Core standards

•  Good medical practice. A guide for doctors (August 2004)

  A concise guide to the professional standards, conduct and ethics, expected by the Medical Council of New Zealand. 

• Cole’s Medical Practice in New Zealand 2008
  
  Note: This book and its individual chapters are available as hard copy. To order copies, contact info@mcnz.org.nz.

Medical care

• The use of drugs and doping in sport
  Medical Council statement (December 2000)

• Improper prescribing practice with respect to addictive drugs
  Medical Council statement (October 2000)

• A doctor’s duty to help in a medical emergency (August 2006)

• HRANZ Joint Guidelines for registered health care workers on transmissible major viral infections (November 2006)

• Statement on complementary and alternative medicine
  Medical Council statement (March 2005)

• Statement on cosmetic procedures (October 2007)

• Statement on safe practice in an environment of resource limitation Medical Council statement (October 2005)

Communication and informed consent

• Statement on use of the internet and electronic communication
  (June 2006)

• The maintenance and retention of patient records
  Medical Council statement (October 2005)

• Legislative requirements about patient rights and consent
  Medical Council statement (October 2005)

• Disclosure of harm ‘good medical practice’
  Medical Council statement (December 2004)

• Ending a doctor-patient relationship
  Medical Council statement (March 2004)

• When another person is present during the consultation
  Medical Council statement (March 2004)

• Confidentiality and public safety
  Medical Council statement (April 2002)

• Information and Consent
  Medical Council statement (April 2002)

• Statement on cultural competence (August 2006)

Maori health

• Best health outcomes for Maori: Practice implications (October 2006)
  
  Note: This booklet and its individual chapters are available as hard copy. To order copies, contact info@mcnz.org.nz. 

• Statement on best practices when providing care to Māori patients and their whānau Medical Council statement (August 2006)

For patients

• You and your doctor. A guide to your relationship with your doctor
  (October 2006)

• Confidence in your health practitioner (September 2004)
  
  Note: This leaflet has been produced by the Health Regulatory Authorities of New Zealand with the support of the Ministry of Health.

Working with other health professionals

• Deciding whether to refer concerns about a doctor to Council

Management

• Definitions of risk of harm and risk of serious harm
  (August 2004)

Teaching, training, appraising and assessing doctors and students

• Competence and performance definitions (August 2004)

• What you can expect: The performance assessment  (November 2005)

• Assessing doctors' performance (May 2005)

• Statement on Medical Students Convicted of an Offence against the Law

• The Medical Council's handbook on Education and supervision for interns (November 2006)
  
  Note: This handbook is available as hard copy. To order copies, contact info@mcnz.org.nz.

• Guidance for doctors working in supervised practice and their supervisors (August 2004)

Professionalism

• Medical certification Medical Council statement (December 2007)

• Sexual boundaries in doctor-patient relationship. A resource for doctors (October 2006)

• Statement on providing care to yourself and those close to you
  (August 2006)

Bibliographies

• Recommended textbooks, manuals, journals and electronic resources
  (August 2006) 

• A selectively annotated bibliography of resources on sexual abuse identified by the Medical Council of New Zealand
  
  Note: This publication is available as hard copy only. To order copies, contact info@mcnz.org.nz.