Decisions about Medical Treatment and Care, the Legality Assumptions and Sovereign Power - Empowering Patients Out of the State of Bare Life? [0.03%]
医疗决策与法治假定及主权权力——走出赤裸生命的困境患者权利赋能论
Charles Lawson,Edwin Bikundo,Laurie Grealish et al.
Charles Lawson et al.
The framing of patients making decisions about their medical treatment and care as traditional legal decisions, thresholds and formalities is a means to avoid legal liabilities through a rationalisation of decision-making, autonomy and choi...
Injecting Tighter Regulation: Implications of the TGA's Clampdown on Cosmetic Injectables Advertising [0.03%]
紧缩监管下的填充物和肉毒杆菌素除皱广告受限的影响分析报告
Christopher Rudge,Cameron Stewart
Christopher Rudge
Recently, the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) updated its guidance on cosmetic injectables advertising. The updates confirm that all direct or indirect advertising of cosmetic injectable products, including botulinum toxins or dermal...
Medical Termination of Pregnancy: Law and Controversies in the United States and Australia [0.03%]
美国和澳大利亚的合法人工流产及其争议
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
This editorial reviews the changes over two decades in the United States and Australia in relation to the law governing access to drugs enabling medical termination of pregnancy. It also scrutinises three contentious decisions by the United...
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2024 Nov;31(3):447-465. DOI: 2024
Neurocognitive Disorders: Medical Illness or Mental Disorder: Examining the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic) Using Neurocognitive Disorders [0.03%]
神经认知障碍：医学疾病还是精神障碍——利用《2022年精神健康和福祉法》（维多利亚）进行探讨
Rohan Wee
Rohan Wee
Victoria has new legislation, the Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022 (Vic) (MHWA) to govern the care and treatment of people with mental illness that came into effect on 1 September 2023. It takes a human rights approach with a focus on p...
Rojina Parchizadeh,Marilyn Bromberg
Rojina Parchizadeh
Too many Australians suffer from poor body image and eating disorders. The Israeli, French and Norwegian Governments have created body image legislation to try to address this: it responds to concerns that the countless images of thin women...
Denial of Desire for Death in Dementia: Why Is Dementia Excluded from Australian Voluntary Assisted Dying Legislation? [0.03%]
否认痴呆症患者的死亡愿望：为什么澳大利亚的自愿辅助自杀法排除了痴呆症患者？
Amee Baird
Amee Baird
Euthanasia in the form of Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) is legal in all Australian States, but current eligibility criteria preclude access to people with dementia. This article discusses Australian VAD eligibility criteria that are proble...
Safe Access Zone Legislation and Its Compliance with the Human Rights of Anti-Abortion Protesters in Australia [0.03%]
澳大利亚反堕胎示威者的安全进入区立法及其与人权的兼容性
Kerstin Braun,Sarah Butcher
Kerstin Braun
Terminating a pregnancy is now lawful in all Australian jurisdictions, although on diverse bases. While abortions have not been subject to the same degree of heated debate in Australia as elsewhere, protests aimed at persuading women not to...
Virtual Labs and Designer Bugs - Generative AI, Synthetic Biology and National Security [0.03%]
虚拟实验室与设计型病原体——生成式人工智能、合成生物学与国家安全
Brendan Walker-Munro
Brendan Walker-Munro
AI technologies can pose a major national security concern. AI programs could be used to develop chemical and biological agents which circumvent existing protective measures or medical treatments, or to design pathogens with capabilities th...
The Commonwealth Criminal Code: Will It Restrict Access to Voluntary Assisted Dying in South Australia And Is There a Way Forward? [0.03%]
《英联邦刑法》会限制南澳大利亚自愿辅助死亡的途径吗？以及前路何在？
Julia Matteo,Michaela Okninski
Julia Matteo
South Australia's Voluntary Assisted Dying Act 2021 commenced operation on 31 January 2023. However, ss 474.29A and 474.29B of the Criminal Code Act 1995 (Cth) prohibit the use of "carriage services" to promote or provide instructions about...
Informed Consent and the Duty to Warn: More than the Mere Provision of Information [0.03%]
知情同意与告诫义务：不只是提供信息那么简单
Rajesh Gounder
Rajesh Gounder
Before providing any form of medical treatment, medical practitioners are generally required to discharge their duty to warn. It is argued in this article that the duty to warn, at least as it relates to frail and elderly patients, requires...