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Racially-conditional donation: The example of umbilical cord blood
Published 2012-01-01
While direction of donated tissue to family members has long been accepted, direction to members of specific racial groups has been opposed, on the basis that it is discriminatory and contrary to the ethos the institution ...
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Experiences of dental care: what do patients value?
Published 2012-01-01
Background Dentistry in Australia combines business and health care service, that is, the majority of patients pay money for tangible dental procedures such as fluoride applications, dental radiographs, dental fillings, ...
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Uncanny Animals: thinking otherwise about ethics and the human animal relationship.
Published 2012-01-01
Maintaining the attention to bodily difference human and animal ontology has long been constructed on rigid physical characterizations seemingly untouched by culture. In “Reframing the Ethical Issues in Part-Human Animal ...
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Religious perspectives on umbilical cord blood banking
Published 2012-01-01
Umbilical cord blood is a valuable source of haematopoietic stem cells. There is little information about whether religious affiliations have any bearing on attitudes to and decisions about its collection, donation and ...
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Health Check: Sydney Women and Sexual Health Check (2012) Community snapshot reporting key health findings for 2010 survey
Published 2012-01-01
This report card summarises the findings from the SWASH survey. The survey seeks to investigate health issues affecting lesbians and other same-sex attracted women connected to the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender ...
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Tempering hope with realism. Induced pluripotent stem cells in regenerative medicine
Published 2012-01-01
• Since their discovery in 2007, human induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have been widely championed as the future for regenerative medicine. • By differentiating iPS cells into specialised cells for transplantation, ...
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Explaining Failure Through Success: A critical analysis of reduction in road and stroke deaths as an explanation for Australia’s low deceased organ donation rates.
Published 2012-01-01
ABSTRACT: During the past 20 years Australian federal and state governments have funded many initiatives to bolster organ donation. Despite large investments of time, effort and money, Australia’s deceased donation rate ...
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The devil is in the detail: best practice or catholic practice?
Published 2012-01-01
Rendell and colleagues state an honorable mission – “to safeguard the rights of research subjects in Catholic institutions” (Rendell, Casey et al. 2012). However we think a close inspection of their paper reveals a concern ...
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Access to the Kidney Transplant Waiting List – a time for reflection
Published 2012-01-01
The limited availability of deceased donor kidneys for transplantation in Australia continues to be a matter of concern. Analysis of registry data suggests that the current renal transplant waiting list under-represents ...
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Equity under the knife: justice and evidence in surgery.
Published 2012-01-01
Surgery is an increasingly common and expensive mode of medical intervention. The ethical dimensions of the surgeon-patient relationship including respect for personal autonomy and informed consent are much discussed, but ...
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