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Prof

Loane Skene

Honorary
Law
medical
life sciences & biomedicine
science & technology
social sciences
genetics
ethics
clinical research
medical ethics
social sciences - other topics
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Prof

Loane Skene

 
Division
Law
 
Primary Interest
Medical Law and Ethics
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Projects

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HUMAN OOCYTES FOR STEM CELL RESEARCH: DONATION AND REGULATION IN AUSTRALIA

This study will contribute to the development of workable, ethical guidelines and practices for Australian research oöcyte donation. It will..

2008 - 2011
Completed
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LEGAL AND ETHICAL REGULATION OF THE USE AND COMMERCIALISATION OF HUMAN BIOLOGICAL MATERIAL

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Communicating genetic information in families: practical, legal, social and ethical issues

The outcomes of this study, will give evidence as to whether or not people do pass on genetic risk information to relatives, how they do it,..

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FACILITATION AND REGULATION OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INVOLVING HUMAN GENETIC DATABANKS

Australia's medical biotechnology research feeds into our biotechnology industries, with flow-on benefits for national health and prosperity..

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Research Contracts

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Research Grant

Additional Information

Scholarly Works

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Theft of DNA: Do We Need a New Criminal Offence?

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2022

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Community Consultation in a Liberal Society

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2019

When new laws are being considered to regulate emerging technologies, it is common to engage in a formal consultation process to a..

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Precision medicine: drowning in a regulatory soup?

Dianne Nicol, Tania Bubela, Don Chalmers, Jan Charbonneau, Christine Critchley, Joanne Dickinson, Jennifer Fleming, Alex W Hewitt, Jane Kaye, Johnathon Liddicoat, Rebekah McWhirter, Margaret Otlowski, Nola M Ries, Loane Skene, Cameron Stewart, Jennifer Wagner, Nik Zeps

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF LAW AND THE BIOSCIENCES

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Protecting Future Children from In-Utero Harm

Dominic Wilkinson, Loane Skene, Lachlan De Crespigny, Julian Savulescu

Journal article  |  2016  |  BIOETHICS

The actions of pregnant women can cause harm to their future children. However, even if the possible harm is serious and likely to..

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Advance directives and surrogate decision-making: When are patients' prior wishes not determinative?

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Outcomes of a randomised controlled trial of a complex genetic counselling intervention to improve family communication

Jan Hodgson, Sylvia Metcalfe, Clara Gaff, Susan Donath, Martin B Delatycki, Ingrid Winship, Loane Skene, MaryAnne Aitken, Jane Halliday

Journal article  |  2016  |  EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

When an inherited genetic condition is diagnosed in an individual it has implications for other family members. Privacy legislatio..

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Feeding back Significant Findings to Participants and Relatives

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Property interests in human tissue: Is the law still an ass?

M Quigley, L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Proprietary Rights in Human Bodily Material: Recent Developments

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Life-prolonging treatment and patients’ legal rights

L Skene

Book Chapter  |  2016

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Keyword Analysis

Justice and the Law
Other Law and Legal Studies
Clinical Health
Clinical Sciences
Private Law and Civil Obligations
Applied Ethics
Law in Context
Ethics
Expanding Knowledge
Health Services and Systems

News

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Penny Wong: On change

When the young union legal officer Penny Wong, active in Labor politics since her university days, considered a run for federal parliament,..

October 19, 2018
pursuit Article
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Should doctors share gene tests after a death in the family?

Loane Skene

Would you want your family members to be told about your genetic tests after your death if it meant saving their lives through early medica..

March 3, 2015
conversation Article
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Why legalising commercial surrogacy is a good idea

Loane Skene

Chief Federal Court Magistrate John Pascoe’s call for amending Australian state legislation to allow commercial surrogacy, subject to statu..

December 10, 2012
conversation Article
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Origins of Love: the reality and ethics of reproductive tourism

Loane Skene

Assisted reproductive technology has grown significantly in Australia as in other countries and hundreds of thousands of children have now ..

October 18, 2012
conversation Article
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Eminence or evidence? The ethics of using untested treatments

Loane Skene

TRANSPARENCY AND MEDICINE – A series examining issues from ethics to the evidence in evidence-based medicine, the influence of medical jour..

March 28, 2012
conversation Article

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2003

Centenary Medal for ~Service to Australian society through the Exploration of Legal and Ethical Aspects of Health Care~

Commonwealth of Australia

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Credentials

Positions

Honorary

Law

Council Member

Melbourne College of Divinity

Ethics Committee Member

International Society for Stem Cell Research

Board Member

Australian and New Zealand Institute of Health, Law and Ethics (ANZIHLE)

Education

Doctor of Laws

University of Melbourne

Master of Laws

Monash University

Bachelor of Laws

University of Melbourne

International Linkages

The Catholic University of America

United States

University of Oxford

United Kingdom

Case Western Reserve University

United States

University of Toronto

Canada