2024 Monthly Seminars
Family Violence, Sex, Strangulation and Consent
Professor Heather Douglas and Dr Leah Sharman
6 February 2024
Resources:
- 'Family Violence, Sex, Strangulation and Consent' (seminar slides)
For more information and related publications please visit The Non-Fatal Strangulation Offence as a Response to Domestic and Family Violence website.
Cosmetic Surgery Reforms in Australia: Considerations for Doctors and Patients
Dr Owen Bradfield and Alisha Randhawa
26 March 2024
Resources:
- 'Cosmetic surgery reforms' (seminar slides)
- 'Psychological Considerations for Cosmetic Patients with Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD)' (seminar slides)
Ensuring the highest attainable standard of health for children deprived of their liberty
Professor Stuart Kinner and Senior Associate Tess Kelly
16 April 2024
Resources:
- Kelly, Tess et al, Ensuring The Highest Attainable Standard of Health for Children Deprived of Their Liberty, The Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Justice Health Group, The François-Xavier Bagnoud Centre for Health and Human Rights (FXB Centre) (2024)
Secondary victim mental harm claims following negligent treatment: A change in direction?
Mr Bill Madden and Professor Tina Cockburn
7 May 2024
Resources:
- Paul and another (Appellants) v Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust (Respondent) [2024] The Supreme Court [2024] UKSC 1
- Secondary victim mental harm claims following negligent medical treatment: A change in direction? (seminar slides)
Direct-to-consumer DNA testing and data platforms for Victorians who were adopted or in out-of-home care: Experiences, impacts and ethico-legal issues
Dr Jeanette (Jenny) Conrick and Dr Megan Prictor
25 June 2024
Resources:
Please visit here for more information on the project.
Gene Therapy - Unpacking Where We Are and Where We Are Going
Katherine Lieschke and Lorna McLeman
6 August 2024
Resources:
- Lieschke, Katherine et al, ‘How Great a Risk Do You Take? A Qualitative Study Exploring Attitudes of Individuals with Friedreich Ataxia Toward Gene Therapy’ (2023) 34(19–20) Human Gene Therapy 1041
- Legislative material related to gene technology can be found here.
- Gene Therapy - Unpacking Where We Are and Where We Are Going (seminar slides)
What Does Success Look Like in the Drug Checking Arena?
Associate Professors Anna Olsen and John Fitzgerald
3 September 2024
Voluntary Assisted Dying: Reflections from Five Years On
Casey Haining
8 October 2024
Resources:
- 'Voluntary Assisted Dying: Reflections from Five Years On' (seminar slides)
The Ethics of Genomic Newborn Screening: Empirical and Conceptual Perspectives
Associate Professor Danya Vears and Dr Christopher Gyngell
12 November 2024
Resources:
- 'Public Perspectives on Genomic Newborn Screening: A Qualitative Approach' (seminar slides)
- 'Genomic Newborn Screening Ethical Considerations' (seminar slides)