A/Prof. Wendy Lipworth1, Dr Tereza Hendl,1 Prof Ian Kerridge,1,2 Assistant Professor Tamra Lysaght3, A/Prof Megan Munsie4, Catherine Waldby5, Prof Cameron Stewart6 1Sydney Health Ethics, University Of Sydney, University Of Sydney, Australia, 2Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, Australia, 3Centre for Biomedical Ethics,...
- June 13, 2018
Dr Cordelia Thomas1 1Health And Disability Commissioner, Wellington, New Zealand In 2017 the Office of the Health and Disability Commissioner undertook a public consultation about health and disability research involving adult consumers who are unable to consent to their participation...
- June 13, 2018
Dr Merle Spriggs, Lynn Gillam 1University Of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia, 2Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Parkville, Australia “I think our ethics committee had no idea what we were talking about … in retrospect I think, had no framework for ethical oversight of...
- June 13, 2018
A/Prof. Clare Delany1 1Children’s Bioethics Centre, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne , West Brunswick , Australia In simpler times (1767), doctors informed patients so they could take courage for whatever the doctor deemed necessary. Doctors’ ethical obligations seemed simple; decide necessary...
- June 13, 2018
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...
- June 13, 2018
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...
- June 13, 2018
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...
- June 13, 2018
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...
- June 13, 2018
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)...
- June 13, 2018
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...
- June 13, 2018