Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Medical Ethics
Published 2012-01-01Broadly speaking, ethics is concerned with the wellbeing of individuals and societies and asks questions about what we ought to do. “Practical ethics” or “applied ethics” considers this in specific contexts, such as medicine, ...Book chapter -
Is it ethical to prescribe paracetamol for acute low back pain and osteoarthritis?
Published 2019-01-01Despite accumulating evidence indicating that paracetamol is no more efficacious than placebo for acute uncomplicated low back pain and symptomatic osteoarthritis, it is still prescribed for these conditions. This is likely ...Article -
Applying the Theoretical Domains Framework to identify barriers and targeted interventions to enhance nurses’ use of electronic medication management systems in two Australian hospitals
Published 2017-01-01Background Medication errors harm hospitalised patients and increase health care costs. Electronic Medication Management Systems (EMMS) have been shown to reduce medication errors. However, nurses do not always use EMMS ...Article