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Health law in Australia
Edition:
3rd Edition
Year:
2018
Format:
Book
Call No:
KN 185 W 2 3
Publisher:
Pyrmont, N.S.W.: Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia
Keywords:
I. INTRODUCTION TO HEALTH LAW: 1. Health law: scope, sources and forces -- 2. Medical and health ethics and law -- 3. The legal framework of the Australian health system -- 4. Human rights and health law -- II. GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH LAW: 5. General principles of consent to medical treatment -- 6. Children and consent to medical treatment -- 7. Adults who lack capacity: substitute decision-making -- 8. Negligence -- 9. Medical confidentiality and patient privacy -- III. BEGINNING OF LIFE: 10. Assisted reproductive technology -- 11. Abortion -- 12. Surrogacy -- IV. END OF LIFE: 13. Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- 14. Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment -- 15. Double effect and palliative care excuses -- V. SELECT ISSUES IN HEALTH LAW: 16. The regulation of health professionals -- 17. Public health law -- 18. Mental health law -- 19. Organ and tissue donation -- 20. Health and medical research -- 21. Regulation of genetic technologies -- 22. Biotechnology and nanotechnology regulation in Australia
ISBN/ISSN:
9780455238753
Notes:
Includes tables and index
Item Availability
Item Availability
Result Year Part Copy Status Call No Loan Category Date Due
1 2018 3rd Edition 1 On Shelf KN 185 W 2 3 For Loan Available
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