Health care and the law /
McIlwraith, Janine.
- Fifth edition.
- lii, 735 pages ; 25 cm
Includes index.
Introductory concepts -- What is law? -- The legal structure -- The legal process -- Patient relationships -- Consent to healthcare by a competent adult -- Consent to healthcare by a legally incompetent person -- Negligence -- Patient information and privacy -- Patient's property -- Contract -- Employment -- Contracts to provide health care services -- Accidents and injuries related to health care -- Regulation and practice -- Regulatory -- Drugs -- Criminal law and health care -- Public health law: registration of birth and death and coronial inquiries -- Public health law: communicable diseases, child abuse and domestic and family violence -- Ethical/legal issues -- Human tissue transplants and reproductive technology -- Expanding recognition of human rights -- Decision making, law and ethics: a discussion. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Part III. 10. 11. 12. Part IV. 13. 14. 15. 16. Part V. 17. 18. 19.
"Health Care & the Law is a highly regarded text for health care professionals and others associated with training and administration in this area. As with previous editions, this fifth edition explains the legal process as it relates to the decisions and actions required of those working in this area. In every situation, they have available to them a range of potential actions. Some of these actions are acceptable, while others are detrimental. This book provides the tools for dealing with the legal and ethical consequences of those actions, assisting them to form their own procedures for best practice. This new edition reflects the rapid pace of change in the area of health law and therefore has been updated to include new material in respect of the courts' consideration of the civil liability legislation as it applies to negligence; further developments in end-of-life decision-making, including recent major decisions; Fair Work Australia and the new national workplace relations tribunal; and the current treatment of public health law."--Publisher's website.
Medical care--Australia Medical care--Law and legislation--Australia Public health.