Any COVID-19 vaccine is likely to be given first to higher risk groups before it is given to children. But we still need vaccines that are safe and effective for them too.
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The most sustainable and cost-effective solution for protecting patients’ lives is to reduce the causes of human error. Health professionals must be adequately trained to reduce adverse outcomes.
Patients' wishes must be at the heart of all healthcare decision making.
There are ingredients in your pills other than the one designed to treat your ailments. Those unnamed ingredients can alter how you respond to a medicine or even make you sick.
Organs from gay men or injecting drug users, often rejected for transplants, could safely be used, so long as donors test negative for infections such as HIV, and hepatitis B and C.
New international research shows one in four physiotherapists provide treatments that aren't based on evidence. These treatments aren't likely to cause harm, but they might waste patients' time.
How an implant is designed, tested, regulated and discussed with patients tends to disadvantage women. It's time that changed.
A botched beauty procedure can be more than just unsightly – it can be dangerous. Here are some things to keep in mind when seeking a skin treatment.
A surprising number of people are catching pneumonia or urinary tract infections in hospital, a new Australian study shows for the first time.
The proposed Australian ban of some types of breast implants is too little, too late. It also reveals regulatory failures that need to be fixed if Australian consumers are to be protected.
Research shows unprofessional behaviour and poor communication among doctors and other clinical staff contributes to medical errors. This flows on to worse patient outcomes.
Australians can't tell which private hospital is safer then the next because the data isn't publicly available. It's time that changed.
Along with an increase in demand, NHS ambulance services are seeing a growth in patient safety incidents.
With more demand on doctors and nurses and a push for quicker consultations, clinical empathy is being dwarfed by the need for efficiency.
Planning to give birth just a little early carries long-term risks for babies, as researchers are discovering. This is why we should be concerned.
Seventeen years ago, the Department of Health berated the NHS for not learning lessons about patient safety. What's changed?
Junior doctors are often blamed when things go wrong in hospital. But are we placing too many demands on them?
If the relationship between the government and the medical profession is the 'politics of the double bed', then this couple are in a rocky patch.
Cooperation and communication are the cornerstones of patient care and safety but it's all too easy to dismiss with a shrug.
Medical tourism is the practice of seeking medical care across international borders. Countries with established medical sectors like the US, Europe, India and Thailand have been traditional destinations…
Principales colaboradores
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Reader in Health Law, Nottingham Trent University
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor of Law, Bond University
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Professor of Health Economics, University of York
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Professor, Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney
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Visiting Professor of Neuropsychology, UCL
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Visiting Professor of Nursing, Bournemouth University
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Health and Social Care Research, St George's, University of London
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Associate Professor of Political Economy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Faculty Lead for Supporting Students, Incidents in Practice, University of Southampton
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Research fellow, Australian National University
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Consultant Dermatologist, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
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Professor of Health Policy and Management, University of Birmingham
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Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
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Full Professor, Department of Geography, Simon Fraser University
