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The Contemporary Significance of the Holocaust for Australian Psychiatry.
Published 2016-01-01
In this paper we survey briefly the components of the Holocaust directly relevant to the psychiatric profession and identify the main themes of relevance to contemporary psychiatry. The euthanasia program, the persecution ...
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The Right to Health: Implications for the funding of medicines in Australia
Published 2016-01-01
Australia’s health system is characterised by an ongoing tension between a commitment to utility and a commitment to individual rights. This tension is particularly problematic for the Australian Government when deciding ...
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Assessing the public acceptability of proposed policy interventions to reduce the misuse of antibiotics in Australia: A report on two community juries
Published 2017-01-01
Objective To elicit the views of well-informed community members on the acceptability of proposed policy interventions designed to improve community use of antibiotics in Australia. Design Two community juries held in ...
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Health professionals as vendors: the commercial erosion of evidence and ethics
Published 2016-09-12
With the discussion paper from the ongoing Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation still open for public input, there is an opportunity to reflect on how the services currently delivered by community-based pharmacies ...
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Doctors' perspectives on PSA testing illuminate established differences in prostate cancer screening rates between Australia and the UK: a qualitative study.
Published 2016-12-01
Objectives To examine how general practitioners (GPs) in the UK and GPs in Australia explain their prostate-specific antigen (PSA) testing practices and to illuminate how these explanations are similar and how they are ...
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A ‘systems’ approach to suicide prevention: radical change or doing the same things better?
Published 2017-04-01
Suicide is a significant public health concern. Continued high suicide rates, coupled with emerging international evidence, have led to the development of a ‘systems’ approach to suicide prevention, which is now being ...
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Attitudes of the general public towards the disclosure of individual research results and incidental findings from biobank genomic research in Australia
Published 2015-09-01
Background Over the past decade, managing the disclosure of findings of genomic research has been the subject of extensive scientific, ethical and legal commentary and is a major challenge for biobanks. Aims To examine ...
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A survey of fertility and sexual health following allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation in New South Wales, Australia
Published 2015-12-21
Four hundred and twenty-one adult allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplant (HSCT) survivors participated in a cross-sectional study to assess sexual dysfunction and infertility post-transplant. Survey instruments ...
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Vaccines – but not as we know them: An ethical evaluation of HPV vaccination policy in Australia
Published 2011-01-01
Objective: To show how systematic ethical evaluation of public health policy may reveal issues of moral significance for critical examination. Method: Using Australia's human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination program as an ...
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Societal perspective on access to publicly subsidised medicines: A cross sectional survey of 3080 adults in Australia
Published 2017-01-01
Background Around the world government agencies responsible for the selection and reimbursement of prescribed medicines and other health technologies are considering how best to bring community preferences into their ...
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