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Ethics and law

Doctors’ health

Australian doctors’ involvement in medicolegal matters: a cross-sectional self-report study

Louise M Nash, Patrick J Kelly, Michele G Daly, Garry Walter, Elizabeth H van Ekert, Merrilyn Walton, Simon M Willcock and Christopher C Tennant

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 436-440 Free

Research

Adequacy of consent documentation in a specialty surgical unit: time for community debate?

Mark T Siddins, Elizabeth M Klinken and Lee R Vocale

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 259-262 Free

Viewpoint

Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry

Philip B Mitchell

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 273-275 Free

Health care

Patient privacy versus protecting the patient and the health system from harm: a case study

Dawn E DeWitt, Stephanie A Ward, Sandeep Prabhu and Bruce Warton

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 213-216 Free

Health care

“Through a glass, darkly”: the clinical and ethical implications of Munchausen syndrome

Michael D Robertson and Ian H Kerridge

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (4): 217-219 Free

Letters

What changes are needed to the current direction and interpretation of clinical cancer research to meet the needs of the 21st century?

Matthew P Doogue and Kathleen M Knights

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 190

Letters

The Australian Medical Council draft code of professional conduct: good practice or creeping authoritarianism?

John B Myers

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 190-191

Letters

The Australian Medical Council draft code of professional conduct: good practice or creeping authoritarianism?

Paul A Komesaroff and Ian H Kerridge

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (3): 190-191

For debate

Infection control, ethics and accountability

Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Paul Y Cheung and Ian B Kerridge

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (12): 696-698 Free

Letters

Towards better health research in Australia — a plea to improve the efficiency of human research ethics committee processes

Sandra C Thompson, Frank M Sanfilippo, Tom G Briffa and Michael S T Hobbs

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): 652

Book reviews

The search for justice

Judy Atkinson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 566 Free

Medicine and the law

Usefulness of Austroads’ fitness-to-drive guidelines: lessons from the Gillett case

Roy G Beran, Paul Gerber and John A Devereux

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 503-505 Free

Viewpoint

Informing patients about emerging treatment options: creating “saviour siblings” for haemopoietic stem cell transplant

Kimberly A Strong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 506-507 Free

Letters

Patients expect transparency in doctors’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry

Martin H N Tattersall and Aneta Dimoska

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 459-461

Letters

Safety of nanoparticles in sunscreens

Thomas A Faunce

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 463

Letters

Knowing — or not knowing — when to stop: cognitive decline in ageing doctors

David G Fenwick

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 464

Viewpoint

Genesis of medical thromboprophylaxis guidelines in Australia: a need for transparency and standardisation in guideline development

J Alasdair Millar

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 446-450 Free

Letters

Patients expect transparency in doctors’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry

Catherine H Cole

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 459-461

Letters

Patients expect transparency in doctors’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry

Brad S Dalton and Deborah J Richards

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 459-461

Letters

Health information privacy and patient safety

Anthony P Morton, Susan E Smith, Peter R Croll and R Michael Whitby

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 398

Book reviews

Voluntary euthanasia: confronting death

Thomas F Sandeman

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 311

Fertility matters

When and how to welcome government to the bedroom

Robert P S Jansen and Sandra K Dill

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 232-233

Fertility matters

Sperm removal and dead or dying patients: a dilemma for emergency departments and intensive care units

Sarah L Middleton and Michael D Buist

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 244-246 Free

Fertility matters

Infertility Treatment Act or forced sterilisation program?

Jock Findlay

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 250

Lifestyle

When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue?

Shirley M Alexander, Louise A Baur, Roger Magnusson and Bernadette Tobin

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 136-139 Free