Medical ethics | Australian Doctor Group

Poll: Should pharmacists be able to conscientiously object to contraception?

11th December 2019

Pharmacies will be required to let employees refuse to dispense medications such as oral contraceptives on religious grounds…

10th December 2019

A revered Japanese doctor, killed in a roadside shooting in Afghanistan, has been farewelled in a memorial led by Afghan…

9th December 2019

Western Australia is on the brink of becoming the second state in Australia to legalise voluntary assisted dying, with its…

6th December 2019

Terminally ill patients in WA will be allowed to die under a voluntary assisted system due to be in place by 2021. It…

2nd December 2019

Three out of four GPs in a small Australian survey say they prescribe active placebos, most commonly to treat self-limiting…

28th November 2019

Doctors' continuing education is in for an overhaul. The Medical Board of Australia believes the focus on educational…

27th November 2019

A doctor who compared finding an airway to locating the female G-spot during a conference presentation, and followed it up…