New assisted reproductive technology laws in Victoria: a genuine overhaul or just cut and paste? [0.03%]
维多利亚州的新辅助生殖技术法：真正的革新还是移花接木？
Rachel Thorpe,Kerry Petersen,Marian K Pitts et al.
Rachel Thorpe et al.
A new Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act was passed in Victoria on December 2008 and came into effect on 1 January 2010. The new legislation changed who was eligible for assisted reproductive technology (ART) and the types of services that...
Andrew McGee
Andrew McGee
This article is a response to Professor John Keown's criticism of my article "Finding a Way Through the Ethical and Legal Maze: Withdrawal of Medical Treatment and Euthanasia" (2005) 13(3) Medical Law Review 357. The article takes up and re...
Refusing medical treatment after attempted suicide: rethinking capacity and coercive treatment in light of the Kerrie Wooltorton case [0.03%]
拒绝治疗与强制医疗：“科尔里·沃尔顿案”引发的思考
Sascha Callaghan,Christopher James Ryan
Sascha Callaghan
The inquest into the death of Kerrie Wooltorton in Norfolk, England, ignited extensive public debate on the scope of the common law right to refuse medical treatment where a patient is distressed, depressed or actively suicidal. In Australi...
Fifty years on: against the stigmatising myths, taboos and traditions embedded within the Suicide Act 1961 (UK) [0.03%]
从《一九六一年自杀行为法》(英国)走来——反对污名化、禁忌与陈规旧制的五十载
Julia J A Shaw
Julia J A Shaw
Although assisted suicide carries a maximum of 14 years imprisonment in England, courts and juries have historically demonstrated a reluctance to convict, most specifically in relation to those travelling abroad to accompany a terminally il...
The legal role of medical professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment: Part 3 (Victoria) [0.03%]
论医务人员在决定不予或中止抢救治疗中的法律作用（下）——以维多利亚州为例
Lindy Willmott,Ben White,Malcolm Parker et al.
Lindy Willmott et al.
This is the final article in a series of three that examines the legal role of medical professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment from adults who lack capacity. This article considers the position in Victor...
Causation in negligence: from anti-jurisprudence to principle--individual responsibility as the cornerstone for the attribution of liability [0.03%]
论过错侵权责任中的因果关系问题--个人责任是归责的基础
Mirko Bagaric,Sharon Erbacher
Mirko Bagaric
Causation is one of the most esoteric and poorly defined legal principles. The common law standards of the "but for" test and common sense are, in reality, code for unconstrained judicial choice. This leads to a high degree of unpredictabil...
Insanity, methamphetamine and psychiatric expertise in New Zealand courtrooms [0.03%]
新西兰法庭上的精神病专家、甲胺phetamine与责任能力问题
Katey Thom,Mary Finlayson,Brian McKenna
Katey Thom
The use of methamphetamine in New Zealand has increased significantly over the last decade. Due to the potential of methamphetamine to induce, exacerbate and precipitate psychotic symptoms, this drug has also taken centre stage in several c...
Analysis of legal cases for prevention of elder abuse: decisions from New Zealand [0.03%]
新西兰司法判例中的老年人权益保护分析
Kate Diesfeld
Kate Diesfeld
Elder abuse is a universal concern and is gaining greater public and professional attention. This increased concern to protect elders is internationally evident in policy reform, multidisciplinary research and education. Yet neglect in care...
An ethical protocol for complementary and alternative medicine practitioners in an orthodox medicine regime [0.03%]
符合西医体制的补充和替代医学从业人员伦理规范
Michael Weir
Michael Weir
Concern that has been expressed about the provision of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in an orthodox medicine context with regard to the possibility of a client not being referred to the latter when the condition is readily de...
Wendy Lipworth,Ian Kerridge
Wendy Lipworth
Peer review of health-related manuscripts has enormous power in determining what is published in health-related journals, and what makes its way into health policy and clinical practice. However, peer review is at times ethically problemati...