Shih-Ning Then

This Part of the Journal of Law and Medicine includes the following articles: “The Regulation and Governance of Clinical Trials: Past and Present Considerations to Ensure Ethical Treatment of Human Participants” – Grace Borsellino, Patrick Foong and Sonia Allan; “Scientific Uncertainty and Guarantee of Supply of Medicines and Healthcare Products during the Crisis Caused by the SARS-CoV-2 in Spain” – Carlos del Castillo-Rodríguez and Silvia Enríquez-Fernández; “Parental Refusal of Treatment and Children’s Rights in Nigeria” – Titilayo Oyenihun Aderibigbe and Amarachi Chizaram Okonkoh; “Guiding Genomic Research: Australia’s National Statement on Ethical Conduct in Human Research” – Belinda Bennett, Elizabeth Dallaston, Fiona McDonald, Andrew McGee, Shih-Ning Then and Bethany Allen; “Australia after Bawa-Garba: Does Reflective Learning Remain Tenable for Health Care Practitioners?” – Christopher D Mills; “Epidemiology of Offences against Health in the Republic of Kazakhstan: 2015–2019” – Oxana Tsigengagel, Nataliya Glushkova, Vugar Mammadov, Zaituna Khismetova, Meruert Gazaliyeva, Zhanara Ibrayeva and Yuliya Semenova; “The Doctrine of Double Effect and Potential Criminal Liability of Medical Practitioners in Australia” – Scott Davison; “The Strategy of Evaluation Automatism for Disability Assessment: A Pragmatic Choice to Simplify the Decision-making Process in the Italian Welfare System” – Giuseppe Consolazio; “Australian Medicare Benefits” – Bachier Mawassi; “Workers’ Compensation, Return to Work, Behavioural Health and COVID-19 in Australia” – Robert Guthrie, Robert Aurbach and Marina Ciccarelli; and “‘Equality’, the ‘Capability Approach’ and the Ethical Health Care Paradigm: The Interface” – Abhay Vir Singh Kanwar and Mia Mahmudur Rahim.

Also in this Part are the following sections: Editorial: “Human Challenge Trials: Ethical and Legal Issues for COVID-19 Research” – Ian Freckelton QC; Legal Issues: “Sex Therapy as a Reasonable and Necessary Support for Persons with a Disability” – Ian Freckelton QC; Nursing and Midwifery Issues: “Patients’ Access to Care During COVID-19 and the Role of Nurse Practitioners in Australia” – Jane Currie; Public Health Law Issues: “COVID-19: Public Health Emergency Powers and Accountability Mechanisms in Australia” – Paula O’Brien and Eliza Waters; Genomic Law Issues: “Pathways, Processes and Protections: Australia’s Clinical and Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Spaces” – Jan Charbonneau and Dianne Nicol; Health Law Reporter: “Supported Decision-Making for People Living with Dementia: An Examination of Four Australian Guardianship Laws” – Meredith Blake, Cameron Stewart, Pia Castelli- Arnold and Craig Sinclair; and Book Review: “The Assassination of Barbara O’Neill”, by Michael O’Neill.