Defensive medicine in general practice: recent trends and the impact of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) [0.03%]
《普通内科防御性医疗的新趋势及的影响》
Omar Salem,Christine Forster
Omar Salem
This article presents the results of a survey conducted among New South Wales medical practitioners to assess the extent to which the enactment of the Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) has reduced the practice of defensive medicine. The new le...
Determining manner of death: statistical modelling of coronial decisions [0.03%]
死亡原因判定：裁判员决定的统计分析模型
R Robertson,T Crawley
R Robertson
Lack of standardised procedures and the varied expertise of decision-makers can make manner of death determination in ambiguous cases equivocal in its own right. The aim of the present study was to identify factors influencing coronial mann...
George A Jelinek,Sandra L Neate
George A Jelinek
Pharmaceutical companies are known to be among the most profitable companies in the world. Proceedings of legal cases and published research provide insights into the nature of the influence of drug companies on research and publication pra...
Robert French
Robert French
The intersection of law and science, particularly in relation to causality and the legal concept of causation, were of considerable interest to Sir Owen Dixon. In this article, revisiting Dixon's 1933 lecture "Science and Judicial Proceedin...
Constitutional limits on federal legislation practically compelling medical employment: Wong v Commonwealth; Selim v Professional Services Review Committee [0.03%]
宪法限制实际上强制医疗从业的联邦立法：Wong诉联邦政府案；Selim诉医疗服务评审委员会案
Thomas Faunce
Thomas Faunce
A recent decision by the High Court of Australia (Wong v Commonwealth; Selim v Professional Services Review Committee (2009) 236 CLR 573) (the PSR case) has not only clarified the scope of the Australian constitutional prohibition on "any f...
National regulation and accreditation of Australian health practitioners [0.03%]
澳大利亚卫生从业人员的国家标准、管理和认可制度
Kim Forrester
Kim Forrester
In 2010, nurses and midwives, together with a number of other identified health professionals, will come under the Australian National Registration and Accreditation Scheme for Health Professionals. The scheme is focused on the improvement ...
Grant Gillett
Grant Gillett
Conjoined twins pose a serious challenge to medical ethics because of the fact that most legally informed ethicists recognise the need to respect the sanctity of life principle for all children. This principle is not negated by impairments ...
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
A significant number of court decisions in Australia have wrestled with the issue of who among equally ranked next-of-kin should have priority in determining the timing and place of a loved one's burial or cremation. The first port of call ...
Defendants' liability for pure mental harm to third parties in Australia: still a work in progress [0.03%]
澳大利亚纯精神性侵害第三人案件中的被告人的归责问题：仍待完善之处
Danuta Mendelson
Danuta Mendelson
In Australia, both common and statutory law allows compensation for negligently occasioned recognised psychiatric injury, but distinguishes between pure mental harm and consequential mental harm. This column briefly discusses the concept of...
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
2009 saw two deeply disturbing coronial decisions about the deaths of persons in custody in different parts of Australia. Coroner Jamieson in Victoria made telling criticisms of the quality of medical care provided to a prisoner at Port Phi...
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2009 Oct;17(2):157-64. DOI: 2009