White, Benjamin Peter, <br/><br/>
Health law in Australia / 
Ben White, Fiona McDonald, Lindy Willmott. 
 - Second edition. 
 - lxxiii, 881 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/> "First edition 2010".  Table of cases: pages xxi-xxxvii.  Table of legislation: pages xxxix-lxxiii. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/> Tertiary/Undergraduate.  Postgraduate. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780455231549 
<br/><br/><label>Source: </label> 00873279 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Medical laws and legislation--Australia--Textbooks
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KU1520 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>344.94041