Abstract
Australian law on medical treatment depends on a mix of common (judge-made) and statute law. Because Australia is a federation, in which legislative powers related to health and medical matters are possessed variously by the Commonwealth and the States and territories1, it also depends on a mix of Federal and State law. There are nine Australian jurisdictions: South Australia, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, the Northern Territory, Western Australia and Tasmania as well as the Federal jurisdiction. Australian law which safeguards the autonomy of patients at the end of their life therefore differs from State to State, often to a considerable degree. This necessarily complicates the task of expounding the rights of patients at the end of their life.
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Naffine, N. (2000). Country Report Australia. In: Taupitz, J. (eds) Zivilrechtliche Regelungen zur Absicherung der Patientenautonomie am Ende des Lebens / Regulations of Civil Law to Safeguard the Autonomy of Patients at the End of Their Life. Veröffentlichungen des Instituts für Deutsches, Europäisches und Internationales Medizinrecht, Gesundheitsrecht und Bioethik der Universitäten Heidelberg und Mannheim, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57256-2_2
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