Month: September 2016

Samantha Fitch1 1 The University of Auckland, Private Bag 92019, Auckland 1142 s.fitch@auckland.ac.nz Trust is a defining characteristic that gives the doctor-patient relationship meaning, importance and substance. Trust is said to promote honesty, disclosure and compliance between doctors and their...

Drew Carter1, Andrew McGee2, Annette Braunack-Mayer3, Adam M. Deane4 1 School of Public Health, University of Adelaide, SA, 5005, drew.carter@adelaide.edu.au 2 Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD, 4001 3 School of Public Health, University...

Yves Saint James C. Aquino, MD, MSc, MRes1 1 Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts, Building W6A, Level 7 Room 704, Macquarie University, Balaclava Road, North Ryde, Sydney, Australia 2109; yves-saint-james.aquino@hdr.mq.edu.au Aesthetic medical and surgical interventions, which seek to modify...

Isaacs D, Kilham H, Xafis V Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead NSW 2145 (david.isaacs@health.nsw.gov.au) Justice and equity are important ethical principles in health care, but life is not fair. Children may rarely be born with severe health problems which are...

  Tereza Hendl1, Tamara Kayali Browne2 1 Centre for Values, Ethics and the Law in Medicine, Medical Foundation Building, University of Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia, Tereza.hendl@sydney.edu.au 2 Centre for Applied Philosophy and Public Ethics at Charles Sturt University, ACT, Australia,...

A/Professor Andrew Crowden1, Professor John Devereux2, Dr Julian Lamont.3 1 School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia. 2.T.C. Beirne School of Law, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld 4072, Australia. 3 School of...

Aaron N. Chester1, Susan E. Walthert2, MBChB, Stephen J. Gallagher3, Ph.D., Lynley C. Anderson4, Ph.D., Michael L. Stitely2, M.D. 1Otago School of Medicine, University of Otago, Dunedin. 2Department of Women’s and Children’s Health, Dunedin School of Medicine, University of Otago,...