Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Big debts in small packages — the dangers of pens and post-it notes
Published 2012-03-27You should be able to safely assume that your doctor’s recommendations are evidence-based and in your best interests rather than driven by advertising. And this is precisely why we should be concerned about the plethora ...Open AccessArticle -
Epidemic ethics: four lessons from the current Ebola outbreak
Published 2014-08-25The extent of the current Ebolavirus outbreak in West Africa has belatedly focused the attention of non-governmental organisations, local and Western governments, and international media. What we haven’t caught up with ...Open AccessArticle -
Remove industry bias from clinical trials before it’s too late
Published 2012-12-12A study published today shows that clinical trials with industry sponsorship report greater benefits and fewer harmful side effects. In the discussion, the authors note that most reviews and guidelines don’t report the ...Open AccessArticle -
Have we reached the limit of effectiveness of self-regulation and codes of ethics?
Published 2012-01-01Over the past decade, both the health-care professions and the pharmaceutical industry have revised the codes governing their interaction. These adjustments were responses to changing public standards and to data ...Open AccessArticle -
Saving money on the PBS: Ranibizumab or Bevacizumab for Neovascular Macular Degeneration?
Published 2011-01-01Federal Health Minister Nicola Roxon recently met with an alliance of consumer, industry and other stakeholders to justify the government’s plan to indefinitely delay the listing of seven new medicines on the Pharmaceutical ...Open AccessArticle