Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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An empirical study of the ‘underscreened’ in organised cervical screening: experts focus on increasing opportunity as a way of reducing differences in screening rates.
Published 2016-01-01Background: Cervical cancer disproportionately burdens disadvantaged women. Organised cervical screening aims to make cancer prevention available to all women in a population, yet screening uptake and cancer incidence and ...Open AccessArticle -
Smoking prevalence among lesbian, bisexual and queer women in Sydney remains high: analysis of trends and correlates
Published 2016-10-31Introduction and Aims: To investigate smoking prevalence trends and correlates among lesbian, bisexual and queer-identifying (LBQ) women in Sydney, Australia. Design and Methods – Data from 5007 respondents to a repeated ...Open AccessArticle -
Contextualising professional ethics: the impact of the prison context on the practices and norms of health care practitioners.
Published 2014-01-01Health care is provided in many contexts—not just hospitals, clinics, and community health settings. Different institutional settings may significantly influence the design and delivery of health care and the ethical ...Open AccessArticle -
Religious perspectives on embryo donation and research
Published 2010-01-01The success of assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) worldwide has led to an accumulation of frozen embryos that are surplus to the reproductive needs of those for whom they were created. In these situations, couples ...Open AccessArticle -
Destigmatizing the placebo effect
Published 2015-01-01Alfano’s reframing of the operationalization of the placebo effect (PE) in the context of informed consent (IC) has broader implications for clinical practice, particularly with regard to the employment of the concept of ...Open AccessArticle, Letter