Applied Paramedic Law, Ethics and Professionalism: Australia and New Zealand

by Ruth Townsend BN LLB LLM GradDip LegalPrac Grad Cert VET Dip ParaSc, Morgan Luck BA BComm BA (Hons) MA PGCE PhD

Overview

• Thoroughly revised content to reflect updated national standards for education and practice, the national Code of Conduct and guidelines set by the Paramedic Board of Australia
• New chapters on privacy, employment law and research
• An eBook included in all print purchases

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780729587396
Publisher:	Elsevier Health Sciences
Publication date:	08/01/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	383
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Ruth Townsend is the Health Law and Ethics course convenor in the School of Medicine and College of Law at the Australian National University. Ruth is a qualified paramedic, nurse and lawyer.
Dr Morgan Luck is a senior lecturer in philosophy at Charles Sturt University and a senior research fellow at the Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics (CAPPE)

Table of Contents

1 Paramedic professionalism
2 Ethics for paramedics
3 PRECARE - ethical decision-making model
4 The regulatory system
5 Consent and refusal of treatment
6 Negligence and vicarious liability
7 End-of-life care
8 Protective jurisdiction
9 The mental health patient
10 Privacy and confidentiality
11 Pharmacological management
12 Employment and industrial law
13 Paramedic practice in New Zealand
14 NEW! Paramedic Research