Sinead and Ruthie interview Dr Megan Prictor in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Clinical Decision Support Systems. Megan talks us through the Practice Fusion case in the United States, where a company was fraudulently receiving money from a pharmaceutical company to influence the design of CDSS software. Megan highlights potential complexities in working out legal responsibility if things go wrong because of a decision is made using CDSS: i.e. is the doctor still responsible for a decision made with the support of a machine?

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Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Keisha Ray in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Black Bioethics. Keisha is a professor of bioethics and medical humanities at the University of Texas Health Science Center. Keisha shares insights from her research into black health, including how racism inside and outside of clinics create poorer health outcomes for black people.

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Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Scott Kitchener in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Quarantine. Scott shares his medical and public health expertise regarding quarantine, and the use of quarantine in Queensland during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Sinead and Ruthie interview Dr. Christopher Rudge in the latest episode: Learn Me Right in Gene Therapy. Chris shares his legal and bioethical expertise regarding stem cells, therapeutic genetic engineering, and the significant importance of community input of regulation in medical innovation.

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In this podcast, Penny Neller from End of Life Law for Clinicians and ACHLR interviews Dr Jim Howe, a neurologist with over 50 years in clinical practice. They explore Jim’s experience of the interaction between law and medicine arising from his time caring for Tony Bland, a victim of the 1989 Hillsborough football disaster, and his involvement in the landmark UK case Airedale NHS Trust v Bland. Dr Howe also discusses his involvement with voluntary assisted dying in Victoria.

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The oration considers how the sufficiency of young adults’ autonomy is judged in light of biological, social and psychological evidence that adolescence can continue into the mid 20s. Adolescence can impact on developmental immaturity which can in turn affect risk taking, impulsivity, and independence in decision making. Some areas of law are starting to accommodate the impacts of adolescence into adulthood.

Professor Cave looks at how they do so and whether the law relating to medical treatment refusals in England and Wales might also adapt. She proposes that the right to full decision-making about medical treatment refusals at 18 based on the adult status of the individual should accommodate greater sensitivity to individual developmental attributes and set out some of the steps necessary to achieve this.

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Please note that this podcast contains content about child sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised. You can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.

In the 9th episode of the podcast series, Sinead and Ruthie interview Professor Ben Mathews about his work relating to child sexual abuse. In particular, we discuss some of the issues and gaps in legal responses to survivors’ civil claims and criminal actions against abusers. Ben also touches on the Australian Child Maltreatment Study – the first Australian national prevalence study - the findings of which are not yet published but will be released next year.

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In the 8th episode of the podcast series, Ruthie and Sinead interview Dr. Steph Jowett about her recently published book: Consent for Treatment for Trans Youth. Steph explains how court involvement in the treatment process for trans youth is complicated and in need of reform.

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In the 7th episode of the podcast series, Sinead and Ruthie interview Casey Haining, a research fellow at QUT and the University of Melbourne, about her research on abortion and conscientious objection in Australia.

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In the 6th episode of the podcast series, Ruthie turns to co-host Sinead to get to the crux of her initial findings in her PhD on the ethics of genetic enhancement by defining health and disease.

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