A major new alliance in Australian healthcare: the Australian consensus framework for ethical collaboration in the healthcare sector
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The “Australian Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector” (ACF) is an Australian initiative aimed at countering dysfunction and growing mistrust in the health sector through the development of a cross-sectoral consensus framework. The development of ...
See moreThe “Australian Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector” (ACF) is an Australian initiative aimed at countering dysfunction and growing mistrust in the health sector through the development of a cross-sectoral consensus framework. The development of this framework arose from Australia’s involvement in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) and has since become the largest of its kind internationally, with over 70 signatories representing professional bodies, industry organisations, hospital and health services associations, regulators, and patient and advocacy groups. In this article, we describe and critique the framework and outline its implementation.
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See moreThe “Australian Consensus Framework for Ethical Collaboration in the Healthcare Sector” (ACF) is an Australian initiative aimed at countering dysfunction and growing mistrust in the health sector through the development of a cross-sectoral consensus framework. The development of this framework arose from Australia’s involvement in the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperative (APEC) and has since become the largest of its kind internationally, with over 70 signatories representing professional bodies, industry organisations, hospital and health services associations, regulators, and patient and advocacy groups. In this article, we describe and critique the framework and outline its implementation.
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2020-01-01Source title
Internal Medicine JournalVolume
50Issue
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"This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Lipworth W, Fitzpatrick J, Cosenza A, Kerridge I, Subramanian P, Verhoeven A, Wells L. 2020. A major new alliance in Australian healthcare: the Australian consensus framework for ethical collaboration in the healthcare sector. Internal Medicine Journal. which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14861. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions."Faculty/School
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