The Australian Medical Council draft code of professional conduct: good practice or creeping authoritarianism?

2009 ◽  
Vol 191 (3) ◽  
pp. 190-191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul A Komesaroff ◽  
Ian H Kerridge
Keyword(s):  
Good Practice ◽  
Medical Council ◽  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Draft Code ◽  
Code Of Professional Conduct

The new Code of Professional Conduct

2003 ◽  
Vol 17 (23) ◽  
pp. 40-51
Author(s):  
Martin Semple ◽  
Stuart Cable
Keyword(s):  
Professional Conduct ◽  
Code Of Professional Conduct

The UK Human Rights Act 1998: implications for nurses

2001 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jean McHale ◽  
Ann Gallagher ◽  
Isobel Mason
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Good Practice ◽  
Reciprocal Relationship ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Human Rights Act ◽  
Human Rights Act 1998 ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Code Of Professional Conduct

In this article we consider some of the implications of the UK Human Rights Act 1998 for nurses in practice. The Act has implications for all aspects of social life in Britain, particularly for health care. We provide an introduction to the discourse of rights in health care and discuss some aspects of four articles from the Act. The reciprocal relationship between rights and obligations prompted us to consider also the relationship between guidelines in the United Kingdom Central Council’s Code of professional conduct and the requirements of the Human Rights Act 1998. We conclude with the recommendation that the new legislation should be welcomed for its potential to support good practice and to urge critical and reflective practice rather than as yet another burdensome bureaucratic imposition.

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