Jennifer Moore
Jennifer Moore
This article investigates the adequacy of New Zealand's regulation of medical products produced by nanotechnology and containing nanomaterials. There is concern that the novel and unique properties of some nanoscale chemical substances will...
Frances Gibson
Frances Gibson
There are more people with disabilities than any other minority group in the United States. However, little attention is paid to lawyers and potential lawyers with disabilities. This article examines difficulties faced by people with a disa...
Reliance on internal autopsies in coronial investigations: a review of the issues [0.03%]
尸检在验尸调查中的作用：问题回顾
Michael Barnes,Belinda Carpenter
Michael Barnes
Internal autopsies are invasive and result in the mutilation of the deceased person's body. They are expensive and pose occupational health and safety risks. Accordingly, they should only be done for good cause. However, until recently, "fu...
"Mummy beerest": a study of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, a mother's duty of care and strategies for intervention [0.03%]
“御酒术：一项关于胎儿酒精谱系障碍、母亲的照顾义务及干预策略的研究”
Elise Jane Nolan
Elise Jane Nolan
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder can occur in children when a mother consumes alcohol while pregnant. It can manifest in a range of both physical and mental impairments and in varying degrees of seriousness. The act of consuming alcohol whil...
"Permanent discharge": deaths of people under 50 years of age in residential aged care in Victoria [0.03%]
"永久出院"：维多利亚州养老院中50岁以下人群的死亡事件
Liz Dearn
Liz Dearn
In June 2007 there were 210 people under 50 years of age living in residential aged care in Victoria, Australia, most of whom had acquired brain injuries. There are an average of 21 deaths per year in this group yet very little is known abo...
Freedom of information applications as an "evergreening" tactic: Secretary, Department of Health and Ageing v iNOVA Pharmaceuticals (Australia) Pty Ltd (2010) 191 FCR 573; [2010] FCA 1442 [0.03%]
《信息公开申请作为延续专利保护期限的策略：健康与老化部秘书诉iNova药品公司》
Tim Vines,Thomas Faunce
Tim Vines
A recent decision of the Federal Court of Australia illustrates how patent-holding pharmaceutical companies are attempting to use Australia's Freedom of Information Act 1982 (Cth) to force Australian safety, quality and efficacy regulators ...
Not so great expectations: why we should accept and respect hopelessness and futility [0.03%]
不必抱有太大的期待：我们应该接受并尊重绝望与徒劳
Malcolm Parker
Malcolm Parker
Medicine and health care attempt to prevent and cure disease, restore lost function, and relieve suffering. These are positive aspirations in the face of disvalued states of being. Part of the approach to countering illness can be to encour...
David Ranson
David Ranson
Recent studies and a review in the United States have identified that tens of thousands of used but untested sexual assault examination kits containing medical examination specimens are to be found in police station evidence rooms, forensic...
Danuta Mendelson,Anne Saunders
Danuta Mendelson
Enduring and workable legislative schemes typically include (a) a balanced approach to the rights and duties of all parties under their purview; and (b) consideration of all major consequences that may flow from the codification of underpin...
Belinda Bennett
Belinda Bennett
There is a growing recognition of the interests and rights of individuals conceived using donated gametes in assisted reproductive technology to information about their biological parentage. In Australia these rights vary between jurisdicti...
Editorial
Journal of law and medicine. 2011 Sep;19(1):7-12. DOI: 2011