Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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How clinical and research failures lead to suboptimal prescribing: the example of chronic gout
Published 2011-01-01Despite the existence of several effective drugs for chronic tophaceous gout, management is often neither rational nor effective. Wendy Lipworth and colleagues examine the possible reasons An evidence based or “rational” ...Open AccessArticle -
Towards a dialogical ethics of interprofessionalism
Published 2004-01-01Contemporary medical practice brings a diverse range of professions and disciplines together in greater and closer contact. This situation of increasing complexity and changing professional roles gives rise to multifaceted ...Open AccessArticle -
The Decision to Withhold Resuscitation in Australia: Problems, Hospital Policy and Legal Uncertainty
Published 1994-01-01Decisions to withhold cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) should provide explicit clinical and ethical justification, be stated in an unambiguous manner, and be formally documented in the medical chart. Even so, the legal ...Open AccessArticle -
The shock of the new: ethics, law and the introduction of public access defibrillation
Published 2001-01-01There have been recent moves to include Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) in emergency response strategies. The value of this development is explored in this article. The benefits and limitations of extending AutomaticExternal ...Open AccessArticle -
Biobanking of blood and bone marrow: Emerging challenges for custodians of public resources. J Law Medicine
Published 2013-01-01The Australian Bone Marrow Donor Registry (ABMDR) is a publicly funded company that is part of an international network that facilitates unrelated bone marrow transplantation. This role means that the ABMDR has access to ...Open AccessArticle, Letter