Health Law Bulletin - April 2010

Welcome to the April 2010 edition of the Health Law Bulletin, providing an update on legal issues affecting the health, biotech, life sciences, retirement living and aged care sectors.

In this issue:

• An update on the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act which commences on 1 July 2010.
• Advance Care Directives - Hunter and New England Service v A.
• Recent obstetric and other medical malpractice cases, including Gett v Tabet on loss of chance.
• Recent developments concerning intellectual property and health and medical research and the registration of patents, including University of Western Australia v Gray.
• An update on occupational health and safety.
• An article on the new NHMRC Guidelines for Health Practitioners in the Private Sector on the Use and Disclosure of Genetic Information to a Patient’s Genetic Relatives.
• Recent changes in GST for the retirement living industry.

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