Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Ethics as an act of listening
Published 2008-01-01Over the past fifty years concerns regarding ethical and human rights abuses arising from biomedical research have led to the establishment of sophisticated processes for ethical oversight of research and to increasing ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
The epistemology and ethics of journal reviewing: a second look.
Published 2008-01-01The concept of “peer review” is widely regarded as fundamental to ensuring quality, integrity and rigour in all facets of academic and professional life, including career advancement, academic publication and the award of ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Consent in crisis: the need to reconceptualize consent to tissue banking research
Published 2006-01-01The issues surrounding consent to tissue banking research in Australia are complex and have created a forum of intense debate, thus providing a window of opportunity to critically appraise and challenge standard models of ...Open AccessArticle -
Consent: a need for guidelines to reflect local considerations
Published 2009-01-01As you point out in your Editorial (Nature 460, 933; 2009) on the distribution of human cell lines, withholding scientific material from the broader research community contravenes the basic norms of science. We do not ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Because we can, does it mean we should? The ethics of GM foods
Published 2014-06-27Food is cultural, social and deeply personal, so it’s no surprise that modifications to the way food is produced, distributed and consumed often lead to ethical debates. Developments in the genetic modification (GM) of ...Open AccessArticle