A new book called Mental Capacity, Dignity and the Power of International Human Rights has been written by Dr Julia Duffy (pictured, above), Research Fellow at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR) in the QUT Faculty of Business and Law. About the book Personhood, in liberal…
Please join members of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research for a public lecture with Professor Kumaralingam Amirthalingam presenting: Standard of Care: Diagnosis Treatment, Advice, Consent and Surgery The starting point for the standard of care in medical negligence is the “peer professional” test set out in…
In the fourth episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, Professor Anne-Maree Kelly will discuss the deficiencies in health care provision in Australian prisons, and explore how technology could address some of these…
Specially trained voluntary assisted dying care navigators have greatly improved access to assisted dying in Victoria, a patient experience study recently published in the Medical Journal of Australia has found. The study team, pictured above from left, Ruthie Jeanneret, Professor Ben White, Professor Lindy Willmott and Dr Eliana Close…
QUT research projects have received nearly $30 million from Federal Government funding to fund palliative care projects. Federal Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler announced a total of $68 million in funding for 14 National Palliative Care Projects, which included three QUT projects: $12.5 million for…
In the second episode of the QUT Global Law, Science and Technology Seminar Series for 2023, co-hosted by the Australian Centre for Health Law Research (ACHLR), Professor Jocelyn Downie described the legal status of Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) in Canada and explained what is happening in practice.…
A report commissioned by the Disability Royal Commission has recommended a policy overhaul to ensure that all people living with cognitive disability are empowered to make decisions about their lives. The research aimed to understand the significance of supported decision-making to the lives of people with cognitive disabilities,…
QUT’s Australian Centre for Health Law Research is seeking to appoint a new Postdoctoral Research Fellow for a 3 year appointment. The Postdoctoral Research Fellow will carry out research and support the undertaking of research projects about end-of-life law and voluntary assisted dying in Australia. The position is…
Professor Lindy Willmott has been appointed to the Queensland Voluntary Assisted Dying Review Board. From 1 January 2023. the Board will oversee, monitor and report on the operation of voluntary assisted dying in Queensland. The Board will review each completed voluntary assisted dying case to ensure compliance with…
Please join members of the Australian Centre for Health Law Research for the 10th Annual Public Oration with Professor Emma Cave presenting. Abstract The oration will consider how the sufficiency of young adults’ autonomy is judged in light of biological, social and psychological evidence that adolescence can continue…
