Evaluating Cancer Screening: Context, Evidence, Values And Ethics
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$572,460.00
Summary
The research and clinical communities are divided over whether certain forms of cancer screening do more harm than good. This project asks: What is the right thing to do about cancer screening now? Using robust qualitative methodologies, we will study real cases of cancer screening and analyse their ethical implications. Drawing on this data and analysis, we will produce tools to help policy-makers, consumers and professionals make good decisions about cancer screening in future.
Ethics And Equity: Developing Ethical Guidance For Health Policy And Systems Research In Developing Countries
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$374,706.00
Summary
Health policy and systems research (HPSR) in developing countries is vital to achieving the Millennium Development goals, but ethical guidance specific to this field has not been developed. This project will identify the ethical obligations of funders, research institutions, and researchers undertaking HPSR in developing countries and will describe strategies for how these obligations might be upheld in practice.
Discovery Early Career Researcher Award - Grant ID: DE120100488
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$375,000.00
Summary
When should health professionals override parents' decisions about a child's medical treatment? Doctors and nurses sometimes disagree with parents' decisions about the best treatment for a sick child. This project will establish the ethical responsibilities of both parents and health professionals in relation to medical decision-making for children.
On the cutting edge: promoting best practice in surgical innovation. Surgical innovation leads to beneficial healthcare outcomes, but frequently at an ethical, legal and regulatory cost. This project aims to address these challenges by developing conceptual tools and regulatory mechanisms which promote patient safety and support those who practice, manage and govern surgery.