Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Regulating the Stem Cell Industry: Needs and Responsibilities
Published 2017-07-01Emerging biotechnologies pose public health challenges1 because of both the known and unforeseen risks they carry, the uncertain medical benefits they offer, the speed at which they have disseminated and their unproven ...Open AccessArticle -
On the fragility of medical virtue in a neoliberal context: the case of commercial conflicts of interest in reproductive medicine.
Published 2016-03-01Social, political, and economic environments play an active role in nurturing professional virtue. Yet, these environments can also lead to the erosion of virtue. As such, professional virtue is fragile and vulnerable to ...Open AccessArticle -
Conflicts of Interest in Neoliberal Times: Perspectives of Australian medical students
Published 2016-06-01In this paper we report on the findings from six focus groups conducted with Australian medical students. The focus groups discussed students’ perceptions of conflicts of interest and the influence of commercial values in ...Open AccessArticle -
Declarations, Accusations and Judgement: Examining conflict of interest discourses as performative speech-acts.
Published 2016-04-01Concerns over conflicts of interest (COI) in academic research and medical practice continue to provoke a great deal of discussion. What is most obvious in this discourse is that when COIs are declared, or perceived to ...Open AccessArticle -
What factors determine the choice of public engagement undertaken by health technology assessment decision-making organizations?
Published 2016-01-01Purpose: Public engagement in health technology assessment (HTA) is increasingly considered crucial for good decision-making. Determining the “right” type of engagement activity is key in achieving the appropriate consideration ...Open AccessArticle