State and territory health ministers have decided to restrict the title ‘surgeon’ to specially trained doctors. It’s a significant change for consumers and doctors.
- Professor at Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
The latest plan is comprehensive, sober, realistic and the product of considerable consultation. But it’s missing a few key issues if we are to adequately protect consumers.
Australia doesn’t have ‘conservatorships’ but rather guardianship and financial management laws for each state and territory.
Generally speaking, fault can only be proven when the doctor has acted outside of the professional standard of care.
Over the first year of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria, about 400 people applied to access the laws to end their lives. There are lingering issues, but the system is workable.
After much lobbying, the TGA has announced it will crack down on dodgy stem cell clinics.
The SensaSlim company’s recent defamation suit against Dr Ken Harvey of La Trobe University highlights some of the regulatory problems facing complementary products in Australia. Dr Harvey initiated a…
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