Informed discourse at the interface between law and health

About the Journal
The Journal of Law and Medicine (ISSN: 1320-159X) publishes contributions about issues that have a legal, medical or bioethical content arising at the interface between law and health, including the delivery of the full range of health services.

Its focus is broad, international and cross-disciplinary. It seeks to encourage informed discourse about contemporary issues from empirical, practical, policy and theoretical perspectives.

Since its inception in 1993, the Journal has published work by academics, practitioners and researchers from diverse fields, including leading researchers from many Australian, New Zealand and overseas universities and other academic institutions. All contributions to the journal are peer reviewed by qualified experts who are independent of authors.

General Editor
Ian Freckelton AO KC, FAHMS, FASSA, FAAL, FACLM (Hon), LLD (Melb), PhD (Griff), BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), Dip Th M (ANH); Barrister, Vic, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT, NT; Crockett Chambers, Melbourne; Justice, Supreme Court of Nauru; Professorial Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Adjunct Professor of Law, La Trobe University; Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Editorial Board
Professor Roy G Beran, MBBS, MD, FRACP, BLegS, MHL, FACLM, FAFPHM, FRCP (Edin), FFFLM (RCP) (Hon), Professor of Medicine, Griffith University; Conjoint Professor, University of New South Wales
Professor Donald Chalmers, Head of Law School, University of Tasmania
Professor Stephen M Cordner, MA, MB, BS, BMedSc, DipCrim, DMJ, FRCPath, FRCPA, Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine
Professor John Devereux, TC Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland
Professor Grant R Gillett, DPhil (Oxon), FRACS (Neurosurgery), Professor of Medical Ethics, Otago University Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand
Professor Lawrence Gostin, Professor and Director, Center for Law and the Public’s Health, Georgetown and Johns Hopkins Universities, United States of America
Professor Jonathan Herring, Prfoessor of Law, Vice Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Oxford
Professor Ian Kennedy, LLD, Emeritus Professor of Health Law, Ethics and Policy, School of Public Policy, University College, London
The Hon Michael Kirby AC CMG, BA, LLM, BEc (Syd), Hon D Litt (Newcastle, Ulster, James Cook, Curtin), Hon LLD (Macq, Syd, NLSU India (BLR), Buckingham, ANU, UNSW, Murdoch, Indiana, Melbourne, UTS, Bond, Colombo, Victoria, Deakin, Monash, Queen’s (Ontario), Wollongong, USQ, Tas, NLSU India (Odisha)), Hon D Univ (Uni SA, SCU, Griffith, La Trobe, CQU, Adelaide), FIAMA, FAAL, Hon FASSA, Hon FAAH, Hon Bencher of the Inner Temple, Justice of the High Court of Australia 1996-2009
Professor Sheila McLean, LLB, M Litt, PhD, FRSE, FRCP (Edin), FRSA, Emeritus Professor of Law and Ethics in Medicine, Glasgow University, Scotland
Associate Professor George Mendelson, MB, BS (Melb), MD (Mon), FRANZCP, FFPMANZCA, Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor, School of Psychology and Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne
Professor Ron Paterson, LLB (Hons) (Auckland), BCL (Oxford), Professor of Health Law and Policy, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Professor David B Wexler, JD (NYU), Lyons Professor of Law, University of Arizona, United States of America
Professor Ben White, LLB (Hons) (QUT), DPhil (Oxf), Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology
Professor Lindy Willmott, BCom (UQ), LLB (Hons) (UQ), LLM (Camb), PhD (QUT), Professor and Director, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Deputy Editor
Professor Belinda Bennett, BEc LLB (Hons) (Macq), LLM, SJD (Wisconsin), Professor of Health Law, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology

Section Editors
Legal Issues – Gabrielle Wolf, BA (Hons), LLB, PhD Melb, Associate Professor, School of Law, Deakin University; Danuta Mendelson, MA, PhD, LLM, Professor, Chair in Law (Research), School of Law, Deakin University; Joanna Manning, BA (Auck), LLB (Hons) (Auck), MCompL (Geo Wash), Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Auckland

Medical Issues – David Ranson, B Med Sci, BM BS, LLB, FCR Path, FRCPA, FACLM, DMJ (Path), Deputy Director, Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine; Honorary Clinical Professor, Department of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Danny Sullivan, MBBS, MBioeth, MHlthMedLaw, AFRACMA, FRCPsych, FRANZCP, Executive Director of Clinical Services, Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health (Forensicare); Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Research Fellow, Swinburne University; Mike O’Connor AM, MD (Sydney), MHL, MForensMed (Monash), DCH, DDU, FRCOG, FRANZCOG, FACLM, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, University of Western Sydney; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, Women’s and Children’s Health, University of New South Wales

