Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Ethical considerations for choosing between possible models for using NIPD for aneuploidy detection
Published 2012-01-01Recent scientific advances mean the widespread introduction of non-invasive prenatal diagnosis (NIPD) for chromosomal aneuploidies may be close at hand, raising the question of how NIPD should be introduced as ...Open AccessArticle -
Risk of Suicide Is Insufficient Warrant for Coercive Treatment for Mental Illness
Published 2013-01-01Mental health laws in many jurisdictions currently permit coercive treatment for persons with mental illness who are thought to be at risk of harm to themselves or others. These laws are often used to provide involuntary ...Open AccessArticle -
Clinical Ethics Committee Case 17: A paramedic sustains a bite while attending a callout. The assailant refuses testing for HIV or Hepatitis C: what should we do?
Published 2012-01-01Helen works as a paramedic for an NHS Ambulance Trust that serves a medium-sized city. She attends a huge variety of incidents in the course of her work; including those arise from excessive consumption of alcohol. On ...Open AccessArticle -
Witnessing the violence of late capitalism: Foucault as a guide for Christian faithfulness [Book Review]
Published 2012-11-01Over the past decade a number of influential philosophers from the Continental tradition have turned to the letters of Paul, the Early Church Fathers, and Christian theology more broadly to examine the modern political ...Open AccessArticle -
Bioethics
Published 2012-01-01Public health has made enormous contributions to global health through policies and interventions. However, public health measures have also increased human suffering through policies of forcedsterilization, mandatory ...Open AccessArticle