Judging by the experiences in the UK and USA, we will be in for some major challenges if a vaccine scare gets traction in Australia, writes Julile Leask.
Child health
Hannah’s heart: a question of autonomy
Hannah Jones’ case in the UK raises numerous points of debate in medical ethics, the most prominent of which is the place of the state in the decisions citizens make about their lives, and deaths, writes Michael Robertson and Ian Kerridge.
How think tanks are misleading us on Aboriginal children’s health
The recent Commonwealth intervention in the Northern Territory includes a raft of components which appear to have little connection with protecting children, writes Dr David Scrimgeour.
Revealed: NT intervention checks only 10% of children
Documents obtained by Crikey indicate that the Child Health Check component of the National Emergency Response is largely incompetent, probably unethical, definitely underfunded and absolutely ignores the long term.
The paradoxes of mainstreaming Indigenous Australians
A few multilingual and highly skilled individuals in the remote Indigenous community of Maningrida are being asked to provide their unique linguistic expertise for a paltry $100 a day, writes Jon Altman.
Tips and rumours
Everyone up here working in Aboriginal child health and sexual assault knows that the medical checks are at best a waste of time and money and good intentions and at worst, going to make things worse for those of us already working with Aboriginal communities. The best that can be done is to try and […]
