Introduction
Introduction
The law regulates a vast number of health-related matters, such as in-vitro fertilisation and the framework governing the operation of hospitals and community health centres. However, the law also deals with less obvious things, as diverse as standards for the re-use of waste water and the licensing of pest-control operators.
This chapter deals with the areas of health law relevant to treatment as a patient. These are:
- consent and information;
- access to medical records;
- privacy and confidentiality (e.g. between health practitioners and their patients);
- blood transfusions and organ transplants; and
- making a complaint.
