Overview
Background
Ruthie's teaching and research interests lie at the intersection of law and healthcare. She is particularly interested in voluntary assisted dying and the role of patients and family caregivers in shaping healthcare regulation. Ruthie teaches in the Ethics, Law and Professionalism stream of the Year 1 medical degree and is an active teacher and researcher in the School of Law, including tutoring in Law of Torts II.
Ruthie Jeanneret, BA, LLB (Hons), GradDipLegPrac, PhD, completed her PhD thesis at the Australian Centre for Health Law Research, QUT. Her empirical PhD thesis investigated patients' and family caregivers' perspectives and experiences of voluntary assisted dying regulation in Australia and Canada. Ruthie has been involved in writing the voluntary assisted dying mandatory training for participating practitioners in Queensland, Western Australia, and Victoria. She also has experience in teaching undergraduate law and nursing students.
From 2018 - 2020, Ruthie worked as a litigation lawyer in Queensland and Tasmania, practising primarily in commercial litigation.
Availability
- Dr Ruthie Jeanneret is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Tasmania
- Bachelor (Honours) of Law, University of Tasmania
- Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Tasmania
- Doctor of Philosophy of Law, Queensland University of Technology
Works
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2024
Conference Publication
Turning the tables, rewarding professionalism: A positive approach to fostering professionalism in medical education
Jeanneret, Ruthie and Richards, Bernadette (2024). Turning the tables, rewarding professionalism: A positive approach to fostering professionalism in medical education. Australasian Association of Bioethics and Health Law, Sydney, NSW, Australia, 1-4 December 2024.
2024
Journal Article
When safeguards become stumbling blocks: a call to remove the state residence requirement for voluntary assisted dying in Australia
Del Villar, Katrine, Jeanneret, Ruthie and White, Ben P. (2024). When safeguards become stumbling blocks: a call to remove the state residence requirement for voluntary assisted dying in Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal.
2024
Conference Publication
A qualitative study of key “regulatory” factors influencing patient access to medical assistance in dying in Canada
Jeanneret, Ruthie (2024). A qualitative study of key “regulatory” factors influencing patient access to medical assistance in dying in Canada. Granada Conference on End-Of-Life 2025, Granada, Spain, 8-9 May 2025.
2024
Conference Publication
Patients' and families' suggestions for improving VAD regulation
Jeanneret, Ruthie (2024). Patients' and families' suggestions for improving VAD regulation. Voluntary Assisted Dying Conference 2024, Brisbane, QLD Australia, 28-29 October 2024.
2024
Journal Article
‘Regulatory Action’ by patients and family caregivers to overcome barriers to accessing voluntary assisted dying: a qualitative study in Victoria, Australia
Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana, Willmott, Lindy and White, Ben P. (2024). ‘Regulatory Action’ by patients and family caregivers to overcome barriers to accessing voluntary assisted dying: a qualitative study in Victoria, Australia. University of New South Wales Law Journal, 47 (3), 705-743. doi: 10.53637/xywl2133
2024
Journal Article
Patients and caregivers as ‘regulatory actors’ in healthcare systems: Assisted dying as a case study
Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana, Willmott, Lindy and White, Ben P (2024). Patients and caregivers as ‘regulatory actors’ in healthcare systems: Assisted dying as a case study. Medical Law International, 24 (3), 164-191. doi: 10.1177/09685332241274972
2024
Journal Article
Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory’s Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape
Jeanneret, R. and Prince, S. (2024). Nurses and Voluntary Assisted Dying: How the Australian Capital Territory’s Law Could Change the Australian Regulatory Landscape. Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 21 (3), 393-399. doi: 10.1007/s11673-024-10370-y
2024
Journal Article
Patients' and Caregivers' Suggestions for Improving Assisted Dying Regulation: A Qualitative Study in Australia and Canada
Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana, Willmott, Lindy, Downie, Jocelyn and White, Ben P. (2024). Patients' and Caregivers' Suggestions for Improving Assisted Dying Regulation: A Qualitative Study in Australia and Canada. Health Expectations, 27 (3) e14107, e14107. doi: 10.1111/hex.14107
2024
Journal Article
'My advocacy is not about me, my advocacy is about Canadians': a qualitative study of how caregivers and patients influence regulation of medical assistance in dying in Canada
Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana, Downie, Jocelyn, Willmott, Lindy and White, Ben P (2024). 'My advocacy is not about me, my advocacy is about Canadians': a qualitative study of how caregivers and patients influence regulation of medical assistance in dying in Canada. Medical law review, 32 (3), 301-335. doi: 10.1093/medlaw/fwae012
2023
Journal Article
Barriers to connecting with the voluntary assisted dying system in Victoria, Australia: a qualitative mixed method study
White, Ben P., Jeanneret, Ruthie and Willmott, Lindy (2023). Barriers to connecting with the voluntary assisted dying system in Victoria, Australia: a qualitative mixed method study. Health Expectations, 26 (6), 2695-2708. doi: 10.1111/hex.13867
2023
Journal Article
A qualitative study of experiences of institutional objection to medical assistance in dying in Canada: ongoing challenges and catalysts for change
Close, Eliana, Jeanneret, Ruthie, Downie, Jocelyn, Willmott, Lindy and White, Ben P. (2023). A qualitative study of experiences of institutional objection to medical assistance in dying in Canada: ongoing challenges and catalysts for change. BMC Medical Ethics, 24 (1) 71, 1-24. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00950-9
2023
Journal Article
Access to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators
White, Ben P., Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana and Willmott, Lindy (2023). Access to voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions of barriers and facilitators. Medical Journal of Australia, 219 (5), 211-217. doi: 10.5694/mja2.52004
2023
Journal Article
The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions
White, Ben P., Jeanneret, Ruthie, Close, Eliana and Willmott, Lindy (2023). The impact on patients of objections by institutions to assisted dying: a qualitative study of family caregivers’ perceptions. BMC Medical Ethics, 24 (1) 22, 1-12. doi: 10.1186/s12910-023-00902-3
2022
Journal Article
Mapping the legal regulation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: the coherence of a new practice within the wider legal system
White, Ben P., Del Villar, Katrine, Willmott, Lindy, Close, Eliana and Jeanneret, Ruthie (2022). Mapping the legal regulation of voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: the coherence of a new practice within the wider legal system. Journal of Law and Medicine, 29 (3), 783-810.
2019
Journal Article
Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in the criminal justice system: feasibility of a proposed method
Jeanneret, Ruthie, Spiranovic, Caroline, Eckstein, Lisa, McWhirter, Rebekah, Arstein-Kerslake, Anna, Scanlan, Joel, Kirkby, Kenneth, Watters, Paul and Vickers, James (2019). Enhancing early detection of cognitive impairment in the criminal justice system: feasibility of a proposed method. Current Issues in Criminal Justice, 31 (1), 60-74. doi: 10.1080/10345329.2018.1556283
2018
Journal Article
Australia: regulating genomic data sharing to promote public trust
Eckstein, Lisa, Chalmers, Donald, Critchley, Christine, Jeanneret, Ruthie, McWhirter, Rebekah, Nielsen, Jane, Otlowski, Margaret and Nicol, Dianne (2018). Australia: regulating genomic data sharing to promote public trust. Human Genetics, 137 (8), 583-591. doi: 10.1007/s00439-018-1914-z
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