What power does the Supreme Court have to override parent’s wishes in regard to medical treatment for their children?
The Supreme Court in its Equity Division, Protective List has the power to do many things which contradict the wishes of …
Accessing Personal Medical Records
In New South Wales the general position is that a health practitioner or organisation is said to own the medical records they create. However, in most cases a person is still able to access their personal …
Our paralegal Lauren Faulkner recently wrote about the entitlement we each have as consumers of health care services to access clinical notes from our doctor or hospital. Lauren also raised the real issues for family/next of kin in obtaining their …
It seems to me a wonderful imperative in a modern socially responsible economy such as Australia to give all would-be parents the opportunity of screening for the numerous rare genetic disorders when planning their families.
My fear however is that …