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GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE

GoodMedicalPractice:Professionalism,EthicsandLawbrings together the infor-

mation central to the professional, ethical and legal requirements of being a doctor.

It covers a core curriculum for medical students, doctors in training and international

medical graduates preparing for the Australian Medical Council examinations. It will

also be useful for busy doctors looking for answers to issues that arise in practice,

and for approaches that meet professional standards.

The book’s central premise is that effective and compassionate practice

depends not only upon sound medical knowledge and clinical competence, but also

upon good communication skills, an empathetic attitude and respect for all patients,

truthfulness, self-reﬂection and an awareness of the responsibilities arising under

the law. GoodMedicalPracticeencapsulates these attributes and includes prac-

tice management, inter-professional relationships, sexual misconduct, complaints

processes, the Australian health care system and doctors’ health within its broad

and comprehensive purview. Complex perennial topics such as the allocation of

resources, abortion and mental illness are also thoroughly explored.

Written by specialist practitioners representing both the medical and legal pro-

fessions, each with vast teaching experience, this is a unique, timely and accessible

text that reinforces and redeﬁnes a contemporary focus on professionalism in medi-

cal practice.

Kerry J Breen AM, MB BS, MD (Melb), FRACP is a consultant physician and

gastroenterologist. He is currently a part time member of the Federal Administra-

tive Appeals Tribunal and Commissioner of Complaints of the National Health and

Medical Research Council.

Stephen M Cordner AM, MA (Lond), MB BS, B Med Sc, Dip Crim, DMJ, FRCPath,

FRCPA is Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University and Director of the

Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine (VIFM).

Colin JH Thomson LLB, BA,LLM (Syd) is Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at the

University of Wollongong. He is currently Chairman of the Australian Health Ethics

Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council.

Vernon D Plueckhahn AM, OBE, ED, MD (Adel), Hon MD (Monash), FRACP, FRCPath,

FRCPA, FAMA, FCAP, FAACB, MIAC is a retired Consultant Forensic Pathologist

and Honorary Associate Professor of Forensic Medicine at Monash University.

KERRY J BREEN

STEPHEN M CORDNER

COLIN JH THOMSON

VERNON D PLUECKHAHN

GOOD MEDICAL

PROFESSIONALISM, ETHICS AND LAW

PRACTICE