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EBM and Epistemological Imperialism: Narrowing the divide between evidence and illness
Published 2011-01-01Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) is an approach to clinical practice that relies on the use of systematically reviewed published clinical research of high quality. Whilst there is some speculation as to whether a true consensus ...Open AccessArticle -
The ‘EBM movement’: Where did it come from, where is it going, and why does it matter?
Published 2008-01-01Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) has now been part of the dominant medical paradigm for 15 years, and has been frequently debated and progressively modified. One question about EBM that has not yet been considered systematically, ...Open AccessArticle -
Ebola, Ethics, and the Question of Culture (Editorial)
Published 2014-01-01The Ebola virus disease (EVD) epidemic in Western Africa has, in recent months, aroused growing alarm in Western countries. Attention has been drawn to the threat posed to the inhabitants of the region by what has undoubtedly ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Eliciting axioms to enrich debates about the pharmaceutical industry.
Published 2014-01-01The study described in this chapter illustrates the utility of Little's model of values (Chapter 14) as a way of interpreting the discourse of professional groups — in this case, the discourse of employees of the pharmaceutical ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Eliciting views of Australian Pharmaceutical industry employees on collaboration and the concept of Quality Use of Medicines
Published 2011-01-01Background: Pharmaceutical industry involvement in biomedicine has produced major benefits but has also caused concern. At present, there is no consensus as to how medical and government organizations should relate to the ...Open AccessArticle -
Eliminating latent tuberculosis in low-burden settings: are the principal beneficiaries to be disadvantaged groups or the broader population?
Published 2017-01-01Tuberculosis (TB) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, and the burdens of this disease continue to track prior disadvantage. In order to galvanise a coordinated global response, WHO has recently ...Open AccessArticle -
The emergence and popularisation of autologous somatic cellular therapies in Australia: Therapeutic innovation or regulatory failure?
Published 2014-01-01Private stem cell clinics throughout Australia are providing autologous stem cell therapies for a range of chronic and debilitating illnesses despite the lack of published literature to support the clinical application of ...Open AccessArticle -
Empathy and affect: what can empathied bodies do?
Published 2016-01-01While there has been much interest in the apparent benefits of empathy in improving outcomes of medical care, there is continuing concern over the philosophical nature of empathy. We suggest that part of the difficulty in ...Open AccessArticle -
Empirical and Evidence-based Homeopathy: Back to Basics.
Published 2013-01-01That the theme of this issue is Back to Basics is a critical reminder of the problems faced by the Australian homœopathic community. This year, 2013, its practitioners may face political marginalisation and economic ...Open AccessArticle -
An empirical reappraisal of public trust in biobanking research: rethinking restrictive consent requirements
Published 2009-01-01Collections of human tissue removed from patients in the course of medical diagnosis or therapy are believed to be an increasingly important resource for medical research (biobank research). As a result of a number of ...Open AccessArticle -
An empirical study of the ‘underscreened’ in organised cervical screening: experts focus on increasing opportunity as a way of reducing differences in screening rates.
Published 2016-01-01Background: Cervical cancer disproportionately burdens disadvantaged women. Organised cervical screening aims to make cancer prevention available to all women in a population, yet screening uptake and cancer incidence and ...Open AccessArticle -
An empirical study of tissue banking in Australia: Navigating regulatory and ethical challenges
Published 2006-01-01Collections of tumour samples can be an invaluable resource for medical research. There are, however, numerous ethical and legal challenges associated with tumour banking. While there has been extensive discussion of these ...Open AccessArticle -
Enacting Internal Coherence as a Path to Quality in Qualitative Inquiry
Published 2010-01-01In this chapter, I am going to make an argument about how to judge quality and do quality in qualitative research, I’m a little trepidatious taking this on: it’s an old subject and many great authors have written on it ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Engaging transplantation ethics
Published 2004-01-01Reviewed book: Ethical eye: Transplants, Peter Morris (editor). Strasbourg: Council of Europe, 2003 (258 pp). ISBN 92 871 4779 5. Through its Ethical eye series, the Council of Europe has addressed a number of recent ...Open AccessArticle -
Enhancing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people’s resilience to blood borne and sexually transmitted infections: Findings from a community-based participatory research project
Published 2009-01-01Issue addressed: Health services are fundamental to reducing the burden of blood-borne and sexually transmitted infections (BBV/STI) in Indigenous communities. However, we know very little about young Indigenous people’s ...Open AccessArticle -
Enhancing Citizen Engagement in Cancer Screening Through Deliberative Democracy
Published 2013-01-01Cancer screening is widely practiced and participation is promoted by various social, technical, and commercial drivers, but there are growing concerns about the emerging harms, risks, and costs of cancer screening. ...Open AccessArticle -
Enhancing use of emergency contraceptive pills: A systematic review of women’s attitudes, beliefs, knowledge and experiences in Australia
Published 2019-03-26Over a decade after emergency contraceptive pills (ECPs) became available without a prescription, the rate of unintended pregnancies remains high in many settings. Understanding women’s experiences and perceptions of ECPs ...Open AccessArticle -
Epidemic ethics: four lessons from the current Ebola outbreak
Published 2014-08-25The extent of the current Ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa has belatedly focused the attention of non-governmental organisations, local and Western governments, and international media. What we haven’t caught up with ...Open AccessArticle -
Epidemiology of complementary and alternative medicine therapy use in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant survivorship patients in Australia
Published 2016-01-01In addition to prescribed conventional medicines, many allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) survivors also use complementary and alternative medical therapies (CAM), however, the frequency and types of CAMs ...Open AccessArticle -
Epidemiology, quality control and consumer access in the medical marketplace: the changing landscape of human genetic technology regulation in Australia
Published 2013-01-01Advances in genetics, genetic therapeutics and the application of genetic technologies to many aspects of human life have challenged the capacity of regulatory authorities and legislative processes the world over. In ...Open AccessArticle