Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Autonomy and Chronic Illness: Not Two Components But Many
Published 2009-01-01Naik et al argue that ‘decisional autonomy’ is insufficient to account for nonadherence in the context of chronic illness and that what is required is a two compartment re-conceptualisation of autonomy that includes both ...Open AccessArticle -
Risk, capacity and making decisions about CTOs
Published 2013-01-011. The two customary justifications for 'involuntary' or 'coercive' treatment of mental illness are either: that without treatment the mentally ill person might be likely to seriously harm themselves or others; or, that ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
Community treatment orders: the lived experience of consumers and carers in NSW
Published 2013-01-01There is limited research examining the lived experiences of consumers and carers subject to community treatment orders (CTOs). Between 2009 and 2012, the Centre for Values Ethics and the Law in Medicine (VELiM) at the ...Open AccessReport, Technical -
The double face of Janus: a historical account of the emergence of bone marrow transplantation.
Published 2016-05-01History of modern blood and marrow transplantation (BMT) emerged, as is the case with most new biomedical interventions from sustained clinical and scientific research. But BMT also has a much darker antecedent – nuclear ...Open AccessArticle -
Is it too late to turn back the clock of managerialism and neoliberalism?
Published 2013-01-01The esteemed health economist, Gavin Mooney, who died in tragic circumstances in December 2012, devoted his last book The Health of Nations: Towards a New Political Economy[1] to exposing the pernicious effects of neoliberalism ...Open AccessArticle, Letter