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Beyond evidence: reappraising use of CA-125 as post-therapy surveillance for ovarian cancer
Harnett, P; Kerridge, I; Jordens, C; Hobbs, K; Mason, C; Morrell, BPublished 2012-01-01omen who have completed primary chemotherapy for ovarian cancer commonly have serial assessment of the serum tumour marker cancer antigen 125 (CA-125).1 This practice has been based on the proven utility of CA-125 in ...Open AccessArticle -
Beyond rhetoric in debates about the ethics of marketing prescription medicines to consumers: The importance of vulnerability in people, situations and relationships
Carter, SM; Samuel, GN Day R, Ankeny RA, Jordens CFC, Komesaroff P.; Kerridge, I; Day, R; Ankeny, R; Jordens, C; Komesaroff, PPublished 2010-01-01Background This article examines community responses to the marketing of prescription medicines. Historically, debates about such marketing have focused on alleged unscrupulousness of pharmaceutical companies and on the ...Open AccessArticle -
Cancergazing? CA125 and post-treatment surveillance in advanced ovarian cancer.
Jordens, C; Morrell, B; Harnett, P; Hobbs, K; Mason, C; Kerridge, IPublished 2010-01-01Post-treatment surveillance of advanced ovarian cancer involves regular testing of asymptomatic patients using the CA125 test. This practice is based on a rationale that is not supported by evidence from clinical trials. ...Open AccessArticle -
Caring for young people with cancer: Practical implications of qualitative engagement with cancer survivors and those who care for them
Lewis, P; Mooney-Somers, Julie; Jordens, C; Bennett, David; Patterson, P; McDonald, F; Kerridge, IPublished 2014-09-03Many adolescent and young adult (AYA) cancer survivors live with ongoing adverse consequences of their cancer experience. While an increasing number of these young Australians have direct access to care in the specialised ...Open AccessArticle -
Clinical Ethics Support in Contemporary Health Care
Doran, E; Kerridge, I; Jordens, C; Newson, A.J.Published 2016-01-01This chapter concerns current initiatives to create and maintain specialized services to help respond to ethical issues that arise in the practice of health care. These initiatives, the obstacles they face, and the ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Contextualising professional ethics: the impact of the prison context on the practices and norms of health care practitioners.
White, K; Jordens, C; Kerridge, IPublished 2014-01-01Health care is provided in many contexts—not just hospitals, clinics, and community health settings. Different institutional settings may significantly influence the design and delivery of health care and the ethical ...Open AccessArticle -
Decision Making in a Crowded Room: The Relational Significance of Social Roles in Decisions to Proceed With Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplantation
Forsyth, R; Scanlan, Camilla Louise; Carter, SM; Jordens, C; Kerridge, IPublished 2011-01-01Researchers studying health care decision making generally focus on the interaction that unfolds between patients and health professionals.Using the example of allogeneic bone marrow transplant, in this article we identify ...Open AccessArticle -
Decoration or communication? A qualitative study of images displayed around the bedsides of hospitalised children
Jordens, C; Lewis, P; Kerridge, IPublished 2009-01-01It is common to find images displayed around the bedsides of sick children who are hospitalized for extended periods. We report a qualitative study of bedside displays that is based on photographs taken at the bedside, and ...Open AccessArticle -
Exhibition Catalogue: Growing Up with Cancer: Self-portraits by young people growing up with cancer.
Lewis, P; Jordens, C; Mooney-Somers, Julie; Kerridge, IPublished 2012-01-01Growing Up with Cancer (GUWC) is an innova�ve project using research and crea�ve prac�ce to understand the experience of having cancer during adolescence and young adulthood. Funded through an Australian Research Council ...Open AccessOther -
'Good Mothering' or 'Good Citizenship'? Conflicting values in choosing whether to store or donate umbilical cord blood.
