Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Towards a bioethics of innovation
Published 2016-03-01In recent years, it has become almost axiomatic that biomedical research and clinical practice should be ‘innovative’—that is, that they should be always evolving and directed towards the production, translation and ...Open AccessArticle -
Affordable access to innovative cancer medicines — don’t forget the prices
Published 2016-01-01On 17 September 2015, the much anticipated Senate report on the and specialist cancer drugs in Australia Availability of new, innovative was released.1 The inquiry preceding the report, which was triggered by concerns about ...Open AccessArticle -
Psychiatry and the ‘Gay Holocaust’ – the lessons of Jill Soloway’s ‘Transparent’
Published 2016-04-07Aims: To consider issues relevant to psychiatry raised by the television series, ‘Transparent’. Conclusions: Psychiatry’s disturbing history regarding the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) community ...Open AccessArticle -
Should Australia Allow Mitochondrial Donation
Published 2016-03-01Is there any ethical reason why legislation should prevent the use of donor mitochondria in cases where children are likely to inherit mitochondrial disease from their mothers? The transfer of a donor's healthy mitochondria ...Open AccessArticle -
Sociocultural dimensions of tuberculosis: an overview of key concepts
Published 2015-10-01Biomedical innovations are unlikely to provide effective and ethical tuberculosis (TB) control measures without complementary social science research. However, a strong interest in interdisciplinary work is often undermined ...Open AccessArticle