Dooley, Brandon, Fearnside, Michael, Gorton, Michael
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Review The Royal Australasian College of Surgeons is to be congratulated on sponsoring the substantial and authoritative book Surgery, Ethics and the
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Law. The chapters, all written by acknowledged authorities in their particular fields, cover a wide panormas, examining a range of weighty and controversial subjects which illustrate many of the facets of the subject. Sir Gustav Nossal, Department of Pathology, The University of Melbourne Readers will be provided with an informed understanding of both the ethical and legal rule-frameworks within which a responsible surgeon practises her or his specialised discipline. It is a book that may also be read by all members of the profession of medicine, by those practising in allied professions, and by their patients. Professor Lois Waller, AO Sir Leo Cussen Chair of Law, Monash University Surgery, Ethics and the Law brings together a variety of information for surgeons, surgical trainees and other interested readers about the ethical and legal issues arising in the health care system. This book, issued at a time when many changes in the health care system are occuring, will contribute to the maintenance of the high standards of the medical profession. Dr Michael Wooldridge, Minister for Health and Aged Care Product Description Surgery, Ethics and the Law discusses the main ethical and legal problems that confront surgeons in their practices. Medical litigation, risk management, informed consent, research (animal welfare in research), professional obligations and standards, impaired surgeon, and organ donation are the issues that form the basis of the book. From the Back Cover Surgery, Ethics and the Law discusses the main ethical and legal problems that confront surgeons in their practices. Medical litigation, risk management, informed consent, research (animal welfare in research), professional obligations and standards, impaired surgeon, and organ donation are the issues that form the basis of the book.
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