Australian medical liability / by Bill Madden, Janine McIIwraith, Benjamin Madden.
2021
N33.33.M4.K1 MAD 2021
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Title
Australian medical liability / by Bill Madden, Janine McIIwraith, Benjamin Madden.
Edition
4th edition
ISBN
9780409352504 paperback
Imprint
Chatswood, N.S.W. : LexisNexis Australia, 2021.
Copyright
©2021.
Language
English
Description
xxxviii, 506 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
N33.33.M4.K1 MAD 2021
Summary
A comprehensive handbook on medical liability law. This fourth edition of Australian Medical Liability was mostly written during 2020, a difficult year that provided many challenges for the medical profession, the legal profession and of course for society as a whole in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic. As before, this book seeks to provide a comprehensive overview of medical liability law in Australia with some international comparisons where useful. The civil liability legislative framework remains central to the book's analysis. Despite it now being almost 20 years since the civil liability legislation came into effect, judicial interpretation of it in many new cases provides further insights into its effects and these have been incorporated in this fourth edition. Topics incidental to medical liability law are again addressed, including confidentiality, expert evidence, professional conduct and the role of the Coroner in deaths following medical treatment. Australian Medical Liability is intended to be a practical reference, source book and commentary for legal practitioners and law students interested in medical liability law in Australia. It should also be of value to medical practitioners and students of medicine seeking insights into Australian medical liability as it constantly develops. - Publisher's website.
Note
Previous edition: 2017.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
1. Framework of 'Australian medical liability'
2. Consent to medical treatment and trespass to the person
3. Duties regarding provision of information
4. Duties regarding treatment
5. Duties to non-patients and third parties
6. Duties to disclose error
7. Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties
8. Breach of duty in information cases
9. Breach of duty in treatment cases
10. Breach of duty in treatment - case examples
11. Public authorities
12. Apologies
13. Good samaritans
14. Intoxication
15. Contributory negligence
16. Causation in information cases
17. Causation in treatment cases
18. Loss of chance
19. Wrongful birth claims
20. Intentional acts with intent to cause harm, sexual assault and sexual misconduct
21. Confidentiality and litigation
22. Expert evidence
23. Professional conduct
24. Medical liability and the coroner.
2. Consent to medical treatment and trespass to the person
3. Duties regarding provision of information
4. Duties regarding treatment
5. Duties to non-patients and third parties
6. Duties to disclose error
7. Vicarious liability and non-delegable duties
8. Breach of duty in information cases
9. Breach of duty in treatment cases
10. Breach of duty in treatment - case examples
11. Public authorities
12. Apologies
13. Good samaritans
14. Intoxication
15. Contributory negligence
16. Causation in information cases
17. Causation in treatment cases
18. Loss of chance
19. Wrongful birth claims
20. Intentional acts with intent to cause harm, sexual assault and sexual misconduct
21. Confidentiality and litigation
22. Expert evidence
23. Professional conduct
24. Medical liability and the coroner.
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