Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Book Review: Johanna Oksala, Foucault, Politics, and Violence (Evanston, Il: Northwestern University Press, 2012)
Published 2014-01-01In Foucault, Politics and Violence, Johanna Oksala provides a sophisticated intervention into feminist, political, and Foucauldian literatures addressing the relationship between the politi‐ cal and violence. Oksala lays ...Open AccessArticle -
Slurs aside, let’s talk about the ethics of public health measures
Published 2013-08-08Predictable positions followed the recent announcement of an increase in tobacco tax by 12.5% a year for four years. Public health advocates praised the tax, labelling those questioning it as “tobacco industry apologists”. ...Open AccessArticle -
Asylum seeker’s ‘brain death’ shows failure of care and of democracy
Published 2014-09-04The news that Hamid Kehazaei, a 24-year-old Iranian asylum seeker detained on Manus Island, has been diagnosed as brain dead following his transfer to the Mater Hospital in Brisbane is a tragedy. That it is a tragedy for ...Open AccessArticle -
Should the food industry resign from the health department too?
Published 2014-02-18Furore over links between Assistant Minister for Health Fiona Nash’s office and industry continues today with revelations that her former chief of staff is connected to the alcohol, as well as the food industry. Alastair ...Open AccessArticle -
Beyond evidence: reappraising use of CA-125 as post-therapy surveillance for ovarian cancer
Published 2012-01-01omen who have completed primary chemotherapy for ovarian cancer commonly have serial assessment of the serum tumour marker cancer antigen 125 (CA-125).1 This practice has been based on the proven utility of CA-125 in ...Open AccessArticle