Health law in Australia /
White, Benjamin Peter,
Health law in Australia / Ben White, Fiona McDonald, Lindy Willmott. - Second edition. - lxxiii, 881 pages ; 24 cm
"First edition 2010". Table of cases: pages xxi-xxxvii. Table of legislation: pages xxxix-lxxiii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health law: scope, sources and forces -- Medical and health ethics and law -- The legal framework of the Australian health system -- Human rights and health law -- General principles of consent to medical treatment -- Children and consent to medical treatment -- Adults who lack the capacity: substitute decision-making-- Negligence -- Medical confidentiality and patient privacy -- Assisted reproductive technology -- Abortion -- Surrogacy -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment -- Double effect and palliative care excuses -- Regulation of health professionals -- Public health law -- Mental health law -- Organ and tissue donation -- Health and medical research -- Regulation of genetic technology -- Biotechnology and nonotechnology regulation in Australia. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
"Health Law in Australia 2nd editionis Australia's leading text in this area and was the first book to deal with health law on a comprehensive national basis. In this important field that continues to give rise to challenges for society, the book takes a logical, structured approach to explain the breadth of this area of law across all Australian jurisdictions."--Back cover.
Tertiary/Undergraduate. Postgraduate.
9780455231549
00873279
Medical laws and legislation--Australia--Textbooks
KU1520
344.94041
Health law in Australia / Ben White, Fiona McDonald, Lindy Willmott. - Second edition. - lxxiii, 881 pages ; 24 cm
"First edition 2010". Table of cases: pages xxi-xxxvii. Table of legislation: pages xxxix-lxxiii.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Health law: scope, sources and forces -- Medical and health ethics and law -- The legal framework of the Australian health system -- Human rights and health law -- General principles of consent to medical treatment -- Children and consent to medical treatment -- Adults who lack the capacity: substitute decision-making-- Negligence -- Medical confidentiality and patient privacy -- Assisted reproductive technology -- Abortion -- Surrogacy -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment -- Double effect and palliative care excuses -- Regulation of health professionals -- Public health law -- Mental health law -- Organ and tissue donation -- Health and medical research -- Regulation of genetic technology -- Biotechnology and nonotechnology regulation in Australia. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22.
"Health Law in Australia 2nd editionis Australia's leading text in this area and was the first book to deal with health law on a comprehensive national basis. In this important field that continues to give rise to challenges for society, the book takes a logical, structured approach to explain the breadth of this area of law across all Australian jurisdictions."--Back cover.
Tertiary/Undergraduate. Postgraduate.
9780455231549
00873279
Medical laws and legislation--Australia--Textbooks
KU1520
344.94041