As trusted professionals, much of what doctors do is not prescribed by laws or externally-imposed rules but rather is underpinned by a more general statement of principles and expectations,... Read more
(Updated with note from Croakey on 10 August 2018) In 2018, Australia still does not have appropriate measures in place to maintain research integrity. And recent changes to our code of rese... Read more
Information about evaluation tenders for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health programs is locked away by governments, according to a new research report. A review of publicly adverti... Read more
Last November, Australian casino giant Crown Resorts announced it had appointed former Federal Health Department head Jane Halton to its board. In the post below, Dr Melissa Stoneham laments... Read more
As the symptoms of a planetary health emergency become ever more apparent, what is the role of health professionals in civil disobedience and resistance? The article below, examining a recen... Read more
In an era of medical apps, remote-controlled biomedical devices and 3D printing, regulatory and quality-control challenges will enter unprecedented territory, the latest Consumers Health For... Read more
(Introduction by Croakey) With a crisis situation unfolding on Manus Island, health leaders and groups are taking to social media to call on the Government to take action to ensure the safet... Read more
There’s growing acknowledgement that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities have been “researched to death” since the early days of colonisation, yet... Read more
Pharmaceutical giants had “no legitimate role” in evaluating their products beyond initial development stages and their involvement was “distorting” the debate, BMJ c... Read more
Technological advances are heralding a new era of personalised medicine in the detection and treatment of cancer, but what does this mean for screening? An important new themed edition of th... Read more
