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Ethics and law

Letters

Should the legal age for buying alcohol be raised to 21 years?

John W Toumbourou, Kypros Kypri and Sandra C Jones

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 571

Letters

Anomalous warning labels on alcoholic energy drink cans

Genevieve A Cowie and Bruce Bolam

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 572

Ethics and law

Collaboration between the coroner and emergency physicians: efforts to improve outcomes from aortic dissection

George A Jelinek, Lyndal C Bugeja, Paresa A Spanos, Sandra L Neate, Ruth L Bergman and David L Ranson

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 607-609 Free

Ethics and law

Withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining treatment in a patient's best interests: Australian judicial deliberations

Lindy Willmott, Ben White, Malcolm K Smith and Dominic J C Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (9): 545-547 Free

Letters

The hidden issues of anticipatory medications in community palliative care

Gerard F Gill

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 450-451

Research

Use of advance directives by South Australians: results from the Health Omnibus Survey Spring 2012

Sandra L Bradley, Richard J Woodman, Jennifer J Tieman and Paddy A Phillips

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 467-469 Free

Ethics and law

Consent, capacity and the right to say no

Hayden A Snow and Bill R Fleming

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 486-488 Free

Research

Australia's treatment of refugee and asylum seeker children: the views of Australian paediatricians

Elizabeth J M Corbett, Hasantha Gunasekera, Alanna Maycock and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 393-398 Free

Letters

Professor Bruce Hall and the ABC

Jeremy R Chapman, Geoffrey W McCaughan and Philip J O’Connell

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 322

Ethics and law / Ethics series — 5

Broken doctor–patient relationships: why won't they listen?

Michael Jefford and John R Zalcberg

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 347-349 Free

Ethics and law / Ethics series — 5

Legal issues when a doctor's relationship with a “difficult” patient breaks down

Loane L C Skene

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 350-351 Free

Research

Mandatory reports of concerns about the health, performance and conduct of health practitioners

Marie M Bismark, Matthew J Spittal, Tessa M Plueckhahn and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 399-403 Free

Perspectives

Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention

John-Paul Sanggaran, Grant M Ferguson and Bridget G Haire

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 377-378 Free

Letters

Potentially incapable patients objecting to treatment: doctors' powers and duties

Kerri Eagle and Christopher J Ryan

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (5): 268

Letters

Potentially incapable patients objecting to treatment: doctors' powers and duties

Paul Dignam

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (5): 268

Research

Doctors' knowledge of the law on withholding and withdrawing life-sustaining medical treatment

Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Colleen Cartwright, Malcolm H Parker and Gail Williams

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (4): 229-232 Free

For debate

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation - time for a change in the paradigm?

Michele Levinson and Amber Mills

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): 152-154 Free

Letters

Linking data to improve health outcomes

Jessica L Harding, Jonathan E Shaw and Dianna J Magliano

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (2): 90-91

Letters

Off-label prescribing

Madlen Gazarian and Steve Morris

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 637 Free

Perspectives

Doctors’ “judgements” and parents’ “wishes”: ethical implications in conflict situations

Rosalind J McDougall and Lynn Gillam

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (7): 372

Editorials

Linking data to improve health outcomes

Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (7): 368-369 Free

Letters

The association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls

Roger S Magnusson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 314-315

Letters

The association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls

Jane M Young, David Currow and Sally Dunlop

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 314-315

Ethics and law

Mental health emergency transport: the pot-holed road to care

Joanne F Bradbury, Matt Ireland and Helen Stasa

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 348-351 Free

Ethics and law

Potentially incapable patients objecting to treatment: doctors’ powers and duties

Kerri Eagle and Christopher J Ryan

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 352-354 Free