Paula O’Brien

This issue of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following articles: “Concussion, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and Sport in a Legal Setting” – David Thorpe; “Truth-telling or Not: A Dilemma for Health Care Providers Regarding Disclosure of Cancer in China” – Ting Yao, Ted Metzler and Betty Gorrell; “Abortion Decriminalisation in New South Wales: An Analysis of the Abortion Law Reform Act 2019 (NSW)” – Anna Walsh and Tiana Legge; “Terms of Engagement: Transfer of Biological Materials for Research in Australia” – Tess Whitton, Jane Nielsen and Dianne Nicol; “The Donor-Linking Practices of Australian Fertility Clinics” – Fiona Kelly, Deborah Dempsey and Charlotte Frew; “Parentage, Surrogacy and the Perplexing State of Australian Law: A Missed Opportunity” – Ronli Sifris and Adiva Sifris; “Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Type 2 Diabetes and Factual Causation in Negligence” – Zac Smithers and Jay Sanderson; “Community Knowledge of Law on End-of-life Decision-making: An Australian Telephone Survey” – Cheryl Tilse, Jill Wilson, Ben White, Lindy Willmott, Deborah Lawson, Jeffrey Dunn, Joanne F. Aitken, Angela Pearce and Michele Ferguson; “Australian Policies on “Futile” or “Non-beneficial” Treatment at the End of Life: A Qualitative Content Analysis” – Eliana Close, Malcolm Parker, Lindy Willmott, Ben White and Andrew Crowden; “Justice Is Blind but Expert Witnesses in Medical Imaging Are All Seeing: The Potential For “Blind Reads” to Mitigate Bias in Expert Evidence” – Nicole Woodrow; “Medical Experts and Evaluations of the Standard of Care in Medical Litigation – Strengths, Weaknesses and Potential Improvements – Anne-Maree Kelly; and “The National Redress Scheme for Institutional Child Sexual Abuse – The Western Australian Response” – Robert Guthrie and Amy Dickerson.

Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Tourette’s disorder and the Criminal Law” – Ian Freckelton QC; Legal Issues: “Medical Panels in Victoria, Australia and Alberta, Canada: Answering Medical Questions – Determining Matters of Fact and Law?” – Carol Newlands; Medical Issues: “Neglect in Aged Care – A Role for the Justice System?” – Joseph Ibrahim and David Ranson; Public Health Law Issues: “Warning Labels about Alcohol Consumption and Pregnancy: Moving from Industry Self-regulation to Law” – Paula O’Brien; Genomic Law Issues: “Gene Editing Clinical Trials Could Slip through Australian Regulatory Cracks” – Lisa Eckstein and Dianne Nicol; Health Law Reporter: “Methamphetamine-induced Psychosis and Mental Impairment: A Challenge from New Zealand” – Ian Freckelton QC; Obituary: Louis Waller (1935–2019); and Book Review: “Impostress: The Dishonest Adventures of Sara Wilson”.