Handbook

This subject will study traditional topics covered by Health Law, including the role of law in patient-doctor relations, covering issues of medical decision-making, confidentiality, privacy, access to information and medical negligence and malpractice, as well as more recent additions, such as regulating emerging reproductive technologies and surrogacy, all through this … For more content click the Read More button below. A focus on health not just of individuals, but also of communities, populations and nations will also frame the exploration of the legal and ethical challenges that new technologies and a globalized world have brought into this field. How does health law in Australia produce, regulate and co-constitute individuals, communities and populations such as the elderly, Indigenous Australians, people with disabilities, middle class and wealthy populations and people with mental health issues. Finally, the subject will involve study of the role that law, law reform and policy can play in the prevention of illness and the production of a healthy population.