Medicine works exceptionally well when policy and practice is based on research evidence, writes Dr Alex Wodak.
Medical treatments
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.
Sounding the alarm on the legal takeover of mental health
If the laws of a community reflect its values, what do the recent modifications of the NSW Mental Health Act say about the value we place on liberty? Michael Robertson and Ian Kerridge write.
Decriminalising abortion — what now for the other states?
What are the implications for other states, now that abortion has been decriminalised in Victoria, asks Caroline DeCosta.
My 2020 idea: Stop funding ineffective medical treatments
It is well past time that Australian taxpayers stopped paying for medical treatments that don’t work or are of only marginal benefit, writes Professor Peter Brooks.
