THE NEW SOUTH WALES MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS ACT, 1938‐1939, AND ITS REGULATIONS

1939 ◽  
Vol 2 (10) ◽  
pp. 367-367
Keyword(s):  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
South Wales

Professional Misconduct in Psychiatry: Sexual Behaviour with Patients. A Report of Recent New South Wales Findings

1994 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 197-204 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eleanor M. Dawson
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Behaviour ◽  
Psychiatric Treatment ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Professional Misconduct ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Legal Documents ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Legal Context ◽  
The Supreme Court

In the period 1989–1991 the Medical Tribunal in the state of New South Wales conducted enquiries into seven complaints about professional misconduct of a sexual nature incidental to psychiatric treatment. This study is submitted in the interests of patients, profession and public in accordance with the ethos of the Medical Practitioners Act (NSW). It is based on personal observations and published legal documents and refers to the legal context and procedures. It addresses the substance and style of complaints and complainants and of defences and respondents. The names of six psychiatrists and one trainee psychiatrist were removed from the Medical Register. In three instances decisions or orders were unsuccessfully appealed in the Supreme Court. In two instances associated complaints (of illicitly prescribing drugs of addiction and of divulging confidential information) were also found to be professional misconduct. Courtroom pitfalls are illustrated and practical principles explicit in judgements are reiterated.

The Operation of the Mental Health Act, 1983 (NSW)

1986 ◽  
Vol 20 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael R. Errington
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Psychiatric Hospitals ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Medical Practitioners ◽  
Mental Health Act ◽  
South Wales ◽  
Health Review

The Mental Health Act, 1983, and its associated legislation, effects an extensive reorganisation of the law relating to mental health in New South Wales. This paper seeks to explain the operation of the Act from the point of view of medical practitioners, for the most part medical officers and psychiatrists employed in psychiatric hospitals. Reference is also made to the rights of patients, medical and surgical treatment of patients, the property of patients and the operation of the Mental Health Review Tribunal.

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