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How dangerous is The Peaceful Pill Handbook?
Is it morally permissible to help someone commit suicide if they cannot kill themselves without our assistance? Philip Nitschke, a prominent figure...
Professional power
One of the predominant, recurrent complaints brought against doctors by patients is their failure, in many circumstances, to adequately communicate....
Disability: the other person’s problem
Every able-bodied thirty-year-old earning $60,000 per year can acquire a disability, have a child born with a disability or have their best friend...
Ethical issues and decision-making in dementia care
As the number of Australians with dementia in Australia is predicted to rise from over 250,000 today to about one million by 2050, Professor Julian...
Pro-choice or pro-life?
Regardless of whether you support or oppose abortion, its criminalisation fails to address the root causes of unwanted pregnancy and is instead...
The man who chose death with dignity
Christian Rossiter died with dignity. In saying this, I do not refer to the physical manner of his passing. Rather, my claim rests entirely on the...
My ethics, my practice
In a 1990 copy of the journal Stanford a doctor supplied a dilemma for readers subtitled: You can help them have a baby, but would they be fit...
My ethics, my practice
In a 1990 copy of the journal Stanford a doctor supplied a dilemma for readers subtitled: You can help them have a baby, but would they be fit...
She died with a cappuccino on her lips
Ethics is 'bubbling' in the health and education domains. Two years ago it was rare for professionals from either of these areas to contact the...
Eating McDonalds in hospital
I attended boarding school in an era when the culinary norm was a relentlessly dull menu, occasionally punctuated by legendary concoctions such as...
Care of obese children
Of all the occasions when government intrudes into the lives of its citizens, few could be more significant than the removal of a child from the...
The ethics of surrogacy
There have been times in my life when I have wished that I had been born with a body better suited to my aspirations. Nearly always a fleeting...
Manufacturing health
Contents: Introduction The application of technique Applying the notion of accountability Reviewing the old concepts in a new light 'Squaring the...
Religious beliefs versus benefits of medical treatment
History records many cases in which people have been willing to die for their beliefs. We are all familiar with the stories of people who have...
Employee discrimination
Should people who smoke cigarettes be refused employment? Some people certainly think so. Take the new owner of Edgells/Birdseye. Mr Simplot is not...
Ethical considerations, changing reputations in the pharmaceuticals industry
Contents: Introduction Ethics and the pharma industry The place for codes A code of ethics A statement of duties to stakeholders A code of conduct...
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