Month: July 2021

Dr Mikaela Brusasco1, Dr Lachlan Hegarty2 1The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia Recently, we wrote and published on how appropriate use of compulsory treatment for patients with psychiatric conditions can provide long-term empowerment. Since the publication...

Dr Mikaela Brusasco1, Dr Lachlan Hegarty2 1The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane, Australia, 2Monash Health, Melbourne, Australia Recently, we wrote and published on how appropriate use of compulsory treatment for patients with psychiatric conditions can provide long-term empowerment. Since the publication...

Associate Professor Nicola Cunningham1, Doctor Joel Wilson1, Ms Trudy Cox1 1St Vincent’s Hospital Melbourne, , Australia, 2Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine, , Australia The COVID-19 pandemic has thrown up innumerable challenges throughout the world, nowhere are these more evident than...

Miss Katherine Waller1 1Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) was legalised in Western Australia (WA) in December 2019. The legislation, which comes into effect on 1 July 2021, requires that participating medical and nurse practitioners undertake...

Dr Rachel Feeney1 1Queensland University Of Technology, Brisbane, Australia This presentation will report on findings from a scoping review of the legal issues relevant to end-of-life practice for Australian paramedics, social workers, and speech pathologists. While there is existing evidence...

Professor Nola Ries1 1Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia, 2Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands Background to the topic/problem: Surveys of physicians in various countries report high rates of defensive practice,...

Mr Antony Takla 1Monash University, Clayton, Australia, 2Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics, Oxford, United Kingdom End of life care (EOLC) refers to palliative care for patients who are imminently dying. Management includes holistic care and symptom management. While there...

Dr Sarah Heynemann1,2 1Chris O’Brien Lifehouse, Camperdown, Australia, 2Monash University, Clayton, Australia In January 2020, the World Health Organisation designated the COVID-19 pandemic a ‘public health emergency of international concern’ and noted the protection of health-care workers to be paramount....

Professor Margaret Otlowski1 1University Of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia Public trust is widely recognised as a key consideration in shaping public attitudes to genomic data sharing (GDS). This ARC-funded study investigates factors affecting trust in GDS using an empirically validated set...

Mr Muhammad Rizky Nur Karim1, Ms Zahrashafa Putri Mahardika2 1Center of Health Law and Policy Studies Indonesia, Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, , Indonesia, 2Faculty of Law, University of Indonesia, , Indonesia Covid-19 outbreaks around the world contributed to...