Bioethics

Bioethics is the study of the ethical issues associated with health and medical research and practice. 

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Reviewed October 2011

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Title:   Palliative Care
Publisher:   HealthInsite Topic Page
Description:   Links to information on palliative care (the care of patients with serious illness to relieve pain), euthanasia, 'dying with dignity' and hospice care.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   The Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee (GTECCC)
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   An overview of the workings of the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee(GTECCC).
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HoMER)
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   The objective of the Harmonisation of Multi-centre Ethical Review (HoMER) initiative is to enable the recognition of a single ethical and scientific review of multi-centre health and medical research within and/or across Australian jurisdictions. This section of the website introduces the HoMER initative.
Date:   Jun 2011
Title:   Understanding medical research
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Medical research studies help us to provide information on health or disease, to learn how our bodies work, why we become ill, and what we can do to get and stay well.
Date:   Mar 2011
Title:   DVA Human Research Ethics Committee (DVA HREC)
Publisher:   Department of Veterans' Affairs
Description:   Information and documentation relating to the Human Research Ethics Committee.
Date:   Dec 2011
Title:   Euthanasia
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Euthanasia is a deliberate act or omission, undertaken with the intention of ending a person's life. The acts of euthanasia or assisted suicide (helping someone to die at their request) are not within the remit of health professionals, and are illegal in Australia.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Assisted suicide
Publisher:   CareSearch
Description:   Assisted suicide is a deliberate act or omission, undertaken with the intention of helping someone to end their life. Such an act is not within the remit of health professionals, and is illegal in Australia.
Date:   Aug 2010
Title:   Medical genetic testing: information for health professionals
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Australian health professionals and the public will benefit from Medical Genetic Testing: Information for Health Professionals released by the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC).
Date:   Apr 2010
Title:   Australian Health Ethics Committee (AHEC)
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   This section of the site contains a range of information about the functions and composition of AHEC
Date:   Mar 2010
Title:   Human genetics and genetic technologies
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Nationally and internationally advances in genetic research and genetic testing are ongoing. Information on ethical aspects of genetic research and genetic testing including privacy and confidentiality, are provided.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   ARPANSA - Code of practice for the exposure of humans to ionizing radiation for research purposes (2005)
Publisher:   Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANSA)
Description:   This Code of Practice is designed to ensure that researchers proposing to expose research participants to ionizing radiation provide the participants and the Human Research Ethics Committees with information that allows consent to be properly considered by the research participants and approval considered by the Human Research Ethics Committee.
Date:   Feb 2009
Title:   Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Assisted Reproductive Technology is the application of laboratory or clinical technology to gametes and/or embryos for the purposes of reproduction. All reproductive medicine units offering ART services should comply with the Ethical Guidelines in use of assisted reproductive technology in clinical practice and research.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Ethical issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   This section of the site contains information about the many ethically significant and complex issues relating to human health and research. AHEC has considered, or is currently considering, a number of these issues. Information on some of these issues, with links to documents produced by AHEC or the NHMRC more broadly, is provided below.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Former gene technology advisory committees
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The Gene Technology Ethics Committee (GTEC) was established by the Gene Technology Act 2000 (the Act) in June 2001. From 1 January 2008 GTEC was replaced by the Gene Technology Ethics and Community Consultative Committee (GTECCC), which was established as a result of the Gene Technology Amendment Act 2007.
Date:   Apr 2008
Title:   Research Integrity
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   It is expected that all research involving, or impacting on humans is performed in an ethical manner. The Australian Health Ethics Committee developes guidelines for health and medical research. The following area of the site has more information about the guidelines, the history of ethics in health research, the relevant documents for ethics and health research.
Date:   Apr 2007
Title:   National statement on ethical conduct in human research
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   The purpose of this Statement is to provide a national reference point for ethical consideration relevant to all research involving humans. It identifies the ethical principles and values which should govern research involving humans.
Date:   Mar 2007
Title:   Values and ethics - Guidelines for ethical conduct in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   This document contains guidelines for ethical health research on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. In accordance with guidance from Aboriginal people it is written around a framework of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander values and principles.
Date:   Jun 2003
Title:   Animal organ transplants - myDr.com.au
Publisher:   myDr
Description:   Find out what you need to know about xenotransplantation (transplanting animal organs into humans).
Date:   Mar 2003
Title:   Organs retained at autopsy - ethical and practical issues
Publisher:   National Health and Medical Research Council
Description:   Advice to the Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care, the Hon Dr Michael Wooldridge, covering the practical and ethical issues of organs retained at autopsy without permission from next-of-kin.
Date:   Aug 2001
Title:   Chemotherapy for elderly patients with advanced cancer: is it worth it?
Publisher:   Australian Prescriber
Description:   Elderly patients with advanced cancer must be allowed to balance the potential risks and benefits of treatment when deciding whether or not to have chemotherapy. The response rates to aggressive chemotherapy are similar in younger and older patients.
Date:   Aug 2000

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