Law and Ethics for Health Practitioners 1st Edition by Sonia Allan 0729543033 9780729543033

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ISBN-10 :  0729543033 

ISBN-13 : 9780729543033

Author : Sonia Allan 

Law and Ethics for Health Practitioners will appeal to undergraduate nursing and allied health students seeking to understand and comply with the legal, ethical and regulatory requirements of their profession. The text addresses law and ethics across eight health science disciplines, presenting discipline-specific scenarios to support students in their clinical decision making.

 

Law and Ethics for Health Practitioners 1st Table of contents:

Section 1 Introduction to Law and Ethics for Health Practitioners
1 Introduction to the Australian legal system
Introduction
Australia as a federation
Distribution of power between the states and the commonwealth
The separation of powers
Legislation
Types of law
General features of the Australian legal system
The court hierarchy
Skills relevant to understanding judicial decisions and legislation
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
2 Introduction to the Australian health system
Introduction
The history of Australia’s universal health system
Access to health care – evolving schemes
Healthcare expenditure
The charter of healthcare rights
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
3 Introduction to ethics and ethical decision making
Introduction
What is ‘ethics’?
Codes of ethics
Distinguishing between ethics and law
Decision making when faced with an ethical dilemma
Deriving a process for ethical decision making
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
Section 2 Professional Regulation and Key Concepts Relevant to Healthcare Delivery
4 Professional regulation of health practitioners
Introduction
The National Registration and Accreditation Scheme
Voluntary notifications
Guidelines for advertising regulated health services
Codes of conduct
Disciplinary issues
Mental or physical incapacity or impairment
Disciplinary process
Health practitioners not regulated by the National Scheme
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
5 Management of health information
Introduction
Establishing and maintaining healthcare records
Computerised records and electronic health
Privacy and confidentiality of health information
Collecting health information via a third party
Access to health information
Government policy
Access pursuant to the court process
Storage and disposal of healthcare records
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
6 Negligence
Introduction
Negligence
Elements of a negligence action
Wrongful death
Apologies
The Australian Open Disclosure Framework
Vicarious liability
Non-delegable duty of care
Alternative actions
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
7 Intentional torts
Introduction
Trespass to person
Defamation
Apologies
Damages and costs
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
8 Criminal law and issues related to health care
Introduction
What is a crime?
Sources of criminal law
Features of the criminal law
Elements of a crime
Criminal negligence
Strict liability
Parties to offences: accomplices
Criminal law defences
Homicide
Euthanasia
Child destruction and feticide
Additional criminal offences
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
Section 3 Matters of Life and Death
9 Registration of births and deaths and the coroners court
Introduction
Notification and registration of births and deaths
The coroner
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
10 Abortion, wrongful birth, wrongful life and prenatal injury
Introduction
Abortion
Claims regarding wrongful birth, wrongful life and prenatal injury
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
11 Assisted reproduction and surrogacy
Introduction
Regulation and oversight of ART
Access to ART
Parentage
Access to information by donor-conceived people
Numerical limits for donation
Posthumous use of gametes
Surrogacy
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
12 Advance care planning and the withholding and withdrawal of treatment
Introduction
Advance care planning and directives
Revocation and limits of a decision regarding treatment
Support or substitute decision-makers
Commonwealth legislation
‘Not for resuscitation’ or ‘do not resuscitate’ orders
Examples of guardianship decisions regarding withholding or withdrawal of treatment
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
Section 4 Further Practice Considerations
13 The removal and donation of human blood, tissue and organs
Introduction
Ethical and legal issues
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
14 The regulation of drugs and poisons
Introduction
Federal regulation
State and territory regulation
Policy
Complementary medicines
Definitions
Storage
Prescribing
Administration of drugs
Verbal orders
Nurse-initiated drugs
Standing orders
Medication error
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
15 Mental health legislation
Introduction
International law and policy
Australian policies and standards
State and territory legislation
Definitions of mental illness
Admission to hospital and care orders
Treatment without the patient’s consent
Seclusion and restraint
Restricted treatment
Electroconvulsive therapy
Psychosurgery
Ill-treatment and neglect
Mental health review boards/tribunals
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
16 Child and elder abuse
Introduction
Child abuse
Elder abuse
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
Section 5 Law and Ethics in Action
17 Working with legal representatives
Introduction
Legal documents
Justices of the Peace
Discovery (disclosure) and inspection of documents
Interrogatories
Notice of non-party disclosure
Subpoenas
Rules of evidence and the standards of proof
Sequence of the trial
Categories of evidence
Witnesses – professional expertise
Alternative dispute mechanisms in health
Further reading
Endnotes
Review questions and activities
18 Case studies
Introduction
Case studies
Conclusion
Further reading
Endnotes

 

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