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Ethics and law

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Open Access

Advance care planning for pregnant patients

John J Bockxmeer, Casey M Haining and Andrea Atkinson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 161-164 Open Access

Vaccination of young people from 12 years of age for COVID‐19 against parents’ wishes

John Massie, Georgia A Paxton, Nigel Crawford and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 455-457 Free

Consent for treatment of gender dysphoria in minors: evolving clinical and legal frameworks

Calina Ouliaris

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 230-233 Open Access

Voluntary assisted dying and telehealth: Commonwealth carriage service laws are putting clinicians at risk

Eliana Close, Katrine Del Villar, Lindy Willmott and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 406-409

Terra pericolosa: medical student involvement in intimate patient examinations or procedures

Paul M McGurgan and Katrina L Calvert

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 167-168.e1

Doctors’ criminal law duty to report consensual sexual activity between adolescents: legal and clinical issues

Ben Mathews and Lena A Sanci

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 109-113.e1

Medico‐legal considerations of mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination for high risk workers

Dev AS Kevat, Danielle CA Panaccio, Sam C Pang, Jessica M Dean, Caitlin C Farmer and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 22-24.e1 Open Access

Transparent triage policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a critical part of medico‐legal risk management for clinicians

Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott, Tina Cockburn, Simon Young, Will Cairns and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 71-74.e1 Free

Medico‐legal implications of audiovisual recordings of telehealth encounters

Caitlin C Farmer, Sam C Pang, Dev Kevat, Jessica Dean, Danielle Panaccio and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 357-359.e1

COVID‐19, rationing and the right to health: can patients bring legal actions if they are denied access to care?

Michelle A Gunn and Fiona J McDonald

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (5): 207-208.e1 Free

Non‐invasive prenatal testing: clinical utility and ethical concerns about recent advances

Joseph Thomas, James Harraway and David Kirchhoffer

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 168-170.e1

Ethical and practical implications of returning genetic research results: two Australian case studies

Jane Tiller, Alison H Trainer, Ian Campbell and Paul A Lacaze

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 259-262.e1

Overt and covert recordings of health care consultations in Australia: some legal considerations

Megan Prictor, Carolyn Johnston and Amelia Hyatt

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (3): 119-123.e1

Female genital mutilation or cutting: an updated medico‐legal analysis

Ben Mathews and Elizabeth Dallaston

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (7): 309-311.e1

Ethical issues in reproductive genetic carrier screening

Lisa Dive and Ainsley J Newson

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (4): 165-167.e1 Open Access

Sexual relationships between health practitioners and former patients: when is it misconduct?

Jenni Millbank

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (5): 212-215.e1

Challenges in advance care planning: the interface between explicit instructional directives and palliative care

Peter Eastman, Danielle Ko and Brian H Le

Med J Aust 2020; 213 (2): 67-68.e1

Teaching and learning in general practice: ethical and legal considerations for GP teachers and medical students

Michaela Kelly, Nancy Sturman and David Pakchung

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (9): 403-405.e1

Self‐binding directives for mental health treatment: when advance consent is not effective consent

Katrine Del Villar and Christopher J Ryan

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (5): 208-211.e1

Victoria's Voluntary Assisted Dying Act: navigating the section 8 gag clause

Bryanna Moore, Courtney Hempton and Evie Kendal

Med J Aust 2020; 212 (2): 67-68.e1

Victoria's voluntary assisted dying law: clinical implementation as the next challenge

Ben P White, Lindy Willmott and Eliana Close

Med J Aust 2019; 210 (5): 207-209

Mandatory data breach notification requirements for medical practice

David J Carter and Samuel Hartridge

Med J Aust 2018; 209 (5): 204-205

Children as haematopoietic stem cell donors: ethically challenging and legally complex

Shih-Ning Then, Ian H Kerridge and Michael Marks

Med J Aust 2018; 208 (8): 334-337

The right to know versus the right to privacy: donor anonymity and the Assisted Reproductive Treatment Amendment Act 2016 (Vic)

Xavier Symons

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (9): 377-378