Jeffrey Chan,Janice LeBel,Lynne Webber
Jeffrey Chan
Restraints and seclusion are a common practice in many human service settings despite the increasing evidence questioning their efficacy and appropriateness. There are many detrimental effects on people subject to these practices, such as f...
Levelling the playing field? Sharing of influenza viruses and access to vaccines and other benefits [0.03%]
公平竞争？流感病毒分享及疫苗和其他惠益的获取问题
Nicole Jefferies
Nicole Jefferies
With the adoption of the Pandemic Influenza Preparedness Framework, including its annexes, by the 64th World Health Assembly, this article investigates the disproportionate burden of risk and benefits between resource-poor countries in the ...
Civil liberties and the critics of safe vaccination: Australian Vaccination Network Inc v Health Care Complaints Commission [2012] NSWSC 110 [0.03%]
论人身自由与反对安全接种疫苗者的批评家——澳大利亚接种疫苗网络公司诉医疗卫生投诉委员会案評析
Tim Vines,Thomas Faunce
Tim Vines
Public immunisation programs have, time and again, demonstrated their effectiveness at reducing mortality and morbidity from vaccine-preventable diseases such as measles and pertussis. Governments, health agencies and almost all health prac...
Malcolm Parker
Malcolm Parker
Supporting patients and families in circumstances where medical error has caused significant harm is said to be governed by the principles of ordinary treatment: honest, open communication, empathy and respect. By and large, harmed patients...
A new ball game: the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and assumptions in care for people with dementia [0.03%]
新的游戏规则：联合国《残疾人权利公约》与痴呆患者护理假设
Anita Smith,Danny Sullivan
Anita Smith
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a powerful international instrument which imposes significant responsibilities on signatories. This column discusses changes in the definition of legal capacity whi...
Legal capacity under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [0.03%]
《残疾人权利公约》中的法律行为能力条款
Bernadette McSherry
Bernadette McSherry
Article 12 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities requires states parties to ensure that persons with disabilities "enjoy legal capacity on an equal basis with others in all aspects of life". This column...
Misplaced hope: misleading health service practitioner representations and consumer protection [0.03%]
误导的希望——医疗服务从业者误导与消费者保护
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
A series of court and tribunal decisions in the course of 2012 in Australia has highlighted the vulnerability of seriously ill patients to overtures and advertising by charismatic health practitioners offering panaceas of unproven efficacy....
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2012 Sep;20(1):7-21. DOI: 2012
Challenging Australia's "closed" model of neonatal care: the need for reform following Re baby D (No 2) [0.03%]
挑战澳大利亚的新生儿护理“封闭”模式——在Re Baby D（二）之后进行改革的必要性
Michael Williams,John Chesterman,Philip Grano
Michael Williams
The withdrawal or withholding of life-sustaining treatment to compromised newborns is a subject of controversy in countries where there is now highly advanced neonatal care to keep such newborns alive. The topic has generated comparatively ...
Regulating assisted reproductive technologies in Victoria: the impact of changing policy concerning the accessibility of in vitro fertilisation for preimplantation tissue-typing [0.03%]
关于辅助生育技术的政策变化对植入前组织配型体外受精的影响及规范措施——以维多利亚州为例
Malcolm K Smith
Malcolm K Smith
On 1 January 2010, the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008 (Vic) came into force. The legislation was the outcome of a detailed review and consultation process undertaken by the Victorian Law Reform Commission. Arguably, the change to ...
Donor conception legislation in Victoria, Australia: the "Time to Tell" campaign, donor-linking and implications for clinical practice [0.03%]
澳大利亚维多利亚州的捐精立法：“该告诉了”的宣传活动、捐赠者联系和临床实践的影响
Louise Johnson,Kate Bourne,Karin Hammarberg
Louise Johnson
The State of Victoria in Australia was one of the first jurisdictions in the world to introduce legislation regulating donor conception. Under the Infertility (Medical Procedures) Act 1984 (Vic), donor-conceived people, aged 18 years and ov...