Does ethics have a role in recruitment
02 January, 2014 by ahhbContemporary recruitment procedures are carefully designed so as to avoid unlawful discrimination. This results in precisely crafted job criteria and scrupulously even-handed treatment of applicants. This careful attention to fairness could be said to express the ethical value and principle of justice and, accordingly, to this extent recruitment processes do provide a role for ethics.
NSQHS standards implementation review
27 December, 2013 by ahhbIn this final article in the series from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (the Commission), we review the progress of implementation of the National Safety and Quality Health Service (NSQHS) Standards since their introduction into health service organisations on 1 January 2013.
New Advanced Imaging Technique to Detect Cancer in Lymph Nodes
19 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithCancer in lymph nodes will more likely be detected with the development of an advanced imaging technique supported by the latest Cancer Council WA grant.
New National Centre of Excellence for Nanoscale BioPhotonics
18 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithThe University of Adelaide has been awarded $23 million in Federal funding to establish a new national Centre of Excellence For Nanoscale BioPhonics to develop technologies that will help create a "window into the body" in ways never achieved before.
Message from the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation
18 December, 2013 by ahhbLee Thomas, Federal Secretary of the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), presents this issue’s foreword.
Age services future - Working smarter
18 December, 2013 by ahhbAustralian Hospital and Healthcare Bulletin introduces a new regular column by Leading Age Services Australia CEO Patrick Reid.
New Nanocrystals Offer Rapid Diagnostics and Anti Drug Counterfeiting
16 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithMacquarie University researchers have invented a new generation of nanocrystals which offer untapped clinical potentials in non-invasive cancer diagnostic kits, rapid pathogen screening for acute infection, and invisible coding for identification of authentic pharmaceuticals.
Researchers Closer to Preventing Breast Cancer
13 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithResearchers are getting closer to winning the war against breast cancer, according to an international team whose work was published in Lancet.
ANMF Outraged Aged Care Nurses' Wage Improvements Were Axed
13 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithThe Australian Nursing and Midwifery Federation (ANMF), has expressed its outrage that the Federal Government has axed wage improvements for low-paid aged care nurses.
Australian Science Media Centre's Top 10 Weirdest Science Stories 2013
11 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithFrom farts on a plane to fake fingers, weird and wonderful science was out in force in 2013. Compiled by the Australian Science Media Centre, with help from the RiAus and the CSIRO, this annual list of the weirdest science stories of the year contains both stories that will make you squirm and those that will have you scratching your head.
The University of South Australia Discontinues Post Graduate Physiotherapy Programs
11 December, 2013 by Petrina Smith[caption id="attachment_6065" align="alignright" width="110"] APA President Marcus Dripps[/caption]
Australian Science Media Centre Lists Top 10 Stories for 2013
09 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithFrom leaving the solar system to resurrecting a frog, the Australian Science Media Centre has determined its top 10 science stories from 2013.
Pharmacists Given Green Light to Administer Vaccines
06 December, 2013 by Petrina SmithThe Pharmaceutical Society of Australia has welcomed the decision by the Pharmacy Board of Australia to recognise the administration of vaccines as part of the scope of practice of Australian pharmacists.
