Underlying inequality, an under-resourced public health system and socio-political tensions have met in a dizzying, tragic outcome for the richest country in the world.
Rigor académico, oficio periodístico
Artículos sobre Essays on health
Mostrando todos artículos
Public figures, authors, artists and journalists have long written about their experience of dying. But why do they do it? And what do we gain?
A safe home, a working fridge and access to transport are all needed before western medicine has a chance of working in the long term. But a new way of providing care can help.
Yes, there are pros and cons of this new reproductive technology. But there are many other issues about maternal and child health we need to tackle first.
From the moment their baby is born, Australian parents receive conflicting advice on how to cope with newborn issues. What we are doing wastes our resources, but we’re not investing in alternatives.
For most of the twentieth century, we were at war with microbes, leading to substantial changes in our body’s ecosystem. This has changed our diets, disease profile, moods and even personalities.
Food, drug and other companies often sponsor research in the hope it might produce results favourable to their products. How can we ensure such research remains independent?
Principales colaboradores
-
Professor of Bioethics & Medicine, Sydney Health Ethics, Haematologist/BMT Physician, Royal North Shore Hospital and Director, Praxis Australia, University of Sydney
-
Purple House Medical Advisor. Honorary ANU., Australian National University
-
Associate Professor in Law, Deakin University
-
Professor in Health Policy and Director, Centre for Health Policy, The University of Melbourne
-
Senior Lecturer and Coordinator, Health and Medical Humanities, University of Sydney
-
Associate Professor, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Western Australia
-
General Practitioner, Researcher, The University of Queensland
-
Chief Scientist, Center for Bioethics and Humanities and Professor of Medicine and Public Health, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
-
Senior Research Fellow, Deakin University
-
PhD candidate, The University of Western Australia
-
Senior lecturer of health promotion, Swinburne University of Technology
