Essentials of Law, Ethics, and Professional Issues in CAM - E-Book

Key Features

• presents a combined solution for professional practice courses which cover legal, ethical and professional practice considerations
• is the only local book to address these issues for modalities considered by COAG for regulation and registration
• designed to meet the needs of CAM students at Diploma, Bachelor and Coursework Masters levels
• case studies, alert boxes, tips and explanations contained throughout
• includes integrative practice considerations
  

Readership

Trainees and students in Naturopathy, TCM, Massage, Osteopathy, Chiropractic, WHM

Table of Contents

1. THE AUSTRALIAN LEGAL SYSTEM
2. LAW FOR CAM
3. LITIGATION AND DISPUTE RESOLUTION
4. BUSINESS ISSUES FOR CAM THERAPISTS
5. ETHICAL CHALLENGES IN THE 21ST CENTURY
6. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
7. RESEARCH
8. COMMUNICATION
9. INTRODUCTION TO CAM MODALITIES
10. CHIROPRACTIC AND OSTEOPATHY
11. HERBAL MEDICINE AND NATUROPATHY
12. TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE AND ACUPUNCTURE
13. MASSAGE
14. HOMEOPATHY
15. INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE

Author Information

By Julie Zetler, RN, BA (Syd), LLB, LLM (UTS), M of Bioethics (UTS), Grad Dip in Legal Practice (College of Law), Grad Cert Arbitration and Mediation (Ade Uni) , Solicitor of the Supreme Court of NSW Department of Business Law, Faculty of Business and Economics, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW and Rodney Bonello, BSc DO DC MHA FICC FACC, Associate Professor, The Department of Health and Chiropractic, Macquarie University; Board Member, Chiropractic and Osteopathic College of Australasia