Australian Health Law

The book provides an analysis of Australian health law as it relates to individual and public health matters. It offers an examination of health law at local, state and national levels, while also reflecting upon broader global considerations. Th 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 in the context of the beginning of life, throughout the life course, and ending of life