Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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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 -
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 -
Oral chronic graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in Australia: clinical features and challenges in management
Published 2015-01-01Data from the Australasian Bone Marrow Transplant Recipient Registry show a steady increase in the number of allogeneic haemopoietic stem cell transplantations (HSCT) performed annually in Australia and New Zealand. In ...Open AccessArticle -
Evaluation of Chlamydia Partner Notification Practices and Use of the “Let Them Know” Website by Family Planning Clinicians in Australia: Cross-Sectional Study
Published 2016-06-24Background: Chlamydia, caused by Chlamydia trachomatis, is the most common reportable infection in many developed countries. Testing, treatment, and partner notification (PN) are key strategies for chlamydia control. In ...Open AccessArticle -
The perils of a vanishing cohort: A study of social comparisons by women with advanced ovarian cancer
Published 2012-01-01Objective: To examine the role social comparisons play in the experience of ovarian cancer patients and to consider the implications this may have for provision of supportive care services for ovarian cancer patients. ...Open AccessArticle