Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
-
Ethical and legal issues in mitochondrial transfer
Published 2016-04-01The US National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine recently provided conditional endorsement for mitochondrial transfer. While its approach is more conservative in some respects than that of the United Kingdom ...Open AccessArticle -
General Practitioners’ Experiences of, and Responses to, Uncertainty in Prostate Cancer Screening: Insights from a Qualitative Study
Published 2016-04-01Prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing for prostate cancer is controversial. There are unresolved tensions and disagreements amongst experts, and clinical guidelines conflict. This both reflects and generates significant ...Open AccessArticle -
Relational conceptions of paternalism: a way to rebut nanny-state accusations and evaluate public health interventions
Published 2015-01-01Objectives: ‘Nanny-state’ accusations can function as powerful rhetorical weapons against interventions intended to promote public health. Public health advocates often lack effective rebuttals to these criticisms. Nanny-state ...Open AccessArticle -
Public Health Ethics: Global Cases, Practice, and Context
Published 2016-04-01Introducing public health ethics poses two special challenges. First, it is a relatively new field that combines public health and practical ethics . Its unfamiliarity requires considerable explanation, yet its scope and ...Open AccessBook chapter -
‘Interests’ in medicine and the inadequacy of disclosure
Published 2012-01-01Many papers published in the academic press sink without a trace, making no impression on clinical practice, health policy or public discourse. While the narrative review of melatonin-based therapies for depression published ...Open AccessArticle