Ethics

A rapid response system may be an appropriate model for meeting the urgent need for more suitable care for patients at the end of life

Kenneth M Hillman MD, FRCA, FCICM · Gordon D Rubenfeld MD · Jeffrey Braithwaite PhD, FAIM, FCHSM

Inappropriate posting of material of students is common, but can be reduced by appropriate strategies

Christopher J Barlow MB BS · Stewart Morrison MB BS, PGDipSurgAnat · Hugh ON Stephens BHumSci, BMedSci(Hons) · Emily Jenkins MB BS(Hons), BMedSci(Hons) · Michael J Bailey PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons) · David Pilcher MB BS, FRACP, FCICM

Current Australian abortion law continues to disadvantage many women

Caroline M de Costa PhD, MPH, FRANZCOG · Heather Douglas PhD, LLM, LLB

Prisons have substantially underinvested in health care — a mixed funding approach can help to overcome the problem

Tessa M Plueckhahn BA(Hons), JD · Stuart A Kinner PhD · Georgina Sutherland BAppSc(Hons), PhD · Tony G Butler PhD

New liquor licensing laws were effective in their first 12 months

Gordian WO Fulde FRACS, FACEM, FRCS/RCP(A · Myles Smith MB BS · S Lesley Forster MB BS, FRACMA, FAFPHM

Gaining ethics approval at one ethics committee involves effort, but in multicentre research projects, the effort is multiplied with non-concordant approval requirements

Merin V Pariyadan BPharm(Hons) · Elizabeth D Hotham PhD, MAppSc(Pharm), BPharm · Sean Turner MSc, BPharm · Sanjay Garg PhD, MPharm, MMgt

Did South Australian clinicians meet legal requirements regarding documentation of the grounds for involuntary mental health admission?

John Brayley BM BS, MHSM, FRANZCP · Andrew Alston BJuris, LLB, LLM · Kynan Rogers LLB(Hon)

Attitudes to what men should be told before undergoing a PSA test were examined

Chris Degeling PhD, BVSc · Lucie Rychetnik PhD, MPH · Kristen Pickles MPH · Rae Thomas PhD · Jennifer A Doust BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Robert A Gardiner MD, FRCS, FRACS · Paul Glasziou BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Ainsley J Newson PhD, LLB(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Stacy M Carter PhD, MPH(Hons)

Do we need to change the way body-contact sports are played and administered?

John W Orchard MD, PhD, FACSP

Clinicians using teledermatology services must familiarise themselves with the relevant guidelines, hospital policies and privacy legislation

Anna R Finnane PhD · Greg Siller MB BS, FACD · H Peter Soyer MD

A change in the law is needed to allow procurement after circulatory death to maximise organ procurement

James Tibballs MD, MHlth · Neera Bhatia LLB(Hons), LLM, PhD

It is not plausible that a researcher could author 50 or more publications a year and still adhere to the NHMRC authorship criteria

Anthony F Jorm PhD, DSc

Sexual abuse in the medical profession is a complex, multifaceted problem that needs evidence-based solutions

Louise E Stone MPH, MQHR, PhD · Kirsty Douglas DipRACOG, MD, FRACGP · Imogen Mitchell PhD, FRACP, FCICM · Beverley Raphael AM, MD, FRANZCP

Responsibility for health care in detention must be transferred from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to an independent body

Peter Young MB BS, FRANZCP

Sexual harassment in medicine has implications for employers, professional colleges and associations, and regulators

Ben Mathews PhD, LLB, BA · Marie M Bismark MB ChB, LLB, MPH

Is it ever ethically appropriate for health care workers to decline to care for patients with Ebola, and how should treatment decisions be made?

Thomas Solano MB BS, FRACP, FCICM · Gwendolyn L Gilbert MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · Ian H Kerridge BA, FRACP, FRCPA · Vineet Nayyar MB BS, FRACP, FCICM · Angela Berry BAppSc(Nurs), MAppSc, PhD

Medical colleges should take the lead in abolishing discrimination, bullying and sexual harassment

David AK Watters ChM, FRCSEd, FRACS · David J Hillis MHA, FRACMA, FRACS(Hon)

Implementation of precision medicine requires a multidisciplinary and systematic approach

Ingrid Winship MD, FRACP, FACD

Inconsistent Schedule 8 prescription requirements between Australian states and territories create unnecessary complexity for health professionals

Andy C Hua BPharm · Finna Shen BPharm · Xiaoting Ge RN, CCRN

Health practitioners who close a practice have immediate and ongoing legal obligations to their patients

David J Carter LLM(Res), LLB(Hons), BAComm

Use of a medical intervention to deal with a perceived social problem should concern clinicians

Fiona Lander MB BS(Hons), LLB(Hons), MPH · Dennis Gray MA, MPH, PhD · Edward Wilkes AO, BA

Independent oversight of immigration detention is essential to protect asylum seekers’ human rights

John-Paul Sanggaran MB BS, MHMed, BHSc · Deborah Zion PhD

Clinical ethics support may benefit professional practice, and we should evaluate it in Australian health care

Ainsley J Newson BSc(Hons), LLB(Hons), PhD

Two paediatricians who have recently visited Nauru disagree with statements made by IHMS doctors

Hasantha Gunasekera MIPH(Hons), FRACP, PhD · David Isaacs MD, FRACP, FRCPCH

The current legal situation helps neither patients nor doctors

Kerry J Breen MB BS, MD, FRACP · David Weisbrot BA(Hons), JD