LLAW6145
Medical law and ethics
Beginning life : assisted human reproduction; embryo and fetal research; sex selection; cloning; family planning; contraception; sterilization; abortion; child destruction; infanticide, wrongful conception, and wrongful life. Medical treatment : consent to medical treatment; assessment of competence; refusal to treatment; medical negligence; general and approved practice; the role of expert witness; consent by children, parent and MIP and MHO. Confidentiality : assess to medical records; personal data and privacy; reporting statutes; AIDs; protection of genetic information. Mental health : voluntary patients; compulsory detention; mental health review tribunals. Complimentary medicine: Chinese medicine; Chinese Medical Council; integrating Chinese medicine; current status of other healthcare professionals e.g. psychotherapist and radiologist. Human experimentation: rules governing clinical trials; informed consent; liability for injuries; the role of institutional ethics committee. End of life : euthanasia; do not resuscitate; suicide; passive and active euthanasia; PAS; living will, advance directives and surrogate decision-making; death; organ transplants; use of bodily materials.