The Australian Ethical Health Alliance aims to improve healthcare in Australia through articulation and affirmation of ethical principles that promote the interests of patients and consumers, enhance access to safe and effective healthcare, encourage ethical collaboration in the healthcare sector and build public trust.

 
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HOw Does the Framework appLY to me?

Patients / customers
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I want to enhance ethics in my health sector

Healthcare organisation
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I’d like guidance on implementing the ACF principles

AEHA members
 
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The AEHA at a glance:

12 ethical principles

Over 1 million health professionals, employees and trainees represented

78 member organisations

Substantive Principles

Solidarity | Effectiveness | Efficiency | Safety | Sustainability | Benefit and welfare | Justice | Respect

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Procedural principles

Honesty | Integrity | Reflexivity | Transparency | Responsibility and accountability | Reasonableness | Testability | Revisability | Oversight |

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Latest updates

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AEHA 2025 Symposium Confronts Health Misinformation with Ethical Resolve
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AEHA 2025 Symposium: Recording now available
AEHA 2025 Symposium: Recording now available

On Monday, May 19, 2025, the Australian Ethical Health Alliance (AEHA) and Australian Orthopaedic Association (AOA) hosted the AEHA 2025 Symposium, bringing together healthcare professionals, researchers, and policymakers to address the pressing issue of health misinformation and disinformation. Held as a hybrid event from 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM AEST, the symposium brought together over 180 stakeholders from across the globe and provided a platform for in-depth discussions on the ethical responsibilities of the health sector in defending the integrity of health information, communication, and evidence.

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Recording: 'COVID-19 and Equity'
Recording: 'COVID-19 and Equity'

A recording is now available for the AEHA 2022 Symposium on the theme: 'COVID-19 and Equity'. The theme encompassed how the most vulnerable in healthcare were treated throughout the pandemic: how it happened; why it happened; and what it means for AEHA and the way healthcare is organised.

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