Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Cancer As Rubbish: Donation of tumor tissue for research.
Published 2011-01-01Tissue banking (or biobanking), thought by many to be an essential form of medical research, has raised a number of ethical issues that highlight a need to understand the beliefs and values of tissue donors, including the ...Open AccessArticle -
SensaSlim goes SLAPP, public interest crusader cops a legal whack
Published 2011-06-22The SensaSlim company’s recent defamation suit against Dr Ken Harvey of La Trobe University highlights some of the regulatory problems facing complementary products in Australia. Dr Harvey initiated a complaint against the ...Open AccessArticle -
No evidence or no alternative? Taking responsibility for off-label prescribing
Published 2012-01-01Recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) is registered for patients with rare haematological disorders, but is used"off-label" in many other situations, including intracranial haemorrhage, cardiac surgery, trauma, ...Open AccessArticle -
Don't show me the money: the dangers of non-financial conflicts
Published 2012-01-01The popular media frequently feature stories about surgeons profiting from installation of devices made by companies they hold shares in; professional bodies receiving sponsorship from industry; conference speakers whose ...Open AccessArticle -
How to think about health promotion ethics
Published 2012-01-01Health promotion ethics is moral deliberation about health promotion and its prac tice. Although academics and practitioners have been writing about ethics, and especially values, in health promotion for decades, ...Open AccessArticle