Untested Stem Cell Treatments: An Analysis of Australia's Current Regulatory Regime [0.03%]
澳大利亚现行监管制度下的未经测试的干细胞治疗分析
Nicolas Cavasinni,Patrick Foong
Nicolas Cavasinni
Stem cell therapies have emerged as a miracle cure that could treat diseases and conditions. The past decade has seen the rapid growth of private clinics in some nations, including Australia, offering stem cell treatments largely untested a...
When is a Health Practitioner Not "a Fit and Proper Person" to Practise Their Health Profession in Australia? [0.03%]
澳大利亚何时会认为卫生从业人员不适合从事其卫生专业?
Chris Corns
Chris Corns
Prior to implementation of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law Act 2009 (Qld) (National Law) the term "good character" was used in the statutory regulation of health practitioners in Australia. "Good character" has been jettison...
Sexual Boundary Violations by Doctors - Context, Regulatory Consequences and Preventive Strategies [0.03%]
医生的性越界行为——背景、监管后果及预防策略
Mike OConnor,Christopher Rudge,Cameron Stewart
Mike OConnor
While sexual boundary violations by doctors (SBVs) are viewed with utmost seriousness by disciplinary bodies and tribunals, complaints of SBVs in Australia continue to increase. In 2023, the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency ...
Addressing a Human Rights Crisis: Health Care for Prisoners in Australia [0.03%]
化解人权危机:澳大利亚狱中囚犯的医疗问题
Gabrielle Wolf,Mirko Bagaric
Gabrielle Wolf
People are sent to prison as punishment and not to experience additional punishment. Nevertheless, this principle is habitually violated in Australia: prisoners frequently receive health care that is inferior to health care that is availabl...
Jonna-Susan Mathiessen,Cameron Stewart
Jonna-Susan Mathiessen
This column discusses the Anatomy Act 1977 (NSW) and its regulatory environment. The column begins with examining the history of anatomy regulation in the United Kingdom and Australia. It then goes on to analyse the history of the current a...
Banning Engineered Stone: A Landmark Australian Public Health Law Reform [0.03%]
禁止人造石:一项澳大利亚公共卫生法改革的里程碑
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
Union activism, medical lobbying and occupational health and safety prosecutions led to a major public health initiative in Australia - the banning from 1 July 2024 of work with engineered/artificial stone, including manufacturing, supplyin...
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2024 May;31(1):5-23. DOI: 2024
Expert Evidence of "Risk Assessments" and the Preventive Detention of "Dangerous Prisoners" [0.03%]
“危险罪犯”预防性拘留的专家“风险评估”证据
Russ Scott,Ian Coyle,Ian Freckelton
Russ Scott
The Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Act 2003 (Qld) provides for the preventive detention of a prisoner if there is "acceptable, cogent evidence" to a "high degree of probability" that the prisoner is a "serious danger to the communit...
Supportive/Substitute Decision-making and Capacity in Victoria: Compliance with Australia's Obligations under the CRPD? [0.03%]
维多利亚的代理/替补决策及能力问题:符合澳大利亚在《联合国残疾人权利公约》中的义务吗?
Rohan Wee
Rohan Wee
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) restates human rights through the lens of disability. One of the key rights relates to equality before the law. This has been interpreted as requiring the abolition of substit...
David Ernest
David Ernest
A current inconsistency in organ donation is the ability for a family to veto a valid consent for organ donation by a deceased individual; yet the family is unable to veto a valid refusal. Reasons proposed for accepting or rejecting family ...
Personalising Social Ills: An Analysis of Race-based Genomics and Personalised Medicine [0.03%]
个性化社会问题:种族基因组学与个性化医疗的分析
Josephine Y Lee
Josephine Y Lee
The mapping and sequencing of the human genome at the turn of the new millennium marks a pivotal reassessment of genomic science in its potential to replace traditional "one-size-fits-all" medicine with a personalised approach. The use of r...