Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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The social and cultural significance of women’s sexual identities should guide health promotion: an analysis of the Sydney Women and Sexual Health (SWASH) survey
Published 2015-08-25Our analysis aimed to identify the major risk behaviors and health issues for young lesbian, bisexual and queer women, and combine this with lifestyle and community engagement data to guide targeted health promotion for ...Open AccessArticle -
Trust, trustworthiness and health
Published 2015-01-01Trust is an essential component of good healthcare. If patients trust their physicians, then the relationship between them can be a richer and more meaningful one. The patient is more likely to feel confident and able to ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Synthetic biology: ethics, exceptionalism and expectations
Published 2015-07-01Synthetic biology gives rise to ethical implications. These are already well recognised, with an ever-increasing academic and lay literature and growing attention from policy-makers. What is less clear is whether analysis ...Open AccessArticle -
If we don’t talk about value, cancer drugs will become terminal for health systems
Published 2015-07-27More than 100 prominent oncologists from across the United States have called on cancer patients to challenge the high prices charged by pharmaceutical companies for new cancer drugs. They claim drug companies, insurance ...Open AccessArticle -
An innovative approach to strengthening health professionals’ infection control and limiting hospital-acquired infection: video-reflexive ethnography
Published 2015-01-01Objective To strengthen clinicians’ infection control awareness and risk realisation by engaging them in scrutinising footage of their own infection control practices and enabling them to articulate challenges and design ...Open AccessArticle