Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Umbilical cord blood banking and the next generation of human tissue regulation: an agenda for research
Published 2012The transformation of umbilical cord blood from being a waste product to being a valuable source of stem cells has led to the emergence of significant legal, ethical and social issues. This editorial proposes an agenda for ...Open AccessArticle -
Is PTSD a bodily injury?
Published 2022Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is unique among psychiatric disorders in that the cause, a traumatic event (or events), is known. PTSD is often the subject of legal proceedings, with persons seeking compensation from ...Open AccessArticle -
Throwing a cat among the Pridgeon(s): The New South Wales Court of Appeal and the public interest test under the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law
Published 2022This section examines the 2022 decision of Pridgeon v Medical Council of New South Wales in the New South Wales Court of Appeal that has taken a fundamentally different view of the public interest test employed in immediate ...Open AccessArticle -
Suicide-related materials and voluntary assisted dying
Published 2020This column discusses the potential for conflict between the Federal laws forbidding the use of telecommunications to spread "suicide-related materials" and the laws in Victoria and Western Australia which have legalised ...Open AccessArticle -
Brain death and pregnancy: on the legalities of post-mortem gestation
Published 2020This column examines a 2020 decision of the Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory, Millard v Australian Capital Territory [2020] ACTSC 138, which dealt with a dispute concerning a brain dead pregnant woman and ...Open AccessArticle