2023

The Patient Priority in a Policy Maker’s World: A Critique of Person-Centred and Value-Based Health Care as the Health System Model of the Future Nina Roxburgh1, Monash University Clayton 1Monash University, Clayton, VIC, Australia Abstract A person-centred and value-based model...

WOMEN’S ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN BIOTECHNOLOGY & MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY Jovanna Nathalie Cervantes Guzman1, Dietmar Hutmacher1, Shane Matthews Qut Kelvin Grove, Brisbaine 1Qut, Kelvin Grove, Brisbaine, QLD, Australia Abstract In the current technology-based business environment participation rates of female entrepreneurs in STEM...

Empowering Communities in Genomics Lyndsay Newett1, National Centre For Indigenous Genomics (Australian National University) Canberra 1National Centre For Indigenous Genomics (Australian National University), Canberra, ACT, Australia Abstract Genomics has the potential to greatly improve understandings of, and the diagnosis and...

Beyond primary use: Establishing a social license for sharing general practice data for research. Annette Braunack-Mayer1, Heidi Green1, Justin Beilby2, Carolyn Adams3, Felicity Flack4, Anthony Brown5, Belinda Fabrianesi1, Lucy Carolan1, Kate Miller4, Alberto Nettel -Aguirre6, Australian Centre for Health Engagement,...

Institutional Conscientious Objection and Voluntary Assisted Dying Lester David Cusack1, Queensland University of Technology 1Queensland University of Technology Abstract Terminally ill patients now have the legal right to request voluntary assisted dying (VAD) services in all Australian states. Some health...

Key challenges to providing assisted dying in Belgium: a qualitative study of health professionals’ experiences Madeleine Archer1, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology Brisbane 1Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland,...

Against Imaginary Friends Robert Sparrow1, Monash University Clayton2, Clayton Victoria 1Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia2ARC CoE for Automated Decision-Making and Society, Clayton, Victoria, Australia Abstract For several decades now, some people have advocated providing older persons with social robots to...

Impact of conscientious objection by health professionals to voluntary assisted dying and possible legislative solutions Lindy Willmott1, QUT Brisbane 1QUT, Brisbane, QLD, Australia Abstract Lindy Willmott, Louise Keogh, Rosalind McDougall, Casey Haining, Ben White Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation has...

The Public Mental Health Framework (PMHF): Thinking About Law as Medicine Kay Wilson1, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne Carlton 1Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Carlton, VIC, Australia Abstract The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn attention to many structural health...

Clarifying the proper normative scope of advance research directives Hojjat Soofi1, University of Sydney Camperdown 1University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia Abstract Reliance on advance research directives (ARDs) has been proposed as a possible solution to the under-representation of people...