Complementary Medicine: Ethics And Law (Second Edition)
Michael Weir BA, LLB(Hons) UQ, LLM (Bond) Associate Professor, School of Law, Bond University, Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Queensland
As a professional complementary medicine practitioner or student, how often have you asked yourself:
What are my ethical obligations here?
Is my practice legal and am I protected?
How should I set up my practice?
For the first time, the student or practitioner of complementary medicine has a comprehensive, readable and informative discussion of these vital issues.
Associate Professor Michael Weir of the School of Law Bond University is an academic lawyer with broad legal experience. Michael has training in therapeutic massage and has taught complementary medicine students on ethical and legal issues for 13 years. This provides the author with a unique insight into the legal and ethical issues that arise for the professional practice of complementary medicine in Australia.
Weather you are a student or practitioner, this is essential reading to assure you of professional, safe and enjoyable practice.
Features
Complementary Medicine: Ethics and Law gives you the tools to:
- Understand the Ten Commandments of Professional Practice.
- Identify and deal with tricky legal situations that arise in practice.
- Understand your legal obligations to your clients and the profession.
- Appreciate your ethical responsibilities.
- Set up your professional practice.
- Understand the permitted boundaries of your practice.
- Understand the ins and outs of commercial leases.
- Decipher professional indemnity insurance.
Table Of Contents
Introduction: What is Complementary Medicine, Regulation of Health Professionals, Commandments of Professional Practice. Ethics and Professional Misconduct: Ethics, Code of Ethics, Typical Points Covered by Code of Ethics, Disciplinary Action. Scope of Practice: Prohibition on the Practice of Medicine, The Need for Reform, Holding out as a Medical Practitioner, Registration Acts, Registration Acts and the Unregistered Practitioner, Duty to Refer to a Medical Practitioner. Negligence and Professional Responsibilities: Complementary Medicine and Negligence, General Principles of Negligence, Providing Information to Clients, Consent to Treatment, Liability in Contract, Health Rights Complaints Legislation. Goods: Therapeutic Goods Act, Consumer Legislation, Fair Trading Acts, Liability for Faulty Products. Modalities: Chiropractic, Osteopathy, Therapeutic Massage, Naturopathy, Homoeopathy, Acupuncture, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Herbal Medicine. Setting up a Practice: Business Names, Trading Structures, Leasing Premises, Working from Home, Buying a Practice, Goods and Services Tax, Employees, Professional Indemnity Insurance. The Legal Process: Sources of Law in Australia, Types of Law, Court System, Acting as a Witness, Expert Witnesses. Table of Cases, Table of Legislation, Index.
ISBN 0646396285 248 pages Prometheus Publications