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Ethics and law

Doctors in training

Fitness-to-practise policies in Australian medical schools — are they fit for purpose?

Paul M McGurgan, Debbie Olson-White, Marie Holgate and Di Carmody

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): 665-667 Free

Book reviews

Suffer the little children

Jennifer M Fleming

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): 684

Research

Perceived practice change in Australian doctors as a result of medicolegal concerns

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

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 579-583 Free

Research enterprise

Privacy and the use of health data for research

Christine M O'Keefe and Chris J Connolly

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 537-541 Free

Letters

Suicide and mental disorder: the legal perspective

Paul T Dignam

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 430

Clinical practice

Legal and ethical aspects of refusing medical treatment after a suicide attempt: the Wooltorton case in the Australian context

Christopher J Ryan and Sascha Callaghan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 239-242 Free

Book reviews

South African medico, exile and patriot

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 233

Letters

Suicide and mental disorder: the legal perspective

Saxby Pridmore

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 184-185

Review

Ethical considerations in choosing a model for population-based cystic fibrosis carrier screening

Lucy J Modra, R John Massie and Martin B Delatycki

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 157-160 Free

Workforce and Education

The good doctor

Bernadette M Tobin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 93

Research

Australian attitudes to early and late abortion

Lachlan J de Crespigny, Dominic J Wilkinson, Thomas Douglas, Mark Textor and Julian Savulescu

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 9-12 Free

Medicine and the law

Early medical abortion: legal and medical developments in Australia

Kerry A Petersen

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (1): 26-29 Free

Book review

Being “a little bit pregnant”

Lisa H Amir

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (12): 718

Medicine and the law

Normative lessons: codes of conduct, self-regulation and the law

Malcolm H Parker

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (11): 658-660 Free

Medicine and the law

Restricted career paths for overseas students graduating from Australian medical schools: legal and policy considerations

Katie J Elkin and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (9): 517-519 Free

Research

Impact of coronial investigations on manner and cause of death determinations in Australia, 2000–2007

David M Studdert and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (8): 444-447 Free

Research enterprise

Improving communication when seeking informed consent: a randomised controlled study of a computer-based method for providing information to prospective clinical trial participants

Asuntha S Karunaratne, Stanley G Korenman, Samantha L Thomas, Paul S Myles and Paul A Komesaroff

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 388-392 Free

Viewpoint

Wanted: politicians to champion health (not obesity)

Bebe Loff and Brad R Crammond

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (7): 397-399 Free

Viewpoint

Driving to distraction — certification of fitness to drive with epilepsy

Ernest R Somerville, Andrew B Black and John W Dunne

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (6): 342-344 Free

Letters

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292-293

Letters

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

Ian R Gough, Ian Dickinson, Guy Maddern, Michael Grigg and David J Hillis

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Letters

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

Iain S Pratt, Clare L Hughes and Terry J Slevin

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Research enterprise

Ethics review of multisite studies: the difficult case of community-based Indigenous health research

David M Studdert, Tamara M Vu, Sarah S Fox, Ian P Anderson, Jill E Keeffe and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 275-280 Free

Letters

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

Richard Kelly Barnes

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Letters

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Tania Shelby-James, Meera R Agar and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292-293