Month: July 2021

Dr Camilla Scanlan1, Professor  Ian  Kerridge1,2, Mr Stephen Honeybul3, Professor  Cameron  Stewart1,4 1Sydney Health Ethics, University Of Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2Royal North Shore Hospital, St Leonards, Australia, 3Sir Charles Gairdner and Royal Perth Hospitals, Perth, Australia, 4Sydney Law School, University...

Professor Deirdre Fetherstonhaugh1, Ms Linda McAuliffe1 1ACEBAC, La Trobe University, Bundoora, Australia Expression of sexuality remains important for many older people as they age, despite physical or cognitive impairment. However, older people can face many challenges when it comes to...

Dr Bridget Pratt1 1Australian Catholic University, Australia Evidence is growing globally that cities’ climate change plans typically aren’t developed through inclusive processes and/or exacerbate health and social inequities, especially for historically marginalised groups. This raises the ethical question: how can...

Dr Bridget Pratt1 1Australian Catholic University, Australia Community engagement (patient and public involvement) is gaining prominence in health research worldwide. But there remains limited ethical guidance on how to share power with communities in health research priority setting, particularly that...

Julia Duffy1 1QUT Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Brisbane, Australia Traditional liberal theory has founded personhood on autonomy as rationality and independence, so that adults with cognitive disability lie outside the bounds of moral personhood. The UN Committee on...

Jessica Tamar Snir1 1The University of Melbourne (Melbourne School of Population and Global Health), Melbourne, Australia Background: The Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2017 passed into law in Victoria, Australia, on the 29th November 2017. Internationally, nurses have been shown to...