health Professionals and the Law expands the legal knowledge of allied health readers whether they are practitioners seeking to understand the legal aspects of their work or researchers engaged in analysis of professional matters which have legal dimensions and implications |
| Analysis |
Allied medicine & health sciences |
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Case studies |
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Health personnel |
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Legal standing |
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Medical & Health Law (Australia) |
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Medical ethics |
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Medical profession |
| Notes |
Includes index and bibliographical references |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Allied health personnel -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Australia.
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Medical laws and legislation -- Australia.
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Medical personnel -- Australia.
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Allied Health Personnel.
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Jurisprudence.
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Organization and Administration.
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Professional Practice.
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Allied Health Occupations -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Allied Health Personnel -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Allied Health Occupations -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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Allied Health Personnel -- legislation & jurisprudence.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Kennedy, Rosemary.
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| LC no. |
2009483505 |
| ISBN |
9781862877085 (paperback) |
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