Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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A survey of practices and policies relating to the use of complementary and alternative medicines and therapies in New South Wales cancer services.
Published 2013-01-01AIMS: To examine policies and practices relating to the provision, prescription and monitoring of complementary and alternative medicine and therapies (CAM) in conventional cancer services in NSW. METHODS: Self-administered ...Open AccessArticle -
Caring for pregnant women for whom transfusion is not an option - A national review to assist in patient care
Published 2015-11-17Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the leading cause of maternal mortality and morbidity globally. Obstetric bleeding can be catastrophic and management is challenging, involving a coordinated multidisciplinary approach, which ...Open AccessArticle -
Consent and public engagement in an era of expanded childhood immunisation.
Published 2011-01-01Childhood immunisation programmes have seen well-heralded successes in disease control. An increasing number of scheduled vaccines, narrowing risk–benefit ratios and public attention to vaccine safety raise new questions ...Open AccessArticle -
Marginalizing experience: A critical analysis of public discourse surrounding stem cell research in Australia (2005-6).
Published 2011-01-01Over the past decade, stem cell science has generated considerable public and political debate. These debates tend to focus on issues concerning the protection of nascent human life and the need to generate medical and ...Open AccessArticle -
Virtuous acts as practical medical ethics: an empirical study
Published 2011-01-01Rationale, aims and objectives To examine the nature, scope and significance of virtues in the biographies of medical practitioners and to determine what kind of virtues are at play in their ethical behaviour and reflection. ...Open AccessArticle