TY  - BOOK
AU  - White,Benjamin Peter
AU  - McDonald,Fiona J.
AU  - Willmott,Lindy
TI  - Health law in Australia
SN  - 9780455231549
AV  - KU1520 
U1  - 344.94041 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Pyrmont, NSW
PB  - Law Book Co., Thomson Reuters (Professional) Australia Ltd
KW  - Medical laws and legislation
KW  - Australia
KW  - Textbooks
N1  - "First edition 2010"; Table of cases: pages xxi-xxxvii; Table of legislation: pages xxxix-lxxiii; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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 --; 5; General principles of consent to medical treatment --; 6; Children and consent to medical treatment --; 7; Adults who lack the capacity: substitute decision-making--; 8; Negligence --; 9; Medical confidentiality and patient privacy --; 10; Assisted reproductive technology --; 11; Abortion --; 12; Surrogacy --; 13; Euthanasia and assisted suicide --; 14; Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment --; 15; Double effect and palliative care excuses --; 16; 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 technology --; 22; Biotechnology and nonotechnology regulation in Australia; Tertiary/Undergraduate; Postgraduate
N2  - "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
ER  -