Kerry Breen

Kerry Breen AO is a retired physician whose career spanned roles in clinical medicine, medical ethics, regulation of the medical profession and the health of doctors. His long-term interest in medical ethics is reflected in his 2018 publication, Memoir of an Accidental Ethicist.

Kerry's recent articles

Can Kathleen Folbigg ever be adequately compensated for her wrongful conviction?

Can Kathleen Folbigg ever be adequately compensated for her wrongful conviction?

Another wrongful conviction? UK nurse Lucy Letby may be a scapegoat for an under-funded NHS

Another wrongful conviction? UK nurse Lucy Letby may be a scapegoat for an under-funded NHS

Conflicts of interest and the subconscious mind

Conflicts of interest and the subconscious mind

Was the Covid-19 pandemic a relatively mild pandemic?

Was the Covid-19 pandemic a relatively mild pandemic?

Kathleen Folbiggs wrongful convictions: Quashed, but why did they happen?

Kathleen Folbiggs wrongful convictions: Quashed, but why did they happen?

Absence of systematic compensation for wrongful convictions compounds the injustice

Absence of systematic compensation for wrongful convictions compounds the injustice

Catholic boarding school experiences: the need for a balanced perspective

Catholic boarding school experiences: the need for a balanced perspective

Miscarriages of justice: Kathleen Folbigg is one of an unknown number of people wrongly convicted

Miscarriages of justice: Kathleen Folbigg is one of an unknown number of people wrongly convicted

The wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg: why did it happen and what must be done to stop it from happening again?

The wrongful conviction of Kathleen Folbigg: why did it happen and what must be done to stop it from happening again?

Australias problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them

Australias problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them

A matter of conscience: what to do about the national medical regulator

A matter of conscience: what to do about the national medical regulator

Some overlooked questions about the Medicare fraud hullabaloo

Some overlooked questions about the Medicare fraud hullabaloo

How to become a republic: Lessons from the Republic of Ireland

How to become a republic: Lessons from the Republic of Ireland

Advertising by doctors: Helpful or harmful?

Advertising by doctors: Helpful or harmful?

Australias problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them

Australias problems with cosmetic surgery: why they have happened and how to fix them

The truth at last for Kathleen Folbigg

The truth at last for Kathleen Folbigg

The value of the Federal Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the worth of its non-legal members

The value of the Federal Administrative Appeals Tribunal and the worth of its non-legal members

Juries and bad forensic science on trial in Victorian child murder case

Juries and bad forensic science on trial in Victorian child murder case

It's not forensic rocket science: why we need a Criminal Cases Review Commission

It's not forensic rocket science: why we need a Criminal Cases Review Commission

Should procedural specialists be the highest earning doctors in the nation?

Rogue doctors and the good character test

Do we still burn witches? The petition to pardon Kathleen Folbigg over the death of her four children

The Australian Honours System: Abolition or Reform?

Out-of-pocket medical financial abuse

Sexual misconduct in our society: Can we do better?

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