Dr Deborah Zion - Researcher Profile

Biography

Deborah works in the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer.

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 2006

BACHELOR OF ARTS (HONS)

Institution: University Of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1996

MASTER OF ARTS

Institution: University Of Melbourne

Year awarded: 1996

Publications

Book Chapters

Zion, D.R., Loff, B., 2008, Beyond the clinical contract: Restoring asylum seeker health through advocacy and care, in Asylum seekers internation perspectives on interdiction and deterrence, eds Alperhan Babacan, Linda Briskman, Cambridge Scholars Publishing, England, pp. 97-111.

Loff, B., Crammond, B.R., Khan, R., Ahmad, A., Zion, D.R., 2007, Ethical considerations in humanitarian and development aid: What have we learnt over the last 20 years?, in Measuring Effectiveness in Humanitarian and Development Aid: Conceptual Frameworks, Principles and Practice, eds Andre M N Renzaho, Nova Science Publishers, New York, USA, pp. 259-277.

Zion, D.R., 2006, Ethics, disease and obligation, in Globalization and Health: Challenges for Health Law and Bioethics, eds Belinda Bennett and George F. Tomossy, Springer, Netherlands, pp. 47-57.

Journal Articles

Pratt, B., Zion, D., Lwin, K., Cheah, P., Nosten, F., Loff, B., 2012, Closing the translation gap for justice requirements in international research, Journal Of Medical Ethics [P], vol 38, issue 9, B M J Group, United Kingdom, pp. 552-558.

Pratt, B.F., Zion, D.R., Loff, B., 2012, Evaluating the capacity of theories of justice to serve as a justice framework for international clinical research, American Journal Of Bioethics [P], vol 12, issue 11, Routledge, United States, pp. 30-41.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L.R., Loff, B., 2012, Psychiatric ethics and a politics of compassion, Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine [P], vol 9, Stiftelsen Rehabiliteringsinformation, Sweden, pp. 67-75.

Briskman, L., Zion, D., Loff, B., 2011, Care or collusion in asylum seeker detention, Ethics and Social Welfare [P], vol E, Routledge, UK, pp. 1-19.

Briskman, L., Zion, D., Loff, B., 2010, Challenge and collusion: Health professionals and immigration detention in Australia, The International Journal of Human Rights [P], vol 14, issue 7, Routledge, United Kingdom, pp. 1092-1106.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L., Loff, B., 2010, Response to open peer commentaries on"returning to history: the ethics of researching asylum seeker health in Australia, Medical Journal Of Australia [P], vol 10, issue 2, The American Journal of Bioethics, United States, pp. 6-7.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L., Loff, B., 2010, Returning to history: the ethics of researching asylum seeker health in Australia, The American journal of bioethics : AJOB [E], vol 10, issue 2, The American Journal of Bioethics, United States, pp. 48-56.

Zion, D.R., Briskman, L.R., Loff, B., 2009, Nursing in asylum seeker detention in Australia: Care, rights and witnessing, Journal Of Medical Ethics [P], vol 35, issue 9, BMJ Group, UK, pp. 546-551.

Zion, D., 2007, Republication: In that case, Journal of bioethical inquiry, vol 3, issue 3, Springer, Netherlands, p. 193.

Chur-Hansen, A., Zion, D.R., 2006, 'Let's fix the chemical imbalance first, and then we can work on the problems second': an exploration of ethical implications of prescribing an SSRI for 'depression'., Monash Bioethics Review, vol 25, issue 1, Monash University, Australia, pp. 15-30.

Zwi, A.B., Grove, N.J., MacKenzie, C., Pittaway, E., Zion, D.R., Silove, D., Tarantola, D., 2006, Placing ethics in the centre: negotiating new spaces for ethical research in conflict situations., Global Public Health, vol 1, issue 3, Routledge, UK, pp. 264-277.

Zion, D.R., 2005, Community without communitarianism: HIV/AIDS research, prevention and treatment in Australia and the developing world., Monash Bioethics Review, vol 24, issue 2, Monash University, Australia, pp. 20-31.

Zion, D., 2005, Does autonomy require freedom? The importance of options in international HIV/AIDS research, Health Care Analysis, vol 13, issue 3, Springer New York LLC, USA, pp. 189-202.

Zion, D.R., 2004, Caring for detained asylum seekers, human rights and bioethics, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health, vol 28, issue 6, Public Health Association of Australia, Australia, pp. 6-8.

Zion, D.R., 2004, HIV/AIDS Clinical Research, and the Claims of Beneficence, Justice, and Integrity, Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics, vol 13, issue 4, Cambridge University Press, UK, pp. 404-413.

Zion, D.R., 2003, Culture, community and consent: a response to Barrett and Parker, Monash Bioethics Review, vol 22, issue 3, Monash University, Australia, pp. 23-28.

Zion, D.R., 2003, Justice as equitable power relations: Beyond the "standard of care" debate and the Declaration of Helsinki, The American Journal of Bioethics, vol 3, issue 2, Routeledge, USA, pp. w34-w35.

Zion, D.R., 2003, Justice as equitable power relations: beyond the standard of care debate and the declaration of Helsinki, American Journal of Bioethics, vol 3, issue 2, MIT Press, USA, pp. 34-35.

Zion, D., 1998, 'Moral Taint' or Ethical Responsibility? Unethical information and the problem of HIV clinical trials in developing countries, Journal of Applied Philosophy, vol 15 no 3, Blackwell, Oxford UK, pp. 231-239.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Justice in international biomedical research: A moral defense of (contribution model) intellectual property rights and health rights.

Supervisors:

Oakley, J (Main), Zion, D (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Pratt, B.

Program of Study:

Developing and testing an ethical framework to link international clinical research to justice in global health. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Loff, B (Main), Zion, D (Associate).

Student:

Tempany, M.

Program of Study:

Concepts of mental health and wellbeing held by Sudanese Australian young people: a qualitative project. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Hay, M (Main), Zion, D (Associate).