Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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"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 -
Snakes and ladders: state interventions and the place of liberty in public health policy
Published 2016-05-23In this paper I outline and explore some problems in the way that the Nuffield Council of Bioethics’ report Public Health: Ethical Issues presents its ‘Intervention Ladder’. They see the metaphor of a ladder both as capturing ...Open AccessArticle -
'Good Mothering' or 'Good Citizenship'? Conflicting values in choosing whether to store or donate umbilical cord blood.
Published 2013-01-01Umbilical cord blood banking is one of many biomedical innovations that confront pregnant women with new choices about what they should do to secure their own and their child’s best interests. Many mothers can now choose ...Open AccessArticle -
Haploidentical bone marrow transplants for hematological malignancies using non-myeloablative conditioning therapy and post-transplant immunosuppression with cyclophosphamide: results from a single Australian centre
Published 2013-01-01Background: HLA haploidentical bone marrow transplantation is a treatment option in patients with hematological malignancies who have no available HLA matched donor, but is limited by conditioning regimen toxicity, graft ...Open AccessArticle