Ros McDougall

Introducing Voluntary Assisted Dying: Staff Perspectives in an Acute Hospital.

Robin Digby, Rosalind McDougall, Michelle Gold, Danielle Ko, Lisa O'Driscoll, Tracey Bucknall

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Health Policy and Management

BACKGROUND: Voluntary assisted dying (VAD) was legalised in Victoria, Australia in June 2019. Physicians can now assist patients t..

Identity, well-being and autonomy in ongoing puberty suppression for non-binary adults: a response to the commentaries

Lauren Notini, Brian D Earp, Lynn Gillam, Julian Savulescu, Michelle Telfer, Ken C Pang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

In this article, we analyse the novel case of Phoenix, a non-binary adult requesting ongoing puberty suppression (OPS) to permanen..

"No One Stays Just on Blockers Forever": Clinicians' Divergent Views and Practices Regarding Puberty Suppression for Nonbinary Young People.

Lauren Notini, Ken C Pang, Michelle Telfer, Rosalind McDougall

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Adolescent Health

PURPOSE: Approximately half of transgender or gender diverse youth identify as gender nonbinary (not entirely or exclusively male ..

Balancing health worker well-being and duty to care: an ethical approach to staff safety in COVID-19 and beyond.

Rosalind J McDougall, Lynn Gillam, Danielle Ko, Isabella Holmes, Clare Delany

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the risks that can be involved in healthcare work. In this paper, we explore the issue of st..

Navigating difficult decisions in medical care and research.

Rosalind J McDougall

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

Pandemic medical ethics

Jennifer Blumenthal-Barby, Kenneth Boyd, Brian D Earp, Lucy Frith, Rosalind J McDougall, John McMillan, Jesse Wall

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Medical Ethics

Fertility Counseling for Transgender Adolescents: A Review

Timothy C Lai, Rosalind McDougall, Debi Feldman, Charlotte Elder, Ken C Pang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Adolescent Health

International guidelines in transgender health recommend fertility counseling before the commencement of puberty suppression, estr..

Too much safety? Safeguards and equal access in the context of voluntary assisted dying legislation

Rosalind McDougall, Bridget Pratt

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medical Ethics

BACKGROUND: In June 2019, the Australian state of Victoria joined the growing number of jurisdictions around the world to have leg..

The practice of balancing in clinical ethics case consultation

R McDougall, C Shadbolt, L Gillam

Journal article  |  2020  |  Clinical Ethics

Models for clinical ethics case consultation often make reference to ‘balancing’ or ‘weighing’ moral considerations, without furth..

Long-term Puberty Suppression for a Nonbinary Teenager

Ken C Pang, Lauren Notini, Rosalind McDougall, Lynn Gillam, Julian Savulescu, Dominic Wilkinson, Beth A Clark, Johanna Olson-Kennedy, Michelle M Telfer, John D Lantos

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatrics

Many transgender and gender-diverse people have a gender identity that does not conform to the binary categories of male or female..