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Ann Jorgensen1, Charlotte Jones2 1 Mental Health Legal Centre, PO Box 12365 A’Beckett Street, VIC, 3008, Ann.Jorgensen@mhlc.org.au 2 Mental Health Legal Centre, PO Box 12365 A’Beckett Street, VIC, 3008 For the first time in Victoria the Mental Health Act 2014...

Ryan Tonkens1 1 Centre for Human Bioethics, Monash University, Wellington Rd., Clayton VIC, 3800, ryan.tonkens@monash.edu  Uterine transplants are now a real medical possibility (Brännström et al. 2015). Like other types of transplantable human organs, wombs are expected to be in...

A/Prof. Bernadette Richards1, Dr Tamra Lysaght 1University Of Adelaide In our world of continuous technological advancement it is almost inconceivable that we cannot cure every disease and ensure ongoing good health. Over time we have seen repeated examples of medical...

Malcolm Parker1 1 School of Medicine, University of Queensland, Herston Road, Herston, Qld 4006, m.parker@uq.edu.au Continuing accreditation of medical education providers by the Australian Medical Council (AMC) requires them to define their graduate outcomes in consistency with the AMC’s Graduate...

Paul Macneill1 1 Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, University of Sydney, NSW 2006 This address will take a critical approach to the emphasis given to  “advances in medical science and technology” and to “sophisticated diagnostic and...

Evie Kendal1, Basia Diug2 1 Monash University, Alfred Centre, Melbourne VIC, 3004  2 Monash University, Alfred Centre, Melbourne VIC, 3004  It is known that medical and nursing students watch medical television dramas and comedies. One study from John Hopkins University...

A/Prof. Clare Delany1,2 1 The Royal Children’s Hospital, Children’s Bioethics Centre 2 The University of Melbourne, Department of Medical Education A key pedagogical concept in current discussions about the role of higher education is that it helps students to construct...

Dr Malcolm Smith1 1 Senior Lecturer, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Faculty of Law, Queensland University of Technology, GPO Box 2434, Brisbane, Qld, Australia 4001. E-mail: mk.smith@qut.edu.au The National Health and Medical Research Council’s (NHMRC) Ethical Guidelines on the...

Belinda Reeve1 1 Sydney Law School, University of Sydney, F10 Eastern Avenue, Camperdown, NSW 2006, email: Belinda.reeve@sydney.edu.au Multinational food companies are a key “vector” for non-communicable disease, thanks to their role in manufacturing, selling, and promoting unhealthy foods and beverages....

Michaela Okninski1 1University of Adelaide, Adelaide Law School Voluntary euthanasia is a controversial issue that has divided South Australian Parliament for over two decades now. While the issues contained within the euthanasia debate are vast, they can largely be reduced...