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Health law in the 21st century
1School of Medicine, Griffith University.
Introduction:
Law and health operate within different models affecting health law.
Ageing Population:
Ageing and changed dynamics focuses health law on chronic illness, resource allocation, mobility and driving.
Shrinking Planet:
Swine Flu mandates health law to manage epidemiology, international travel and disease virulence.
Access To Healthcare:
Population changes, doctors' numbers and remuneration, health insurance and demographics restrict healthcare access, impacting on health law.
Genetics:
Genetic interpretation allows discrimination against undiagnosed people with genetic propensity to diseases, necessitating legal protection.
Computers And Electronic Medicine:
E-medicine, telemedicine, record privacy and professional standards are relevant to health law.
Conclusion:
Issues concerning health law in the 21st century were reviewed.
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