Nathan Emmerich. A/Prof. in Bioethics at ANU. Assoc. ed. for @ethics_clinical heading into the great blue yonder https://xitter.cf/t.co/CMunZZGmp2
Canberra, ACT, Australia
Joined November 2017
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New (open access) paper: The provision of abortion in Australia: service delivery as a bioethical concern. link.springer.com/article/10…
New paper: on contragestion (preventing implantation), a method of fertility control that exists between contraception (before fertilisation) and abortion (termination of pregnancy): ‘Contragestive Interventions Are Not Abortifacient’. Clinical Ethics, doi.org/10.1177/147775092614…
New paper @JME_BMJ Mereology’s significance: pregnancy, abortion and contragestion. doi.org/10.1136/jme-2026-112… a comment on Devanesan’s Ethical implications of the mereology of pregnancy doi:10.1136/jme-2025-11151
The annual revue by the medical students at ANU is always one of the year’s highlights and something that makes a strong contribution to the schools sense of community.
Medics’ revues are a tradition of UK medical school and hospital social life.
We propose a revival of The BMJ’s medics’ revue and seek entries that make serious and unserious points about medical training and practice.
Submit by 28 February 2026
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I am surprised this can work for anything other than a very small window of someones career. Once it is clear that conference abstracts are not translating into actual publications then their value becomes significantly discounted and even a negative.
💬 Viewpoint: Mass abstract submissions in #MedEd have led to inflated metrics, less meaningful research, and misaligned incentives for trainees and institutions.
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ALT JAMA viewpoint article titled "Abstract Factory—Research Culture Harming Medical Education" by Samer Al Hadidi et al., published online December 18, 2025. The article discusses the impact of mass abstract submissions on medical education.
New paper in the JBI: The Private Lives of Healthcare Professionals/ Is Sex a Legitimate Regulatory Concern?
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New paper in the Canadian Journal of Bioethics: Conscientious Objection and the Provision of Abortion at Late(r) Stages of Pregnancy cjb-rcb.ca/index.php/cjb-rcb…
Lab-grown sperm and eggs just a few years away, scientists say | Reproduction | The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2025…
I do not really disagree with this, but why should the same not apply to postdocs and other entry level academic jobs to those recently graduated with PhDs from UK institutions.
All UK medical school graduates should be guaranteed a foundation programme training post and should be prioritised for specialty training posts over international medical graduates, BMA representatives have urged
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June Dryburgh was asked to help out at an abortion clinic. She stayed for 47 years:
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OA chapter: Bioethics after COVID-19: Should We Embrace a Political Turn? in Because COVID… Pandemic Responses, Rationales and Ruses a collection of essays about the pandemic and its impacts: press.anu.edu.au/publication…
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Our latest title looks beyond the rhetoric of Australia’s #COVID19 responses to consider where the pandemic has taken us as a nation. It examines economic policy, freedom of speech and movement, violence against women, Indigenous communities, and more.
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ALT ANU Press New Release Cover image of Because COVID … Pandemic Responses, Rationales and Ruses
It is hard to see this as anything other than preparing for a future where student will begin protesting about Trump and the direction he is taking the USA in.
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WE ARE RECRUITING!
The Postgraduate Student Council of the IME are looking for new members! We promise we’re a fun and friendly bunch; committed to supporting the postgraduate bioethics community. Applications to close on 31st Jan! ime-uk.org/events-and-news/n…
Machine to revive donor organs used in double-lung transplant in UK first: Exclusive: Daniel Evans-Smith tells of transformative effect of operation using technology that could cut waiting lists. theguardian.com/society/2024…
The Australian Contraception and Abortion Primary Care Practitioner Support Network: medcast.com.au/communities/a…
NSW abortion deserts: just three of 220 public hospitals provide terminations, research finds: theguardian.com/australia-ne…
Push to stop NSW hospitals opting out of abortions as healthcare ‘deserts’ exposed: theguardian.com/world/2024/d…
It is less the right than its implementation that I am question: Article headline: ANU bioethicist questions doctors’ right to conscientiously object to performing abortions
If abortion is a legal right, should doctors be able to refuse to do the procedure? A bioethicist weighs in ow.ly/6w8550UcqY1
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If abortion is a legal right, should doctors be able to refuse to do the procedure? A bioethicist weighs in ow.ly/6w8550UcqY1
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Surgical abortions at Queanbeyan Hospital to be reinstated and region's service expanded abc.net.au/news/2024-11-15/s… via @ABCaustralia