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Dr Rosalind McDougall1 1University Of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Artificial intelligence is increasingly being developed for use in clinical care.  AI-based diagnosis has been shown to be highly accurate in several clinical contexts compared with experienced doctors.  AI can conduct a...

Dr Jenny Jones1 1Metro South Health, Brisbane, Australia, 2Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia The growth of innovative technologies through collaborative research is leading to increased ethical challenges within the clinical environment. Drawing on a recent case consultation, this paper addresses...

Markus Labude1, Dr Vicki Xafis1, Dr Wendy Lipworth2, Dr Tamra Lysaght1, Dr Owen Schaefer1 1Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, 2The University of Sydney, Sydney Health Ethics, Faculty of Medicine and Health, Sydney, Australia The proposed...

Dr Lisa Dive1, Dr Edwina Light1, Miriam Wiersma1, Prof Ian Kerridge1, A/Prof Wendy Lipworth1 1University Of Sydney, University Of Sydney, Australia Biobanks are increasingly being linked together into networks in order to maximise their capacity to identify causes of and...

Denise Craig1 1Senior Psychologist, Queensland Health End of life (EOL) law in Queensland is often not well understood by health professionals, leaving vulnerable people at risk of having their rights and preferences neglected or overruled. Enduring Power of Attorney (EPOA)...

A/Prof Mandy Shircore, Prof Caroline de Costa 1College of Business, Law and Governance, James Cook University, , , 2Obstetrics and Gynaecology at James Cook University College of Medicine and Dentistry Cairns, , In 1991, the High Court of Australia decided...

Katrine Del Villar1 1QUT, Brisbane, Australia Self-binding advance directives (also known as Ulysses directives) are increasingly being promoted as valuable tools for people with certain mental health conditions, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.  They enable people with mental illness...

Dr Carolyn Johnston2, Dr Rebekah McWhirter1 1Centre for Law and Genetics, Faculty of Law, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia, 2Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia Disclosure of genetic information to genetic relatives without consent of the patient presents...

SM Towhidul Karim1 1Macquarie Law School, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Although there is a long-standing debate in defining the meaning and scope of the term ‘right to health’, the philosophical viewpoints and international human rights law provide important insights to...

Dr Marcus Smith1 1Charles Sturt University , Canberra, Australia Databases of human biometric information and biological material have existed in Australia since the 1970s. Despite the significance of this material and the sensitivity of the information that can potentially be...