Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Women’s Views and Experiences of the Triggers for Onset of Bacterial Vaginosis and Exacerbating Factors Associated with Recurrence
Published 2016-01-01Background Bacterial vaginosis (BV) is the most common vaginal infection affecting women of childbearing age. While the aetiology and transmissibility of BV remain unclear, there is strong evidence to suggest an association ...Open AccessArticle -
Propaganda or the cost of innovation? Challenging the high price of new drugs.
Published 2016-03-01Concern is growing about the implications of rising drug prices for individuals and health systems around the world. With little transparency around the costs of drug development, Narcyz Ghinea and colleagues call for ...Open AccessArticle -
Clarifying the costs of conflicts of interest
Published 2014-01-01Over the past two decades, a deep suspicion has emerged in the healthcare community about the influence of private industry – particularly the pharmaceutical industry – over doctors, researchers, regulators and policymakers ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
The Problems of Biobanking and the Law of Gifts
Published 2014-09-01The practice of biobanking is of major importance to biomedical research in modern Western economies. However, biobanking is troubled by a number of ethical and legal concerns including issues of consent, control and ...Open AccessBook chapter -
Governing through choice: Food labels and the confluence of food industry and public health discourse to create ‘healthy consumers’
Published 2014-01-01Food industry and public health representatives are often in conflict, particularly over food labelling policies and regulation. Food corporations are suspicious of regulated labels and perceive them as a threat to free ...Open AccessArticle