Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Why do smokers try to quit without medication or counselling? A qualitative study with ex-smokers.
Published 2014-04-30Objective When tobacco smokers quit, between half and two-thirds quit unassisted: that is, they do not consult their general practitioner (GP), use pharmacotherapy (nicotine-replacement therapy, bupropion or varenicline), ...Open AccessArticle -
Integrating research- and relationship-based approaches in Australian health promotion practice
Published 2014-01-01We examine the perspectives of health promotion practitioners on their approaches to determining health promotion practice, in particular on the role of research and relationships in this process. Using Grounded Theory ...Open AccessArticle -
A Week Can be a Long Time in Mental Illness
Published 2011-08-20An erosion of the Mental Health Act is worrying. The safeguards on our human rights hang by a slender thread. In July last year, everyone in NSW had one such safeguard cut away. Its removal, by a simple bureaucratic ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Black-market lottery: organ donation and the international transplant trade
Published 2014-03-04Estimates suggest more than two million people worldwide would benefit from an organ transplant. While the donation rates vary greatly between countries, the contrast between the increasing numbers of people in need and ...Open AccessArticle -
Five myths about organ donation in Australia
Published 2012-02-20Australia has some of the world’s highest organ transplant success rates, but, for almost two decades, our deceased organ donation rates have been among the lowest in the developed world. In other words, when it comes to ...Open AccessArticle