Is it ever okay to give patient information to police without a warrant?
When approached by police for information about a patient, doctors need to consider their privacy obligations and determine whether they are obliged or permitted to…
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When approached by police for information about a patient, doctors need to consider their privacy obligations and determine whether they are obliged or permitted to…
My daughter was feeling defeated recently after realising that her four-year-old son, who came home from kindergarten talking about nothing but farts and poo, was…
We practise not in a cocoon but in a melange (swamp?) of law, regulation and ethics. They are not separate entities but are intertwined like…
Australia’s mental health care system is struggling to cope with the demand. But more money won’t necessarily mean everyone gets the care they need. As…
It is that time of the year again, when all our professional expenses seem to be due at once. Medical indemnity insurance is always expensive,…
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I’ve always been someone who has naturally gone to bed early. In high school, I would attack my homework promptly, so that I could have…
It’s wonderful to see the junior doctors of Victoria and NSW finally winning their class actions for longstanding wage theft by their health department employers.…
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