Israeli medical staff who treated Palestinian captives in the wake of the October 7 attacks say they are haunted by their experiences.
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Health-care professionals aren’t pacifists refusing conscription into the military. They freely choose health-care careers – that comes with obligations.
Medical law is based on the idea that a patient consents to an intervention that will benefit them. Is that the case here?
COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.
As an expert in both criminal and medical law, I am concerned with how prosecution teams gather expert evidence in these cases.
Recent political attention might imply gender-affirming care is risky, controversial, perhaps even new. But Australian law views it as a legitimate medical treatment.
Proposed reforms aim to increase public information about previously sanctioned health professionals and to better protect people who complain.
Although patients in England have a right to ask for a second opinion, there’s no legal requirement for doctors to provide one.
Mistakes at the hands of health care providers are a major cause of death in the US. And many of the blunders are a byproduct of the system.
You might need permission to record a doctor’s appointment and extra permission to share it. That depends on where you live.
A marathon round of amendments and parliamentary debate will likely see voluntary assisted dying implemented in WA in around 18 months. It’s time to start preparing.
Formally planning ahead in case of illness or injury can provide you a voice when you may no longer have one - here’s our guide
I joined a Facebook group about organ donation. Within two days an Indian man offered to sell me his kidney.
The Victorian assisted dying laws are based on those in Oregon, which are quite conservative. Laws in the Netherlands, Belgium and Canada are more relaxed.
The high-profile Charlie Gard case could change the way end-of-life decisions play out around the world.
Decriminalisation is important as it signals to the community that abortion is part of gynaecological care and should not be treated differently to any other form of health care.
From today, more people conceived with donor sperm or eggs in Victoria will have the legal right to know details about their donor – even if the donation was made anonymously.
A Victorian legal precedent of how Nembutal can be used during palliative care provides more options for doctors to help their dying patients.
The guidelines don’t go far enough to clarify what to do in the case of refusals by children.
A UK court has allowed a 14-year-old girl’s body to be frozen until doctors find a cure for the cancer that killed her. Is this latest example of cryogenics hope, hype or hell?
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Chen Su Lan Centennial Professor in Medical Ethics, National University of Singapore; Distinguished Visiting Professor in Law, University of Melbourne; Uehiro Chair in Practical Ethics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Law (Health Law), Deakin University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Law, University of Tasmania
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Lecturer, Queen's University Belfast
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Senior Teaching Fellow, University of Warwick
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Associate professor, Menzies School of Health Research
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Professor of Healthcare Law & Feminist Ethics, University of Sussex
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Teaching Assistant, Curtin Law School, Curtin University
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Lecturer in Law, Sydney Law School, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Senior Researcher, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
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Associate Professor in Health Technology Law, The University of Melbourne