What Legal Frameworks Should Govern Use of Genetic Test Results by Private Health Insurers in New Zealand? [0.03%]
私人健康保险商在新西兰运用基因测试结果应该遵循什么样的法律框架？
Hanne Janes
Hanne Janes
The rising cost of private health insurance and constraints within public health systems are global concerns. Genetic testing presents a transformative opportunity for health care to enhance health outcomes and optimise resource allocation ...
Between Public and Private: Electronic Health Record-sharing, Health Privacy Principles, and Hepatitis C [0.03%]
公共与私有之间：电子健康记录共享，健康隐私原则和丙型肝炎
Sean Mulcahy,Emily Lenton,Kate Seear et al.
Sean Mulcahy et al.
People with (a history of) hepatitis C have concerns about privacy and the confidentiality of their health information. This is often due to the association between hepatitis C and injecting drug use and related stigma. In Australia, recent...
David Ranson
David Ranson
In recent years legal rules to regulate causes of death have begun to appear. One example of this relates to the term "excited delirium" which has been subject to challenge by medical and legal professionals. Human rights activists have pus...
Access to Justice: The Quest for a Right of Appeal in New Zealand's Health and Disability Commissioner Complaints Scheme [0.03%]
通向正义之路：新西兰健康和残疾人专员投诉制度中的上诉权利探索
Joanna Manning
Joanna Manning
Given the absence of a civil damages action for personal injury in New Zealand, its Health and Disability Commissioner's (HDC) complaints process occupies a pivotal role in its medico-legal arrangements. Much hope was invested in it, but as...
Conscientious Objection and Institutional Objection to Voluntary Assistance in Dying: An Ethico-legal Critique [0.03%]
关于良心拒绝和机构拒绝自愿协助死亡的伦理法律批判
Ian Kerridge,Cameron Stewart,Jackie Leach Scully et al.
Ian Kerridge et al.
This column examines conscientious objection and institutional objection in Australian voluntary assistance in dying. It reviews the current legislative regimes and then examines these practices from an ethical perspective, and raises parti...
Disability Law Reform in Australia: Principles, Pragmatism and Politics [0.03%]
澳大利亚残疾人法律改革：原则、实用主义和政治
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
This editorial reviews two landmark contributions to disability reform in Australia, both published in 2023 - the 12 volume report of the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability and the impo...
"Missing Persons": Absent Voices of People with Dementia in the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care [0.03%]
《失踪人员》：澳大利亚皇家委员会在老年护理中患有痴呆症的人的缺席声音
Kristina Chelberg,Kate Swaffer
Kristina Chelberg
This article argues the voice of people with dementia was missing from the Australian Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety (RCAC) Final Report. This absence was notwithstanding that the RCAC was explicitly tasked to inquire in...
When Will Death Be? Legal Considerations and Regulatory Safeguards in Predictive Modelling Applications for End-of-Life Care [0.03%]
死亡将在何时到来？预测建模在临终关怀应用中的法律考量和监管保障
Hui Yun Chan,Bernadette Richards
Hui Yun Chan
Advance care planning (ACP) is generally considered as valuable in guiding treatments that are aligned with patients' preferences. Despite its benefits, there are some practical and legal difficulties in its implementation. Predictive model...
Comparing Voluntary Assisted Dying Laws in Victoria and Western Australia: Western Australian Stakeholders' Perspectives [0.03%]
维多利亚州和西澳大利亚州的自愿安乐死法律比较：西澳大利亚利益相关者的观点
Casey M Haining,Lindy Willmott,Ben P White
Casey M Haining
In 2021, two years after voluntary assisted dying (VAD) laws commenced in Victoria, Western Australia (WA) was the second Australian jurisdiction to permit VAD. While the two regimes are broadly similar, key differences exist. This article ...
The Legal Needs of People Living with a Sexually Transmissible Infection or Blood-Borne Virus: Perspectives From a Sample of the Australian Sexual Health and Blood Borne Virus Workforce [0.03%]
性传播感染或血液传播病毒患者的法律需求：来自澳大利亚性健康和血源病毒工作人员样本的观点
David J Carter,Benjamin Riley,Rhys Evans et al.
David J Carter et al.
Law and the legal environment are important factors in the epidemiology and prevention of sexually transmissible infections (STIs) and blood-borne viruses (BBVs). However, there has been no sustained effort to monitor the legal environment ...