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Ethics and law

Medicolegal consequences of doctors accepting bequests and gifts under a patient’s will

Nicole E Kroesche, Tina L Cockburn, Kelly Purser and Karen A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 454-456 Free

Ante‐mortem interventions for deceased donation: legal barriers and uncertainty in Australia's decision‐making frameworks

Shih‐Ning Then, Dominique E Martin and Helen I Opdam

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 236-240 Open Access

Dignity of risk in residential aged care: a call to reframe understandings of risk

Maria Foundas

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (4): 186-188 Open Access

When may an adult woman with cognitive impairment still have capacity to consent to an abortion?

Julia P Duffy, Sam Boyle and Casey M Haining

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 127-131 Open Access

Implementing voluntary assisted dying in New South Wales correctional settings

Diya Ahluwalia and Leigh Haysom

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (2): 71-74 Open Access

Clinicians’ discretion to contact patients’ at‐risk relatives about their genetic risk: new guidance from Australia's privacy regulator provides timely clarification

Jane Tiller and Margaret FA Otlowski

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (3): 123-126 Open Access

Should self‐administered voluntary assisted dying be supervised? A Queensland case

Eliana Close, Katrine Del Villar and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (8): n/a-n/a Open Access

Ethical challenges of multiple organ transplant in cystic fibrosis

Mark R Oliver, John Massie, Miranda Paraskeva, Avik Majumdar, Lynn H Gillam and Dominic JC Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2025; 222 (1): 20-22 Free

A community within social and ecological communities: a new philosophical foundation for a just residential aged care sector

Lachlan Green, Bridget Pratt and David Kirchhoffer

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (9): 469-472 Open Access

Aligning legislation with clinical practice: off‐label prescribing under the microscope

Narcyz Ghinea

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (8): 417-419 Open Access

Seeking a voice: the inadequacy of the “four principles” and the need for care ethics in the provision of health care to vulnerable populations

Kenneth JE Barns and Louis Peachey (Girrimay/Djirribal)

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (1): 25-28 Open Access

Gender CARE beyond the courts: an alternative framework for resolving disputes over gender health care for children and adolescents

Georgina Dimopoulos and Michelle Taylor‐Sands

Med J Aust 2024; 221 (2): 88-91 Open Access

Mainstreaming genomic testing: pre‐test counselling and informed consent

Michaela Cormack, Kathryn B Irving, Fiona Cunningham and Andrew P Fennell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (8): 403-406 Open Access

Implications of voluntary assisted dying for advance care planning

Ben P White, Madeleine Archer, Casey M Haining and Lindy Willmott

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 129-133 Open Access

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Open Access

Advance care planning for pregnant patients

John J Bockxmeer, Casey M Haining and Andrea Atkinson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (4): 161-164 Open Access

Vaccination of young people from 12 years of age for COVID‐19 against parents’ wishes

John Massie, Georgia A Paxton, Nigel Crawford and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (9): 455-457 Free

Consent for treatment of gender dysphoria in minors: evolving clinical and legal frameworks

Calina Ouliaris

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 230-233 Open Access

Voluntary assisted dying and telehealth: Commonwealth carriage service laws are putting clinicians at risk

Eliana Close, Katrine Del Villar, Lindy Willmott and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 406-409

Terra pericolosa: medical student involvement in intimate patient examinations or procedures

Paul M McGurgan and Katrina L Calvert

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 167-168.e1

Doctors’ criminal law duty to report consensual sexual activity between adolescents: legal and clinical issues

Ben Mathews and Lena A Sanci

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 109-113.e1

Medico‐legal considerations of mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination for high risk workers

Dev AS Kevat, Danielle CA Panaccio, Sam C Pang, Jessica M Dean, Caitlin C Farmer and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 22-24.e1 Open Access

Transparent triage policies during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a critical part of medico‐legal risk management for clinicians

Eliana Close, Lindy Willmott, Tina Cockburn, Simon Young, Will Cairns and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (2): 71-74.e1 Free

Medico‐legal implications of audiovisual recordings of telehealth encounters

Caitlin C Farmer, Sam C Pang, Dev Kevat, Jessica Dean, Danielle Panaccio and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 357-359.e1

COVID‐19, rationing and the right to health: can patients bring legal actions if they are denied access to care?

Michelle A Gunn and Fiona J McDonald

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (5): 207-208.e1 Free