Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Prenatal testing, cancer risk and the overdiagnosis dilemma
Published 2015-04-13In March, US company Sequenom revealed that its MaterniT21 non-invasive prenatal test (NIPT) has detected potential cancer in some pregnant women (see BioNews 793). As well as receiving information about their fetus, around ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
No, you don’t have to finish all your antibiotics
Published 2015-04-17Most people believe – and have been told by health professionals – that it’s essential to finish a course of antibiotics to prevent antibiotic resistance. But this advice is not only wrong, it could actually be harmful. ...Open AccessArticle -
The Medical Innovation Bill: Still more harm than good
Published 2015-01-01The Medical Innovation Bill continues its journey through Parliament. On 23 January 2015, it was debated for the final time in the House of Lords and with one final amendment, the House moved to support the Bill, which ...Open AccessArticle -
Mandatory influenza immunisation of health-care workers
Published 2010-01-01Seasonal influenza imposes an enormous but poorly defined burden of excess deaths, hospital admissions, and health-care costs, and often spreads within health-care facilities. Hospital patients with influenza are a potential ...Open AccessArticle -
Is there a problem with the status quo? Debating the need for standalone ethical guidelines for research with people who use alcohol and other drugs
Published 2014-01-01In 2011, the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) initiated an inquiry to determine whether there is a need for expanded ethical guidance in the form of a discrete guidance document for alcohol ...Open AccessArticle