Australian health law / Sonia Allan, Malcolm Smith.

Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis, 2025.

2nd edition

202409

Medical laws and legislation -- Australia.

Medical care -- Ethics -- Australia.

National health services -- Australia.

Mental health laws -- Australia.

Donation of organs, tissues, etc -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Death -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Right to die -- Law and legislation -- Australia.

Part 1: Scope, influences and perspectives

1. Australian health law

2. Ethics for health care

3. Health law and human rights

Part 2: Understanding Australia's health system

4. Australian health system

5. Regulation of health care practitioners

Part 3: Key principles of health law

6. Consent to health care treatment

7. Harm arising from health care treatment: negligence

8. Duties and rights associated with health care information

Part 4: Beginning of life

9. Pre-conception, conception and birth

10. Assisted reproduction

Part 5: Health matters throughout the life course

11. Public health law

12. Mental health law

13. Organ, tissue and blood donation

14. Regulation of therapeutic goods, medicines and poisons

15.Research involving human participants and materials

Part 6: End of life

16. Ending of life: adults

17. Ending of life: minors

Part 7: Conclusion

18. Conclusion.

Written by leading experts in health law, this book combines detailed discussion and critical analysis of Australian health law as it relates to individual and public health matters. It offers a cohesive, in-depth examination of health law at local, state and national levels, while also reflecting upon broader global considerations. The comprehensive coverage includes discussion of the underpinning influences and principles relevant to health law, the law regulating Australia's health care system, health care practitioner regulation, key legal principles relevant to the patient–practitioner relationship, and health law at the beginning of life, throughout the life course, and at the end of life. Meticulously researched and extensively updated in its second edition, it is an invaluable resource for scholars, students and practitioners on Australian health law. Features: Clear and accessible content ; Comprehensive, authoritative discussion ; Addresses both legal and ethical issues ; Covers all Australian jurisdictions. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition 2018.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9780409359275

lxxi, 873 pages ; 25 cm