Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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“Should parental refusals of newborn screening be accepted?”
Published 2006-01-01For over four decades, knowledge that symptoms of some inherited diseases can be prevented or reduced via early detection and treatment in newborns has underpinned state-funded screening programs in most developed countries. ...Open AccessArticle -
Research ethics and HIV clinical trials
Published 2005-01-01Investigations into the medical, epidemiological and social aspects of HIV give rise to difficult questions in research ethics. The number and location of many people affected with HIV, combined with a lack of access to ...Open AccessArticle -
Listen up, health officials – here’s how to reduce ‘Ebolanoia’
Published 2014-11-06An epidemic disease such as Ebola brings suffering to more than those who get ill or die. Social and economic threats can actually outstrip the medical ones. The outbreaks of SARS in 2003, for example, cost the world economy ...Open AccessArticle -
Dynamics and Ethics of Comprehensive Preimplantation Genetic Testing. A Review of the Challenges
Published 2013-03-06BACKGROUND: Genetic testing of preimplantation embryos has been used for preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) and preimplantation genetic screening (PGS). Microarray technology is being introduced in both these contexts, ...Open AccessArticle -
How to draw the line between ‘good’ and ‘bad’ reasons to die
Published 2014-11-11A Senate inquiry into legalising voluntary euthanasia for terminally ill people has recommended a conscience vote on the proposed bill after technical matters, such as what constitutes a “terminal illness”, are clarified. ...Open AccessArticle