Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Mothering and self-othering: The impact of uncertain reproductive capability in young women after hematological malignancy
Published 2014-01-01We explored the experience of uncertain fertility, pregnancy and motherhood in twelve young women treated for haematological malignancy during their reproductive years. It is demonstrated how, through interpretations of ...Open AccessArticle -
Screening for cervical, prostate and breast cancer: interpreting the evidence
Published 2015-06-01Cancer screening is well-established in high income countries, but its evidence base is constantly evolving and often contentious. This leaves physicians and policymakers in a difficult position, forced to act in the context ...Open AccessArticle -
Too Much Medicine in older people? Deprescribing through Shared Decision Making
Published 2016-06-03Too much medicine is an increasingly recognised problem,1 2 and one manifestation is inappropriate polypharmacy in older people. Polypharmacy is usually defined as taking more than five regular prescribed medicines.3 It ...Open AccessArticle -
"Never Regard Yourself As Already So Thoroughly Informed": The Withdrawal of its Invitation to Rodney Syme to Address its 2015 Congress by the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Published 2015-01-01In 1628, William Harvey presented his revolutionary theory of the circulation to ears at the Royal College of Physicians that had been deafened by the unquestionable authority of Galen’s teachings, from one and a half ...Open AccessArticle -
Don’t dismiss conflict-of-interest concerns in IVF, they have a basis
Published 2016-06-02It’s estimated over 5 million children have been born worldwide as a result of assisted reproductive technology treatments. Assisted reproductive technology, an umbrella term that includes in vitro fertilisation (IVF), is ...Open AccessArticle