The Guardian, 30 January 2018
Author: Caroline Davies
“Doctors can withdraw life support for an 11-month-old boy against the wishes of his parents, a judge has ruled.”
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Category Archives: Legislation & jurisprudence
Federal Right-to-Try Legislation — Threatening the FDA’s Public Health Mission
NEJM, 10 January 2018
Authors: Steven Joffe, Holly Fernandez Lynch
“Though popular with the public and supported by politicians from both parties, the legislation has been widely criticized by policy experts. In isolation, its impact would probably be limited, since the bill was substantially hollowed out to secure the necessary votes. Nonetheless, the motivation behind the proposed legislation threatens to weaken the FDA’s ability to pursue its public health mission.”
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State to rewrite outdated laws on surrogacy, reproduction
SMH, 13 January 2018
Author: Emma Young
“The state government on Saturday announced an independent review of laws governing surrogacy and assisted reproductive technology in Western Australia.”
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Surgeon who burned initials into livers of two patients fined £10,000
The Guardian, 13 January 2018
Author: Frances Perraudin
“A surgeon who burned his initials on to the livers of two patients during transplant surgery has been given a 12-month community order and fined £10,000.”
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Makers of Nurofen ran ‘misleading and deceptive’ campaign against Panadol: court
SMH, 11 January 2018
Author: Stephanie Gardiner
“Nurofen is better than paracetamol for common headaches,” declared the advertisements in women’s lifestyle magazines. The Federal Court has found that claim to be misleading and deceptive, after two pharmaceutical giants went head-to-head in a two-year legal battle.”
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Health Care Complaints Commission v Noore [2018] NSWCATOD 1
Decision date: 3 January 2018
“Costs – unsatisfactory professional conduct – necessity to consider evidence.”
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Health Care Complaints Commission v Keegan [2018] NSWCATOD 3
Decision date: 4 January 2018
“Unsatisfactory professional conduct – improper and unethical conduct – Viewing and sending a sexually explicit photograph – Professional Boundaries. Whether conduct amounted to professional misconduct. Where practitioner does not attend the hearing.”
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Florida judge blocks abortion delay law, rules it unconstitutional
Reuters, 10 January 2018
Author: Reuters Staff
“A Florida judge on Tuesday permanently blocked and declared unconstitutional a law requiring a woman to delay an abortion by at least 24 hours after making a visit to a doctor who would have to inform her of possible risks of the procedure.”
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India top court sets aside order cancelling larger tobacco health warnings
Reuters, 9 January 2018
Author: Aditya Kalra
“India’s Supreme Court on Monday put on hold a lower court’s order that quashed federal rules mandating larger health warnings on tobacco packages, in a setback for the country’s $11 billion tobacco industry.”
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Karimi v Medical Council of New South Wales
Decision date: 20 December 2017
“OCCUPATIONS – medical practitioners – suspension of registration under s 150 of the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law – external appeal under s 159 – nature of external appeal – allegations of professional misconduct, illegal prescribing, dispensing and storing of medication, inappropriate clinical record keeping, doctoring certificate and practising whilst unregistered – whether it is appropriate to terminate, vary or confirm period of suspension – period of suspension confirmed.”
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