Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Should I stay or should I go? Patient understandings of and responses to source-isolation practices,
Published 2015-01-01Isolation of patients, who are colonised or infected with a multidrug-resistant organism (source-isolation), is a common practice in most acute health-care settings, to prevent transmission to other patients. Efforts to ...Article -
Despite help on offer, many smokers prefer to quit on their own – here’s why
Published 2015-11-11If you smoke more than ten cigarettes a day or have experienced cravings while trying to quit, your doctor has probably recommended a cigarette substitute such as nicotine patches or gum to help you. But our research ...Article -
Suicidology as a social practice.
Published 2014-01-01Suicide has long been the subject of philosophical, literary, theological, and cultural-historical inquiry. But despite the diversity of disciplinary and methodological approaches that have been brought to bear in the study ...Article -
Exploring the Potential Emotional and Behavioural Impact of Providing Personalised Genomic Risk Information to the Public: A Focus Group Study
Published 2015-09-22Aim: To explore the potential emotional and behavioural impact of providing information on personalised genomic risk to the public, using melanoma as an example, to aid research translation. Methods: We conducted four ...Article -
The role of communication in breast cancer screening: a qualitative study with Australian experts
Published 2015-10-19Background One well-accepted strategy for optimising outcomes in mammographic breast cancer screening is to improve communication with women about screening. It is not always clear, however, what it is that communication ...Article