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Umbilical cord blood banking and the next generation of human tissue regulation: An agenda for research
Published 2012-01-01The transformation of umbilical cord blood from being a waste product to being a valuable source of stem cells has led to the emergence of significant legal, ethical and social issues. This editorial proposes an agenda for ...Open AccessArticle -
Umbilical cord blood banking: Beyond the public-private divide
Published 2012-01-01Umbilical cord blood is a source of haematopoietic progenitor cells, which are used to treat a range of malignant, genetic, metabolic and immune disorders. Until recently, cord blood was either collected through donations ...Open AccessArticle -
Umbilical cord blood banking: public good or private benefit? In reply.
Published 2008-01-01IN REPLY: Roberts asserts that we are biased, paternalistic and driven by an ideological objection to private umbilical cord blood (UCB) storage. While this is impressive rhetoric, it bears little resemblance to the ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Uncanny Animals: thinking otherwise about ethics and the human animal relationship.
Published 2012-01-01Maintaining the attention to bodily difference human and animal ontology has long been constructed on rigid physical characterizations seemingly untouched by culture. In “Reframing the Ethical Issues in Part-Human Animal ...Open AccessArticle -
Uncertain Translation, Uncertain Benefit and Uncertain Risk: Ethical Challenges Facing First-in-Human Trials of Induced Pluripotent Stem (iPS) Cells
Published 2013-01-01The discovery of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells in 2006 was heralded as a major breakthrough in stem cell research. Since then, progress in iPS cell technology has paved the way towards clinical application, particularly ...Open AccessArticle -
Unconventional Practice, “Innovative” Interventions and the National Law
Published 2020-01-01This column explores a recent health profession disciplinary case which throws light on the problems of unconventional interventions by medical practitioners under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 ...Open AccessArticle -
Underdetermined Interests: Scientific ‘Goods’ and Animal Welfare.
Published 2009-01-01It is well known that the culture within which actors such as scientists and clinicians operate is structured by the mechanisms through which institutional rewards are distributed (Garfield 1979). In the biosciences, ...Open AccessArticle -
Understanding Corporate Responsibility: Culture and Complicity
Published 2011-01-01Kipnis's fictional account of the televised treatment of Elaine Robbins clearly shows the surgeon's negligence (Kipnis 2011). The problems with Anodyne's support for the telesurgery breakfast are harder to discern, but ...Open AccessArticle -
Understanding empathy: why phenomenology and hermeneutics can help medical education and practice
Published 2015-03-01This article offers a critique and reformulation of the concept of empathy as it is currently used in the context of medicine and medical care. My argument is three pronged. First, that the instrumentalised notion of empathy ...Open AccessArticle -
Understanding selective refusal of eye donation: identity, beauty and interpersonal relationships.
Published 2013-01-01Corneal transplantation is the most common form of organ transplantation performed globally. However, of all organs, eyes have the highest rate of refusal of donation. This study explored the reasons why individuals decide ...Open AccessArticle -
Untested, unproven, and unethical: the promotion and provision of autologous stem cell therapies in Australia
Published 2015-01-01An increasing number of private clinics in Australia are marketing and providing autologous stem cell therapies to patients. Although advocates point to the importance of medical innovation and the primacy of patient choice, ...Open AccessArticle -
Use of NSAIDs for osteoarthritis amongst older-aged primary care patients: Engagement with information and perceptions of risk
Published 2011-01-01Background: Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) are used commonly to treat osteoarthritis in older patients. Objective: To explore the understandings of risk that older-aged primary care patients have in the ...Open AccessArticle -
The use of real world data for the research, development and evaluation of oncology precision medicines
Published 2017-10-01Although randomized controlled trials remain the scientific ideal for determining the efficacy and safety of new treatments, they are sometimes insufficient to address the evidentiary requirements of regulators and payers. ...Open AccessArticle -
Using a Web-Archiving Service - How to ensure your cited web-references remain available and valid
Published 2017-09-14In today’s electronic information age, academic authors increasingly cite online resources such as blog posts, news articles, online policies and reports in their scholarly publications. Citing such webpages, or their URLs, ...Open AccessArticle -
Using local evidence to inform public health priorities for lesbian and bisexual women’s sexual health
Published 2013-01-01The 2010 National Women’s Health Policy (NWHP) acknowledged for the first time that lesbian and bisexual women may be at risk of poor health outcomes. It called for “information and access to services to sexual health, ...Open AccessConference poster -
Using the survival-security-flourishing model to explain the emergence and shape of the medical profession
Published 2014-01-01In this chapter, we will explore the value of Little's theory of 'modest foundationalism' as a means of shedding a fresh perspective on the medical profession. In particular, we seek to determine whether we can explain why ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Vaccines – but not as we know them: An ethical evaluation of HPV vaccination policy in Australia
Published 2011-01-01Objective: To show how systematic ethical evaluation of public health policy may reveal issues of moral significance for critical examination. Method: Using Australia's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program as an ...Open AccessArticle -
Values as ‘modest foundations’ for medicine
Published 2014-01-01Medicine and healthcare have been around for thousands of years, but we seldom ask why they are so important. It seems self-evident that we should seek relief of suffering from some institution in the society in which we ...Open AccessArticle -
Values in breast cancer screening: an empirical study with Australian experts
Published 2015-01-01Objective: To explore what Australian experts value in breast screening, how these values are conceptualised and prioritised, and how they inform experts’ reasoning and judgement about the Australian breast-screening ...Open AccessArticle -
Values, ethics and the law--Issues for practice and education
Published 1998-01-01ABSTRACT For many years, thoughtful medical practitioners have concerned themselves with the place of health services and medicine in their social setting. They have recognized that there are genuine moral dilemmas which ...Open AccessArticle