Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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The Contemporary Significance of the Holocaust for Australian Psychiatry.
Published 2016-01-01In this paper we survey briefly the components of the Holocaust directly relevant to the psychiatric profession and identify the main themes of relevance to contemporary psychiatry. The euthanasia program, the persecution ...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 -
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 -
Watching the Responsibility Clock: Medical Care, Ethics, and Medical Shift Work
Published 2016-01-01The article by Dubov and colleagues (2016) evokes the inadvertent possibility of adverse ethical outcomes arising from the worldwide trend toward mandated work practices. These outcomes include the undermining of key ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
What is overdiagnosis and why should we take it seriously in cancer screening?
Published 2017-07-01Overdiagnosis occurs in a population when conditions are diagnosed correctly but the diagnosis produces an unfavourable balance between benefits and harms. In cancer screening, overdiagnosed cancers are those that did not ...Open AccessArticle