Master of Bioethics - Theses
Major theses
- Michael Anstis
- The Destruction of Human Life
Minor theses
- Julie Ashmore
- The impact of alternative organ procurement policies on altruism, gift-relationships and the potential manipulation of organ donors.
- Brendan Baker
- Equality of Opportunity and Genetic Screening in the Workplace.
- Meredith Bickley
- Ethical Issues in Medical Research Involving the Terminally Ill.
- Mary Birch
- Conscientious Objection in Clinical Nursing Practice.
- Anita Bourke
- Medicine and compassion: what ought to be the place of compassion in the practice of medicine.
- Lexie Brans
- The Adequacy of Gadows Existential Advocacy Theory of Caring in Nursing as a Normative Action Guide for the Nurse.
- Catherine Britt
- Cultural values and differences in aboriginal practices.
- Edward Brownstein
- Pain Relief and Causation of Death in the Context of Palliative Care.
- Leslie Cannold
- Womens Response to Ectogenesis, and the Relevance of Severance Abortion Theory.
- Cynthia Cassell
- Who should have access to assisted reproductive technologies? A comparison of restrictive and liberal regulatory frameworks.
- Neil Crompton
- The Moral Obligations of Geriatricians to their Patients Unpaid Caregivers.
- Andrew Crowden
- Patient Competence and Informed Consent: The Development of a Model for Effective and Ethically Justifiable Competence Evaluation in Clinical Situations.
- Catherine Cross
- Autonomous consent and framing of treatment information in patient care.
- Geraint Duggan
- Is there a Conflict in the Clinical Trials Process between the Therapeutic Needs of Patients with Cancer and AIDS and the requirement that Clinical Trials Provide scientifically Valid Data?
- Chris Fotinopoulos
- End of life decisions, the doctor and good medical practice.
- Rowan Frew
- Active Voluntary Euthanasia - A Case for Victoria
- Giuliana Fuscaldo
- Prenatal Diagnosis - Are There Justifiable Limits?
- Patrick Gallagher
- Resource Allocation in the Victorian Public Health Sector - Is Medical Interest Dominance Ethically Permissible?
- Dawn Gleeson
- Privacy and Confidentiality in Presymptomatic Genetic Testing.
- Margaret Grigg
- Schizophrenia, Autonomy and Strong Paternalism - Can HealthCare Professionals be Justified in Overriding the Autonomous Desires of a Person with Schizophrenia?
- John Gruner
- The Ethics of Complementary Medicine
- John Hoogeveen
- Resource Allocation and the Ethics of DRG/Casemix Funding.
- Susan Hunter
- The Moral Responsibility of Registered Nurses for Acute Pain Management.
- Alison Hutchinson
- Is Xenotransplantation Morally Permissible?
- Leonie Katekar
- In Vitro Fertilisation in Post-Menopausal Women - Ought it be Publicly Funded?
- George Katsoulis
- Truth-telling and the Terminally Ill
- Coral-lee Keep
- Is it Ever Morally Permissible to Withhold or Withdraw Artificial Hydration and Nutrition in Palliative Care?
- Susan Lee
- The Nurse-Patient Relationship: Caring and Virtue, A Comparative Study.
- Julie Letts
- Medical Futility, Treatment Withdrawal and the Critically Ill.
- David Macintosh
- The Physician-Patient Relationship: Some Moral Aspects - The Value of R M Hares Two-Level Theory of Morality.
- Susan McCullough
- The Ultimate Recycling Programme.
- Lois J. McDonough
- In Aged Care: When Should Paternalism Override Autonomy
- Michael Millward
- Clinical Trials of New Cancer Treatments - Do they Exploit Patients?
- Geraldine Milton
- Birth Plans: Implications for Autonomous Decision Making during Childbirth.
- Marjorie Milburn
- Justice, the law and informed choice of medical services for mentally competent consumers in a liberal democratic society
- Tracie Martin
- A new perpective on foetal potential and the abortion debate
- Edwina Montgomery
- What should the place of quality-of life be in neonatal treament decisions.
- Hiroto Nagaoka
- What are the plausible grounds for the equation between whole brain death and the death of an individual, and their implications for the procurement of organs from anencephalic babies?
- Rose Nero
- The dangerous client and the duty to protect
- John OSullivan
- The Inappropriateness of the Common Law Courts as a Forum for the Resolution of Bioethical Issues.
- Kerry Peart
- Ethical Issues of Routine Ultrasound
- Tracey Phelan
- Personal responsibility for health
- Fiona Pyers
- Does DRG/Casemix-based funding meet standards of justice as fairness?
- Carole Scott
- Renal Dialysis: Who Decides and Who Should Decide?
- Merle Spriggs
- Autonomy and Shattered Assumptions.
- Alison Stubbs
- Research in General Practice: Ethical Issues
- Danny Sullivan
- Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose: An autonomy based framework for involuntary commitment laws
- Andrew Tomkins
- Should parents alter the genes of their children?
- Beverley Touzel
- Non-Feeding of Infants with Disabilities, and Whistleblowing:The Role and Responsibilities of the Nurse.
- Edwina Vance
- Personal and professional integrity in medical practice
- Beverley Walker
- When Can Midwives Override the Autonomy of the Woman when Making a Choice about the Nutrition of her Newborn Baby?
- Krystine Walsh
- End-of-Life decisions during the terminal phase of a disease
- Marie West
- The Moral Significance of Dying with Dignity
- Carole Wigg
- Justice and Resource Allocation for Child Health Care: What is the Position of Extremely Low Birth-Weight Babies?