Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
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Where to now for health-related journal peer review?
Published 2011-01-01Peer review of health-related manuscripts has enormous power in determining what is published in health-related journals, and what makes its way into health policy and clinical practice. However, peer review is at times ...Open AccessArticle -
An empirical reappraisal of public trust in biobanking research: rethinking restrictive consent requirements
Published 2009-01-01Collections of human tissue removed from patients in the course of medical diagnosis or therapy are believed to be an increasingly important resource for medical research (biobank research). As a result of a number of ...Open AccessArticle -
The law of gifts, conditional donation and biobanking
Published 2013-01-01Tissue banks are critical to research efforts into the causes and treatment of many diseases. Biobanks are created from donated tissue but property concepts have not played a major role in understanding methods of the ...Open AccessArticle -
Decoration or communication? A qualitative study of images displayed around the bedsides of hospitalised children
Published 2009-01-01It is common to find images displayed around the bedsides of sick children who are hospitalized for extended periods. We report a qualitative study of bedside displays that is based on photographs taken at the bedside, and ...Open AccessArticle -
Defining Medical Futility in Ethics, Law and Clinical Practice: An Exercise in Futility?
Published 1997-01-01The debate as to the meaning of medical futility and what physicians should do in clinical practice dates back to the time of the writings of Hippocrates and Plato where it was said, "To attempt futile treatment is to ...Open AccessArticle