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 ...Open AccessArticle -
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 ...Open AccessArticle -
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 ...Open AccessArticle -
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 ...Open AccessArticle -
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 ...Open AccessArticle