Month: September 2022

Background: Assisted dying is currently legal or de-criminalized in 11 countries worldwide under various names. Recently countries such as New Zealand, Spain and all Australian states have legalized the practice. In others, including The Netherlands and Belgium, assisted dying has...

How to Fail (Successfully) Achievements in academia are frequently paraded; failures, however, are rarely talked about publicly. In the absence of such discussions, it’s easy to presume that you are the only one affected by such setbacks. But regardless of...

A/Prof Michael Dunn, Centre for Biomedical Ethics, National University of Singapore with a panel comprising: Prof Jackie Leach Scully, Dr Jane Williams, Dr Jacqueline Savard Globally and locally, the sub-field of empirical bioethics continues to gain prominence in scholarly and...

Ms Michelle King1 1QUT: Australian Centre for Health Law Research Background: Article 12 and the recognition of universal legal capacity in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (UNCRPD) has transformed the legal status and agency...

Ms. Jinal Dadiya1 1University of Cambridge The human right to the highest attainable standard of health under Article 12 of the International Covenant of Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) has been described as an “ethical demand for equity in...

Prof Imogen Goold1 1Faculty of Law, University Of Oxford In English law, competent adults are permitted to make their own decisions about the medical care. However, children are largely not permitted to do so, except in some cases where a...

A/Prof Genevieve Grant1, Dr Elizabeth Kilgour2 1Australian Centre for Justice Innovation, Faculty of Law, Monash University, 2School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University A lawyer’s choice of medical expert witness can shape a range of aspects of an...

Ms Minna Paltiel1, Associate Professor Bernadette  Richards2 1Melbourne Law School, University Of Melbourne, 2The University of Queensland Medical School Ethical debt is incurred when technology is applied without consideration of potential harms and ethical consequences. Ethical debt accumulating in the...

Dr Saumya Chanana1 1Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University The development of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in healthcare continues to grow at a rapid rate. The proposed benefits of AI use include improvements in patient care, efficiency, and...

Ms Lisa Fry1 1Barwon Health, 2LaTrobe University Research Governance plays an important role in mitigating the risks associated with clinical research and ensuring research merit and rigour. However, responsible research oversight should not compromise efficiency. The global Covid 19 pandemic...