Porter, E; Kerridge, I; Jordens, CPublished 2013-01-01Umbilical cord blood banking is one of many biomedical innovations that confront pregnant women with new choices about what they should do to secure their own and their child’s best interests. Many mothers can now choose ...Open AccessArticle -
Growing up with cancer: Accommodating the effects of cancer into young people’s social lives.
Lewis, P; Jordens, C; Mooney-Somers, Julie; Kerridge, IPublished 2013-01-01Adolescence and young adulthood are transitional periods of rapid and dramatic personal change. Few events can cause as unpredictable and challenging alterations to this process as the onset of a serious illness, such as ...Open AccessArticle -
Health journalists’ perceptions of their professional roles and responsibilities for ensuring the veracity of reports of health research
Forsyth, R; Morrell, B; Lipworth, W; Kerridge, I; Jordens, C; Chapman, SimonPublished 2012-01-01Health industries attempt to influence the public through the news media and through their relationships with expert academics and opinion leaders. This paper reports the results of a study of journalists’ perceptions ...Open AccessArticle -
The illness trajectory or the illness journey – what’s in a metaphor?
Little, M; Jordens, C; Paul, K; Sayers, E; Sriskandarajah, DPublished 1999-01-01Open AccessArticle -
In reply: Australia’s first religiously affiliated medical school
Kerridge, I; Ankeny, R; Jordens, C; Lipworth, WPublished 2005-01-01All Australians have a legitimate interest in the education of health professionals. In our article we outlined some of our concerns — shared by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) — about several features of the current ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Increasing diversity at the cost of decreasing equity? Issues raised by the establishment of Australia's first religiously affiliated medical school,
Kerridge, I; Ankeny, R; Jordens, C; Lipworth, WPublished 2005-01-01Medical education in Australia is about to undergo major changes, with the founding of six new medical schools, including the first private medical school and the first religiously affiliated medical school in Australia. ...Open AccessArticle -
Informed consent and medical ordeal: a qualitative study
Little, M; Jordens, C; McGrath, C; Montgomery, K; Lipworth, W; Kerridge, IPublished 2008-09-03Background Informed consent is a mainstay of clinical practice, with both moral and legal force. Material disclosure about extreme treatments, however, is unlikely to convey the full impact of the experience of treatment. ...Open AccessArticle -
Knowledge, Beliefs, and Decisions of Pregnant Australian Women Concerning Donation and Storage of Umbilical Cord Blood: A Population‐Based Survey
Jordens, C; Kerridge, I; Stewart, C; O'Brien, T; Samuel, G; Porter, M; O'Connor, M; Nassar, NPublished 2014-01-01Background: Many women giving birth in Australian hospitals can choose to donate their child’s umbilical cord blood to a public cord blood bank or pay to store it privately. We conducted a survey to determine the proportion ...Open AccessArticle -
The long haul: Caring for bone marrow transplant patients in regional Australia
Bradstock, K; Jordens, C; Kerridge, I; Bray, L; Rowlings, PPublished 2011-01-01Objective To evaluate the experience of, and services to, patients from rural and regional Australia referred to a large urban tertiary referral hospital for allogeneic haematopoietic cell transplantation (allo‑HCT) and ...Open AccessArticle -
Managing ethical issues in patient care and the need for clinical ethics support
Doran, E; Fleming, J; Kerridge, I; Stewart, C; Jordens, CPublished 2014-01-01Objective: To investigate the range, frequency and management of ethical issues encountered by clinicians working in hospitals in New South Wales (NSW), Australia. Methods: Cross-sectional survey of a convenience sample ...Open AccessArticle -
My time; your time; the time of living with myeloma
Stephens, M; Jordens, C; Kerridge, I; Carter, SM; McKenzie, H; King, TPublished 2012-11-01Introduction: Improvements in treatment of myeloma have led to a significant increase in the median duration of survival Management of the disease often requires onerous and complex regimens involving multi-disciplinary ...Open AccessConference paper
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