Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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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 -
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 -
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 Frameworks in Public Health Decision-Making: Defending a Value-Based and Pluralist Approach
Published 2015-01-01A number of ethical frameworks have been proposed to support decision-making in public health and the evaluation of public health policy and practice. This is encouraging, since ethical considerations are of paramount ...Open AccessArticle -
Negotiating limits to the funding of high cost cancer medicines
Published 2016-07-02The cost of pharmaceuticals is overwhelming health budgets around the world. A growing proportion of this burden stems from the ever-increasing demand for subsidisation of cancer medicines. Those making decisions about ...Open AccessArticle