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Sinead and Ruthie interview Ezra Kneebone in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Surrogacy. Ezra is a PhD Candidate at Monash University and a research assistant in the Monash Bioethics Centre. Ezra provides an overview of surrogacy in Australia explains why so many Australian babies born via surrogate are born overseas. Ezra highlights the lived experience of Australian surrogates in this podca...

Sinead and Ruthie interview Dr Megan Prictor in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Clinical Decision Support Systems. Megan talks us through the Practice Fusion case in the United States, where a company was fraudulently receiving money from a pharmaceutical company to influence the design of CDSS software. Megan highlights potential complexities in working out legal responsibility if things go...

Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Keisha Ray in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Black Bioethics. Keisha is a professor of bioethics and medical humanities at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Keisha shares insights from her research into black health, including how racism inside and outside of clinics create poorer health outcomes for black people. Learn more about your ad c...

Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Scott Kitchener in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Quarantine. Scott shares his medical and public health expertise regarding quarantine, and the use of quarantine in Queensland during the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sinead and Ruthie interview Dr. Christopher Rudge in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Gene Therapy. Chris shares his legal and bioethical expertise regarding stem cells, therapeutic genetic engineering, and the significant importance of community input of regulation in medical innovation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this podcast, Penny Neller from End of Life Law for Clinicians and ACHLR interviews Dr Jim Howe, a neurologist with over 50 years in clinical practice. They explore Jim’s experience of the interaction between law and medicine arising from his time caring for Tony Bland, a victim of the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster, and his involvement in the landmark UK case Airedale NHS Trust v Bland. D...

The oration considers how the sufficiency of young adults’ autonomy is judged in light of biological, social and psychological evidence that adolescence can continue into the mid 20s. Adolescence can impact on developmental immaturity which can in turn affect risk taking, impulsivity, and independence in decision making. Some areas of law are starting to accommodate the impacts of adolescence into...

Please note that this podcast contains content about child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. You can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14. In the 9th episode of the podcast series, Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Ben Mathews about his work relating to child sexual abuse. In particular, we discuss some of the issues and gaps in legal responses to survivors’ civil claims and criminal actio...

In the 8th episode of the podcast series, Ruthie and Sinead interview Dr. Steph Jowett about her recently published book: Consent for Treatment for Trans Youth. Steph explains how court involvement in the treatment process for trans youth is complicated and in need of reform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 7th episode of the podcast series, Sinead and Ruthie interview Casey Haining, a research fellow at QUT and the University of Melbourne, about her research on abortion and conscientious objection in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the 6th episode of the podcast series, Ruthie turns to co-host Sinead to get to the crux of her initial findings in her PhD on the ethics of genetic enhancement by defining health and disease. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Learn Me Right, we chat to Liaison Librarian Denise Frost about source reliability and how to distinguish trustworthy sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode of Learn Me Right, we talk with Dr. Julia Duffy about the law surrounding the conservatorship Britney Spears was held in for 13 years. Duffy completed her PhD in guardianship law here in Australia, and talks us through whether she thinks something similar would ever be likely to happen here in Australia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Jodhi Rutherford talks with us about her research on Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD). Jodhi shares some findings from her interviews with doctors involved in providing VAD in Victoria (Australia), including the complex ethical issues faced by doctors who choose to participate in VAD; and the difficulties faced by individuals trying to access VAD, including finding a doctor who is willing to ass...

Sinead and Ruthie talk with Dr. Sam Boyle about the circumstances in which doctors can treat a person with a mental illness without their consent. Sam discusses his research into the mental health review tribunal according to the perspectives of lawyers and advocates who represent patients in the tribunal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ACHLR HDR student Sam Roach discusses vaccine hesitancy with fellow ACHLR HDR students Ruthie Jeanneret and Sinead Prince in the first episode of the "Learn Me Right in Health Law and Bioethics" series. They discuss how governments might intervene to improve vaccine uptake, and some helpful tips on how you can approach vaccine hesitancy within your own circle of influence. Sponsored by the Austral...

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Regulating Innovation: advocating for codes of practice - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Legal Perspectives - Professor Cameron Stewart (The University of Sydney, Australia): Regulating I...

The effect of disciplinary proceedings: concluding comments - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) – Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Legal Perspectives - Dan Matthias Executive Director, Legal Services, Office of the Health Om...

The effect of disciplinary proceedings: The disciplinary response when expert evidence departs from widely accepted professional practice - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Legal Perspectiv...

The role of tribunals in regulating behaviour - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Legal Perspectives - Associate Professor Bernadette Richards (The University of Adelaide, Australia): Innovation and Professionalism: The role of tr...

Outcomes of notifications to health practitioner boards - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation. The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings and Innovation: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Perspectives - Associate Professor Matthew Spittal (The University of Melbo...

Professional Standards for Innovation - 2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) – Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series, Liability and Innovation: The Effect of Disciplinary Proceedings and Innovation: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Perspectives - Professor Wendy Rogers, Professor of Clinical Ethics, Macquarie University. To...

2017 Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) - Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Seminar Series – Liability and Innovation: Medical Innovation, Regulation and Disciplinary Proceedings: Medical Perspectives - Associate Professor Megan Munsie (The University of Melbourne, Australia): Setting the standards: need for action to curb the big business of selling stem cells Learn more...