Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Epidemiology, quality control and consumer access in the medical marketplace: the changing landscape of human genetic technology regulation in Australia
Published 2013-01-01Advances in genetics, genetic therapeutics and the application of genetic technologies to many aspects of human life have challenged the capacity of regulatory authorities and legislative processes the world over. In ...Open AccessArticle -
Why information and choice won't solve all of NIPT's ethical problems
Published 2016-08-30Jane Fisher and Lyn Chitty highlight in BioNews 864 that it's been almost nine months since the UK National Screening Committee (NSC) recommended an 'evaluative implementation of NIPT into the NHS's antenatal screening ...Open AccessArticle, Letter -
Reconceptualizing involuntary outpatient psychiatric treatment: From "Capacity" to "Capability"
Published 2016-01-01Justifying involuntary psychiatric treatment on the basis of a judgment that a person lacks capacity is controversial because there are questions about the meaning and utility of the concept in this context. There are ...Open AccessArticle -
How genetic testing is swelling the ranks of the ‘worried well’
Published 2012-09-13Genetic testing and screening is increasingly becoming a presence in our lives. Daily news reports discuss new associations between genes and common conditions. And these associations are used to calculate risks for ...Open AccessArticle -
Known unknowns: building an ethics of uncertainty into genomic medicine
Published 2016-09-01Background Genomic testing has reached the point where, technically at least, it can be cheaper to undertake panel-, exome- or whole genome testing than it is to sequence a single gene. An attribute of these approaches ...Open AccessArticle