Bioethical Issues – Grant R Gillett, DPhil (Oxon), FRACS (Neurosurgery), Professor of Medical Ethics, Otago University Medical School, Dunedin, New Zealand; Julian Savulescu, Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, Director, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford; Hannah Maslen, Deputy Director, Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, University of Oxford

Complementary Health Issues – Ian Freckelton KC, LLD (Melb), PhD (Griff), BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), Dip Th M (ANH), FAAL, FASSA, FACLM (Hon), Barrister, Vic, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT, NT; Crockett Chambers, Melbourne; Justice, Supreme Court of Nauru; Professorial Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Adjunct Professor of Law, La Trobe University; Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Family and Children’s Health Law Issues – Ian Freckelton KC, LLD (Melb), PhD (Griff), BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), Dip Th M (ANH), FAAL, FASSA, FACLM (Hon), Barrister, Vic, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT, NT; Crockett Chambers, Melbourne; Justice, Supreme Court of Nauru; Professorial Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Adjunct Professor of Law, La Trobe University; Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Health Law Reporter – Professor Cameron Stewart, BEc LLB (Hons) (Macquarie) GradDipJur (USyd) GradDipLegalPrac (College of Law) PhD (Sydney), FACLM, (Hon), Professor of Health, Law and Ethics Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney

Public Health Law Issues – Paula O’Brien, BA/LLB (Hons) (Melb), LLM (Cantab), Senior Lecturer and Director of the Health Law and Ethics Network, Melbourne Law School

Genomic Law Issues – Professor Dianne Nicol, LLM, LLB (Hons), PhD, MSc, BSC (Hons), FAAL, Distinguished Professor of Law, Director of the Centre for Law and Genetics, University of Tasmania

Nursing and Midwifery Issues – Professor Mary Chiarella AM, RN, RM, LLB (Hons) PhD (UNSW), FACN, FRSM, Professor of Nursing, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, The University of Sydney

Mental Health Law Issues – Bernadette McSherry, BA (Hons), LLB (Hons), LLM (Melb), D Jur (York), Grad Dip Psych (Mon), FAAL, FASSA Foundation Director, Melbourne Social Equity Institute, University of Melbourne

Reproductive Health Law Issues – Bernadette Richards, BA, Dip Ed, LLB (Hons), Ph.D, Adelaide Law School, The University of Adelaide

Health Research Law and Ethics – Ian Freckelton KC, LLD (Melb), PhD (Griff), BA (Hons), LLB (Syd), Dip Th M (ANH), FAAL, FASSA, FACLM (Hon), Barrister, Vic, NSW, Qld, SA, Tas, ACT, NT; Crockett Chambers, Melbourne; Justice, Supreme Court of Nauru; Professorial Fellow, Law Faculty, University of Melbourne; Adjunct Professor of Forensic Medicine, Monash University; Adjunct Professor of Law, La Trobe University; Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, Adjunct Professor, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Australasian College of Legal Medicine
The Journal of Law and Medicine is the preferred journal of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine. For more information regarding the College, visit http://www.legalmedicine.com.au.

Indexing/abstracting services
The following websites contain details of material published in the Journal:
http://www.informit.com.au/agis.html (AGIS Plus Text)
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=pubmed (Medline)
http://www.gale.cengage.com (Legal Trac)
http://legal.thomsonreuters.com.au/australian-legal-journals-index-online/productdetail/85643 (Australian Legal Journals Index)
https://clarivate.com/products/web-of-science/ (Web of Science Emerging Sources Citation Index)

AGIS Plus Text is an online legal database based on the Australian Attorney-General’s Information Service. It is produced by RMIT Publishing and is available via subscription.
Medline is a free service of the National Library of Medicine in the United States.
Legal Trac is an online indexing service published by Gale Cengage Learning. It is available via subscription.
The Australian Legal Journals Index is an online legal database prepared by the Lionel Murphy Library of the Commonwealth Attorney-General’s Department. It is produced by Thomson Reuters and is available via subscription.
The ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index) is an online database formerly produced by Thomson Reuters and now maintained by Clarivate Analytics. It is part of the Web of Science Core Collection and is available via subscription.

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