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Improving Decisions About The Funding Of High Cost Cancer Medicines In Australia
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$569,303.00
Summary
In this project, we will address the pressing policy question: How can those funding cancer medicines manage the intensifying economic and ethical challenges that they face? Specifically, we will explore ways of making funding decisions fairer and more legitimate in the eyes of different stakeholders, including patients, the general public, governments and pharmaceutical companies. We will also consider ways in which these guidelines might be generalised to the funding of other medicines.
Addressing Conflicts Of Interest In Public Health And Biomedicine: Enhancing Professional Integrity And Safeguarding The Public’s Health
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$583,014.00
Summary
It is common for health researchers, clinicians and policymakers to have "conflicts of interest" due, for example, to relationships with private industry. It is widely accepted that conflicts of interest can at times distort research, policymaking and practice, but there is no consensus as to how they should be conceptualised, assessed or managed In this project we will explore the causes and impacts of conflict of interest, and devise a sophisticated framework for managing them.
Preventing Non-communicable Disease And Promoting Health: Research To Inform Ethical Public Health Action
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$408,388.00
Summary
I am a social scientist with public health training. In public health it is routine to ask: How many people are affected by that disease? – or – What interventions work? We also need to begin asking: What is the right thing to do, and how can we tell? I will study the practice of prevention and health promotion, and how lay people manage their health. I will use the resulting evidence, with stakeholders, to develop new approaches to ethical problems, and ensure that interventions can be ethicall ....I am a social scientist with public health training. In public health it is routine to ask: How many people are affected by that disease? – or – What interventions work? We also need to begin asking: What is the right thing to do, and how can we tell? I will study the practice of prevention and health promotion, and how lay people manage their health. I will use the resulting evidence, with stakeholders, to develop new approaches to ethical problems, and ensure that interventions can be ethically justified.Read moreRead less
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.
An Ethical Analysis Of Breast Cancer Screening In Australia To Inform Future Practice
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$137,700.00
Summary
Breast cancer screening is an important part of Australia’s focus on promoting good health. There is, however, increasing confusion about how screening should be offered and some concern about the potential harms of screening. I will analyse the development of breast screening in Australia with a particular focus on ethics, will empirically study current screening practices, and make recommendations about how we should progress in future to ensure that the breast screening program is as ethicall ....Breast cancer screening is an important part of Australia’s focus on promoting good health. There is, however, increasing confusion about how screening should be offered and some concern about the potential harms of screening. I will analyse the development of breast screening in Australia with a particular focus on ethics, will empirically study current screening practices, and make recommendations about how we should progress in future to ensure that the breast screening program is as ethically sound as possible.Read moreRead less
'One Health Ethics': A Critical Examination Of The Use, Regulation And Prohibition Of Animals As Medicines In Complementary And Traditional Medicinal Systems
Funder
National Health and Medical Research Council
Funding Amount
$97,419.00
Summary
Use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (TCAM), including animal therapies such as shark cartilage, is growing in Australia despite controversy over its benefits and harms. This research seeks to engage with communities and stakeholders to better understand how and why animals are used as therapies in Australia. The research will inform a more lateral approach to preventing the use of animals in TCAM or at the very least ensuring that their use is sustainable and ethically ac ....Use of traditional, complementary and alternative medicines (TCAM), including animal therapies such as shark cartilage, is growing in Australia despite controversy over its benefits and harms. This research seeks to engage with communities and stakeholders to better understand how and why animals are used as therapies in Australia. The research will inform a more lateral approach to preventing the use of animals in TCAM or at the very least ensuring that their use is sustainable and ethically acceptable.Read moreRead less