title: The construction of socially remedial legislation in Australia: the strange case of hydrotherapy.
abstract: The article examines the canons of construction of socially remedial statutes in Australia and the utility and acceptance of hydrotherapy as a means of medical treatment. It considers cases from various administrative bodies in Australia as they have applied to this mode of treatment and notes that the canons have not been applied uniformly. The results have sometimes been unhappy. The article suggests why that might be the case and argues that the process may have undermined the medical utility of the treatment.
authors.affiliation: School of Law, University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D035881:Compensation and Redress; D000529:Complementary Therapies / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D006801:Humans; D006875:Hydrotherapy / Q000191:economics / Q000295:instrumentation; D007345:Insurance Claim Review; D007883:Legislation, Medical