Thomson Reuters eBook Health Law in Australia

Health Law in Australia is 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. By covering all the major areas in this diverse field, Health Law in Australia enhances the understanding of the discipline as a whole. The book begins by situating health law in its wider context with chapters on medical ethics, human rights and how the health system as a whole is regulated. It then explores the general principles of health law, including chapters on “Negligence”, “Children and Consent to Medical Treatment”, and “Privacy and Confidentiality in Health Care”. The book goes on to consider beginning-of-life and end-of-life issues, before concluding with chapters on areas in health law, such as Public Health Law, Health and Medical Research and Regulation of Genetic Testing. The contributing authors are national leaders who are specialists in these areas of health law and who can share with readers the results of their research.