Marie McInerney writes: Health professionals and their organisations, including medical colleges, have a moral, ethical and professional duty to speak out against the “institutional cr... Read more
Sydney radio talk show host Alan Jones on Tuesday apologised for comments he made to the head of the Sydney Opera House, after calling for her to be sacked for refusing to display an adverti... Read more
Ten thousand couples across Australia are set to have genetic carrier screening for conditions such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome, as part of a $20 milli... Read more
The Cochrane Collaboration is a respected, independent, not-for-profit international organisation (with a base in Australia) that is hailed for its mission to provide trusted health informat... Read more
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
