Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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The Age of Genomics
Published 2016-08-01This edition of Australasian Science focuses on the ethical, legal and social issues associated with advances in genomic science. Faster and more accurate sequencing of human genomes; smaller and smarter wearable technologies; ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Genomic Testing as a Lifetime Health Resource?
Published 2016-08-01If lives could be saved by being “forewarned” by a genomic test, should we perform genomic testing of all babies at birth?apid developments in genomic testing methods have made the sequencing of a person’s DNA faster and ...Open AccessArticle -
The Ethics of Online Genomics Tests
Published 2016-08-01There is a significant difference between the expectation and reality of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing, creating a gap where interesting tensions and ethical dilemmas sit. "They can test for that?” This is ...Open AccessArticle -
Citizens, Consumers and Animals: What Role do Experts Assign to Public Values in Establishing Animal Welfare Standards?
Published 2015-01-01The public can influence animal welfare law and regulation. However what constitutes ‘the public’ is not a straightforward matter. A variety of different publics have an interest in animal use and this has implications for ...Open AccessArticle -
Making Medical Knowledge by Miriam Solomon
Published 2016-01-01Robin Downie has distinguished between two enduring cognitive and practical attitudes that have determined the way that doctors and societies thought about medicine (Downie 2012). The Hippocratic tradition attached its ...Open AccessArticle, Letter