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The doctrine of consent (or informed consent, as it is called in North America) is built upon presumptions of mental capacity. Those presumptions must be tested according to legal rules that may be difficult to apply to COVID-19 patients during emergency presentations. We examine the principles of mental capacity and make recommendations on how to assess the capacity of COVID-19 patients to consent to emergency medical treatment. We term this the CARD approach (Comprehend, Appreciate, Reason, and Decide).
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COVID-19 , Cuidados Críticos , Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido , Competência Mental , Admissão do Paciente , Humanos , Pandemias , SARS-CoV-2RESUMO
Australian prisons are overpopulated with people suffering from numerous health problems. COVID-19 presents a significant threat to prisoner health. This article examines the current regulatory responses from Australian state and territory governments to COVID-19 and a recent case which tested the human rights of prisoners during a pandemic.
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COVID-19/epidemiologia , Controle de Doenças Transmissíveis/organização & administração , Direitos Humanos , Prisões , Austrália/epidemiologia , Aglomeração , Nível de Saúde , Humanos , Pandemias , Prevalência , SARS-CoV-2RESUMO
An activity defined as research will attract a particular set of regulatory, ethical and legal responses; however, assigning a clear definition of research is a difficult if not impossible task. The purpose of this article is to explore and emphasise the various aspects of research which allow it to be characterised as a reviewable activity and to stimulate discussion with a view to identifying which class of activities warrants a regulatory response.
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Guias como Assunto , Revisão da Pesquisa por Pares/normas , Pesquisa/normas , Terminologia como Assunto , Humanos , Pesquisa/legislação & jurisprudênciaRESUMO
Research regulation is a timely topic for discussions in bioethics and public health policy. This response to articles in the previous special issue of the Monash Bioethics Review emphasises the importance of having both internal and external controls on human experimentation. Unless both elements are incorporated into research ethics governance frameworks, they will ultimately fail to achieve what should be their primary goal: human subject protection.
