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Book SynopsisFiona McDonald is an Associate Professor within the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and is Co-Director of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She is also an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Bioethics at Dalhousie University, Canada. She teaches in the area of health law and ethics to law students and a range of health professionals.
Shih-Ning Then is a Senior Lecturer within the Faculty of Law at Queensland University of Technology and is a member of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research. She teaches in the area of health law and ethics to law students and a range of health professionals.
Trade ReviewWe use this text and have done for the last two years. I don’t recommend any other texts as this one covers both law and ethics. It covers them in an easy to engage with manner, and the focus is on safe and appropriate practice for nurses and midwives. * Matt Mason, Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery & Paramedicine, University of the Sunshine Coast *
This is written in a clear and concise style, is easy to read and is relevant to the Australian health care setting. The use of various examples of actual cases to illustrate points throughout the book is also a great help to the students and can also be used to stimulate discussion. * Ron Picard, Lecturer in Nursing, La Trobe Rural Health School *
Table of ContentsChapter 1: Ethics and Law Chapter 2: Ethics and ethical and legal decision-making frameworks Chapter 3: The Australian legal system Chapter 4: Ethics, law and nursing and midwifery practice Chapter 5: Adult patients-Consent and refusal of consent Chapter 6: Children as patients Chapter 7 Law, ethics and health information management Chapter 8: Patient safety and negligence Chapter 9: Ethics, law and mental health Chapter 10: Ethics, law and the elderly Chapter 11: End-of-life issues Chapter 12: Issues relevant to reproduction, pregnancy and the birth of a child Chapter 13: Ethics, law and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients Appendixes Code of conduct for nurses Code of conduct for midwives Where to find the International Council of Nurses Code of Ethics and the International Confederation of Midwives Code of Ethics.
