TY  - BOOK
AU  - Skegg,P.D.G.
AU  - Paterson,Ron
AU  - Manning,Joanna
TI  - Medical law in New Zealand
SN  - 0864725728
U1  - 344.93041 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Wellington [N.Z.]
PB  - Thomson Brookers
KW  - Medical laws and legislation
KW  - New Zealand
KW  - Patients
KW  - Legal status, laws, etc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Pt. A. Introduction. 1. Regulation of health catre / Ron Paterson. 2. The Code of Patients' Rights / Ron Paterson and P.D.G. Skegg -- Pt. B. The standard of care. 3. The required standard of care for treatment ; 4. Determining breach of the standard of care / Joanna Manning -- Pt. C. Consent. 5. Consent to treatment : Introduction ; 6. Capacity to consent to treatment ; 7. The duty to inform and legally effective consent ; 8. Jurisdictions for treatment without consent / P.D.G. Skegg -- Pt. D. Health information. 9. Health information law : General principles ; 10. Privacy and disclosure of health information ; 11. Common law princilpes concerning confidentiality, privacy and disclosure ; 12. Disclosure in legal proceedings / John Dawson -- Pt. E. Mental health and intellectual disability. 13. Mental health law ; 14. Special patients and special care recipients / Warren Brookbanks -- Pt. F. The beginning of life. 15. Alternative means of reproduction ; 16. The legal status of life before birth ; 17. Prevention and termination of life before birth / Nicola Peart -- Pt. G. The end of life. 18. Medical acts hastening death ; 19. Omissions to prolong life ; 20. Death ; 21. The use of corpses for medical purposes / P.D.G. Skegg -- Pt. H. Complaints, investigations, and compensation. 22. Assessment and investigation of complaints / Ron Paterson. 23. Professional discipline of health practitioners ; Treatment injury and medical misadventure ; Civil proceedings in personal injury cases / Joanna Manning
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