| Description |
1 online resource (xlix, 370 pages) : PDF file(s) |
| Contents |
Health law : frameworks and context -- Philosophical bioethics and health law -- Socio-legal perspectives on patient-doctor relations -- Social determinants of health and th role of law -- Health and human rights law -- The regulatory framework for health in Australia -- Regulating health professionals -- Regulating patient safety and redress -- Consent to medical treatment -- Substituted decision-making -- Medical negligence -- Confidentiality, privacy and access to information -- Regulating reproduction -- Regulating emerging reproductive technologies -- Withdrawal and withholding of medical treatment -- Euthanasia and assisted suicide -- Organ and tissue donation and transplantation -- Property and human tissue -- Biobanks -- Human genetics and the law -- Indigenous health and the law -- Health law and people with disability -- Mental health law -- Public health law -- Global health and the law |
| Summary |
Drawing upon a range of disciplinary perspectives, Health Law: Frameworks and Context adopts a theoretically informed and principles-based approach to examining health law. Appealing to students and academic scholars alike, the text moves beyond traditional medical law frameworks to provide a broader contextual understanding of the way in which law intersects with health. A clear and accessible style of writing combined with a sophisticated and nuanced approach takes this rich and challenging field to a new level of analysis. Written by respected academics within the field, Health Law: Frameworks and Context is an essential text for scholars and students looking to grasp the fundamental concepts of this rapidly expanding area of law, as well as those who wish to deepen their knowledge and understanding of health law in Australia and internationally |
| Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 25 Sep 2018) |
| Subject |
Medical laws and legislation -- Australia
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Medical laws and legislation.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation -- Australia
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Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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Medical ethics -- Australia
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Medical ethics.
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Medical care -- Law and legislation.
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Medical ethics.
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Medical laws and legislation.
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Australia.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Devereux, John, 1965- author.
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Karpin, Isabel, author
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Weller, Penelope, author
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| ISBN |
9781316092675 |
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1316092674 |
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