Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Ethical issues of bone marrow transplantation in children
Published 2011-09-27In the 50 years since the first successful human bone marrow transplant (BMT) was performed in 1959, BMT has become the optimal therapy for a wide variety of life-threatening paediatric haematological, immunological and ...Open AccessArticle -
It is time to move beyond a culture of unexamined assumptions, recrimination, and blame to one of systematic analysis and ethical dialogue
Published 2011-01-13Conflicts of interest are a big topic in medicine today. There is a proliferation of articles, guidelines, and rules providing advice about how to address what is widely regarded as a rampant problem (Zinner et al. 2010; ...Open AccessArticle -
A definition and ethical evaluation of overdiagnosis
Published 2016-07-08Overdiagnosis is an emerging problem in health policy and practice: we address its definition and ethical implications. We argue that the definition of overdiagnosis should be expressed at the level of populations. Consider ...Open AccessArticle -
Ethical Aspects of Cancer Screening
Published 2016-07-02Screening for cancer or cancer risk is well-established in high-income countries. This article considers ethical aspects of cancer screening. Ethical evaluation of screening depends on a contested evidence base, interacts ...Open AccessArticle -
How shortcomings in the mental health system affect the use of involuntary community treatment orders
Published 2016-07-15Objective: To examine stakeholder perspectives on how the operation of the mental health system affects the use of involuntary community treatment orders (CTOs). Methods: A qualitative study consisting of semi-structured ...Open AccessArticle