Voluntary assisted dying is now legal, or will soon will be, in all six states. But we need enough doctors to put their hands up for training.
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Multiple amendments could make the law unwieldy, incoherent and even unworkable.
The proposed NSW legislation is similar to other states, including replicating a key flaw.
While the HIPAA Privacy Rule prevents health care providers from sharing your health information without your permission, it doesn’t prevent other people from asking you about it.
A health law expert explains what the regulation does and doesn’t protect.
If COVID-19 causes a ventilator shortage in hospitals, triage protocols will dictate who gets life-saving treatment. Health-care workers need protection from liability for following those protocols.
The connections between city planning and health are many and varied, but getting health objectives integrated into all aspects of planning in New South Wales has been a long struggle.
Many of the online testimonials you might read for dentists and other health professional can not only mislead, they can be illegal.
Health Canada is drafting important regulations for assisted reproductive technologies. Initial documents treat egg donors and surrogates as little more than spare parts and walking wombs.
NSW has changed its laws imposing criminal penalties on someone with an STI who doesn’t take “reasonable precautions” to not infect their sexual partner.
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Professor of End-of-Life Law and Regulation, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Law, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Professor of Law, Public Health Sciences, and Public Policy, University of Virginia
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Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer in Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Pharmaceutical Policy, School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology
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Distinguished Research Professor, Emerita, Dalhousie University
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Professor of Law, DePaul University
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Senior Research Fellow, Social Inquiry, La Trobe University
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Research Associate at Sydney Health Law, University of Sydney
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Professor of Bioethics, Macquarie University
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Senior Research Manager, University of Sydney and Honorary Assistant Professor, Bond University
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University