Law and ethics for health practitioners

by Allan, Sonia

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Title Statements

Full title :Law and ethics for health practitioners / Sonia Allan.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2020

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Elsevier
Place of Publication:Chatswood, NSW
Language:eng
Publication Date:2020

The Physical Object

Description:xiv, 260 pages ; : 24 m

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780729543033, 072954303X
oclc:on1089728691
LC Classification:KU1520
Dewey Decimal:344.9404/1

I: Introduction to law and ethics for health practitioners -- Introduction to the australian legal system -- Introduction to the australian health system -- Introduction to ethics and ethical decision making -- II: Professional regulation and key concepts relevant to health care delivery -- Professional regulation of health practitioners -- Management of health information -- Negligence -- Intentional torts -- Criminal law and issues related to health care -- III: Matters of life and death -- Registration of births and deaths and the coroners court -- Abortion, wrongful birth, wrongful life and pre-natal injury -- Assisted reproduction and surrogacy -- Advance care planning and the withholding and withdrawal of treatment -- IV: Further practice considerations -- The removal and donation of human blood, tissue and organs -- The regulation of drugs and poisons -- Mental health legislation -- Child and elder abuse -- V: Law and ethics in action -- Working with legal representatives -- Case studies: guided application of legal and ethical prinicples.

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Australia Australian Ethics, Medical Éthique médicale Éthique médicale -- Australie Heilberuf Medical ethics Medical ethics -- Australia Medical laws and legislation Medical laws and legislation -- Austral… MEDIZINISCHE ETHIK Recht