Consent Rights of Gender Diverse Children in Australia and the United Kingdom: Will the Court's Involvement End? [0.03%]
澳大利亚和英国性别多样儿童的同意权:法院的介入会结束吗?
Georgina Jacko
Georgina Jacko
Gender diversity allows individuals to express their innate sense of self and has been increasingly recognised over time. Consequently, paediatric gender services have seen exponential increases in referrals internationally. This has result...
Rohan Wee
Rohan Wee
The use of antipsychotic medication in the management of behaviours of concern in dementia is complex. Antipsychotics may be part of medical treatment or be a restrictive practice. The uncertainty around consent for restrictive practices ex...
Chris Dent
Chris Dent
The law has changed, over the past century, in respect of how it sees the legal subject. From the 1980s, the law began to articulate an understanding of the "mind" of those who came before the courts. This is evident in decisions around ner...
The Role of the Medical Profession in Occupational Lung Disease and Access to Compensation [0.03%]
医学界在职业性肺病及其赔偿中的作用
Sally Weir,Leah OKeefe,Ross Sottile
Sally Weir
The relationship between exposure to toxins at work and lung diseases continues to be significantly under-recognised in Australia. Medical practitioners are well placed to identify occupational risk factors for disease. They can therefore p...
Standard of Care in Medical Malpractice: Deference, Daubert, or Different Direction [0.03%]
医疗过失中的护理标准:尊重、道伯特还是新的方向?
Michael Gvozdenovic
Michael Gvozdenovic
This article explores the effect of Daubert v Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc on the standard of care in United States medical malpractice proceedings. It posits that the significance of Daubert should not be viewed from the perspective of ...
Medical Intervention as a Novus Actus Interveniens: Giving Meaning to the Concept of Gross Clinical Negligence [0.03%]
医疗介入作为新的外来原因:对严重临床疏忽概念的诠释
Louis Baigent
Louis Baigent
The focus of this article is the notion that only grossly negligent conduct by a health care provider will constitute a novus actus interveniens and break the chain of causation between a tortious act and the ultimate harm suffered by a pla...
Robert Guthrie,Robert Aurbach,Marina Ciccarelli
Robert Guthrie
This article addresses a range of workplace issues, with a focus on workers' compensation and return to work, and employment law and related medical issues after the outbreak and spread of COVID-19 in Australia since 2020. It will briefly a...
First Nations Perspectives in Law-Making About Voluntary Assisted Dying [0.03%]
原住民视角下的自愿 assisted dying 立法观点
Sophie Lewis,Lindy Willmott,Ben P White et al.
Sophie Lewis et al.
Voluntary assisted dying laws have now been enacted in all six Australian States with reform being considered in the remaining two. While there is an emerging body of literature examining various aspects of regulation, there has been scant ...
Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 (Qld): Conscientious Objection Controversies [0.03%]
《2021年自愿辅助 dying法》(昆士兰):良心反抗争议
Halie Geissmann
Halie Geissmann
The right to conscientious objection has been reflected in multiple Australian jurisdictions for different purposes. The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021(Qld) provides for conscientious objection and the scope of these provisions has prove...
Voluntary Assisted Dying, the Conscientious Objector Who Refuses to Facilitate it and Discrimination Law [0.03%]
自愿辅助死亡、拒绝提供协助的良心拒斥者与反歧视法
Anthony Gray,Kerstin Braun
Anthony Gray
This article discusses the aspect of recent voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws dealing with a health care provider who declines to provide VAD services. While the law permits the provider to do so, it is sometimes less clear what, if anyth...