This week medical leaders met in Canberra to explore why women doctors in Australia are vulnerable to sexual harassment – and to draft a set of safety standards to prevent this in future.
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Neurosurgeon Charlie Teo has been found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct. Here’s what that means.
A new proposal is reigniting an old debate about cosmetic surgery. Now it’s focused on what kind of training cosmetic surgeons should have before wielding their instruments.
We may need to reconsider how we sanction serious or ‘repeat offenders’. That may include permanently barring them from practice.
It’s not as simple as churning out more products, though that’s a good starting point.
Bioprinting, an offshoot of 3D printing, is advancing so rapidly that regulators have been caught off guard. Two legal scholars argue patients and manufacturers would benefit from clearer rules.
From dementia to depression to drug addiction, artificial brain stimulation has been hailed as a landmark medical technology for the future. But safeguards are needed if we want the benefits without the risks.
How an implant is designed, tested, regulated and discussed with patients tends to disadvantage women. It’s time that changed.
Here’s how we can change the system of approval for new medical implants.
Due to a lack of effective regulations, there is little oversight of “stem cell treatments” and the businesses that provide them.
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Law lecturer, University of Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, The University of Melbourne
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Professor - Emerging Technologies (Stem Cells) at The University of Melbourne and Group Leader - Stem Cell Ethics & Policy at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Sociology in the School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Adjunct Professor, Australian Centre for Health Law Research, School of Law, Queensland University of Technology
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Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
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Professor of Intellectual Property and Innovation Law; Director Centre for Intellectual Property Policy and Managament (CIPPM), Bournemouth University, Bournemouth University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral research fellow, Macquarie University
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Professor of Law, Villanova School of Law
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Professor of Medical Devices Design, Keele University
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Professor, Newcastle University
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General practitioner; Associate Professor, ANU Medical School, Australian National University
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PhD student (Clinical Psychology), Monash University
