Quiz — Are you liable for your patient’s loss of income?
A 55-year-old man consults you about his severe seasonal hay fever. His recently retired GP used to give him an IM injection of methylprednisolone (Depo-Medrol)…
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Reducing your risk and getting help with Medicare compliance
“When you receive a letter from Medicare out of the blue, you go through all the stages of Kubler-Ross, death and dying, almost, all the…
Quiz — Are you guilty of assisting your patient’s suicide?
Your patient is a 76-year-old man who lives in hostel accommodation. He is blind, has controlled cardiac failure and peripheral vascular disease. He has lost…
App Review: A little care for the carers
Carers Couch is an app developed to support family and friends of patients with cancer who find themselves thrown in the deep end of looking…
Quiz — A link in the chain: are you at fault in this complaint of inadequate care?
Your patient, a 65-year-old woman, has been discharged from hospital where she was investigated by neurologists and placed on a trial of oral steroids. On…
App Review: This fun game tests for three hearing issues
Sound Scouts is an app that checks for three hearing issues: conductive hearing loss, sensorineural hearing loss and difficulties listening to noise. It is aimed…
The medicolegal danger of being too familiar with your patient’s problems
Clinical details The patient, a 55-year-old retired personal assistant, presented to her GP with a several week history of intermittent, shortness of breath. × Welcome…
Quiz — How can you avoid losing everything in a medical negligence claim?
A local cosmetic surgeon states that the best way to protect your assets is to put everything in your wife’s name and ‘go bare’. Do…
Quiz – How do you outsmart a lawyer over payment for a medical report?
You’re asked to prepare a medical report that will be lengthy and time consuming. How do you demand payment for this? × Welcome to AusDoc.…
Quiz — Sedatives and your patient’s car crash: How can you defend yourself against her allegations?
One of your patients has complained that you did not warn her of the side effects of the sedative/sleeping tablets you prescribed for her. Take…
