Abortion laws and medical developments: a medico-legal anomaly in Queensland [0.03%]
人工流产法与医学进展:昆士兰州的医事法律异常现象
Kerry Petersen
Kerry Petersen
In October 2010 the District Court sitting in Cairns, Queensland, found Tegan Leach not guilty of attempting to procure her own abortion and Sergie Brennan not guilty of supplying Leach with the drugs Mifepristone and Misoprostol to procure...
Police use of TASERs in the restraint and transport of persons with a mental illness [0.03%]
电击枪在精神疾病患者约束和运送中的使用
Jennifer Edinger,Sandra Boulter
Jennifer Edinger
The mentally ill are overrepresented in the statistics of individuals killed or injured by police and it is understandable that police would seek a weapon, such as a TASER, that is less lethal than a firearm. However, it appears that use of...
Access to medicine and the dangers of patent linkage: lessons from Bayer Corp v. Union of India [0.03%]
专利授权对药品可及性的影响——来自拜耳诉印度政府案的启示
Mabel Tsui
Mabel Tsui
In February 2010, the Delhi High Court delivered its decision in Bayer Corp v Union of India in which Bayer had appealed against an August 2009 decision of the same court. Both decisions prevented Bayer from introducing the concept of paten...
Who shall live when not all can live? Intellectual property in accessing and benefit-sharing influenza viruses through the World Health Organisation [0.03%]
谁能生存当不能所有人都能生存?通过世界卫生组织获取和分享流感病毒的知识产权问题
Charles Lawson
Charles Lawson
This article addresses the development of the World Health Organisation's (WHO) arrangements for accessing viruses and the development of vaccines to respond to potential pandemics (and other lesser outbreaks). It examines the ongoing "conf...
Serving two masters? Recent legal developments regarding the professional obligations of medical administrators in Australia [0.03%]
双重服务?关于澳大利亚医疗行政人员专业义务的最新法律发展
Owen Bradfield
Owen Bradfield
Medical administration is a recognised medical specialty in Australia. Historically, medical administrators have rarely been subjected to litigation or disciplinary hearings relating specifically to their administrative functions. However, ...
The legal role of medical professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment: part 2 (Queensland) [0.03%]
论医务人员在拒绝或停止使用抢救治疗决策中的法律角色(昆士兰州)
Lindy Willmott,Ben White,Malcolm Parker et al.
Lindy Willmott et al.
This is the second 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 Queen...
The legal role of medical professionals in decisions to withhold or withdraw life-sustaining treatment: part 1 (New South Wales) [0.03%]
论医务人员在拒绝或撤回抢救治疗决策中的法律角色(上篇)——以新南威尔士州为例
Ben White,Lindy Willmott,Pip Trowse et al.
Ben White et al.
This is the first 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 New So...
What makes a real man? Gender norms and Western Australia v. AH [2010] WASCA 172 [0.03%]
什么是真正的男人?——兼论澳大利亚西澳地区法院AH诉案([2010] WASCA 172)判决中有关性别规范的讨论
Ruth Townsend,Danielle Klar,Thomas Faunce
Ruth Townsend
In Western Australia v AH [2010] WASCA 172 the Western Australian Court of Appeal denied two female-to-male applicants for gender reassignment certificates the right to be legally recognised as men. In so doing, an opportunity was lost for ...
Psychotherapy, suicide and foreseeable risks of decompensation by the vulnerable [0.03%]
关于心理治疗、自杀以及脆弱人群可预见的病情恶化风险
Ian Freckelton
Ian Freckelton
Utilising the findings and recommendations in a 2010 coronial inquest in New South Wales into the death of Rebekah Lawrence, a person who had recently completed a personal development course incorporating confronting techniques of regressio...
Embracing the new professionalism: self-regulation, mandatory reporting and their discontents [0.03%]
拥抱新专业主义:自我监管、强制报告及其弊端
Malcolm Parker
Malcolm Parker
In response to perceived failures in medical self-regulation in Australia, first in two States (for doctors) and now under the National Registration and Accreditation Scheme (for all health practitioners), mandatory reporting of peer status...