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Health and ageing
What laws affect older people? How do I make a complaint about my doctor?
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This chapter of the Law handbook covers health law, including consent, health records, complaints, mental health, and HIV.
This chapter of The law handbook covers types of discrimination, vilification, victimisation, equal employment opportunity, and complaints about discrimination
A short and easy to understand guide to wills, power of attorney, enduring guardians, and advanced care directives.
NSW legislation dealing with mental health, including voluntary and involuntary admission, care and treatment, and the Mental Health Review Tribunal.
The Health Care Complaints Commission deals with complaints about health service providers in NSW. Find out about the complaints process.
The Mental Health Review Tribunal conducts mental health inquiries, makes and reviews orders, and hears some appeals about the treatment and care of people with a mental illness.
Find out your rights and where to get help if you have you been involuntarily admitted to a hospital. Information from Legal Aid NSW.
The guide book, from NSW Health, provides a clear and practical source of information about procedures and issues to be considered in implementing the Mental Health Act 2007.
My Aged Care helps you find out about aged care services. Find information about help at home, aged care homes, costs, and complaints.
This chapter of the Law handbook deals with disability law, including guardianship and the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
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