Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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A critical interpretive synthesis of evidence and values in recommendations to disinvest from population Screening
Published 2016-07-01• the interplay between values and evidence in screening policy • methods of an ongoing systematic review • examples of disinvestment decisionsOpen AccessConference paper -
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 -
Pharmaceutical industry support for continuing medical education: Is it time to disengage?
Published 2011-10-17Over the past two decades, the relationship between the medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry has been a source of intense debate, largely because of concern that it may harm patients through inappropriate ...Open AccessArticle -
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 -
No chance, no value or no way: Reassessing the place of futility in healthcare and bioethics
Published 2011-04-11Throughout its history, and particularly in the modern age, medicine has fought to conquer disease and to “tame” death. There have been remarkable successes. Yet clearly there are limits to the reach of medicine that are ...Open AccessArticle