Quiz – Why securing ‘informed consent’ from a patient is not enough
The focus of most discussions on this topic is about obtaining 'informed consent'. But information is only one part of the process.
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App Review: Ask Annie how to improve dementia care
It aims to help home and community support workers better understand people living with dementia.
Podcast: The stories of how modern medicine came to be
From the wonderfully weird and morbid to the historical figures who paved the way.
Quiz – What is medical mutuality?
What’s different about obtaining your insurance from a medical mutual instead of a commercial company? Take the quiz: × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering…
A patient dies after a missed diagnosis – is his GP or surgeon liable?
A 75-year-old retired accountant living in a regional city presented to a GP with abdominal distention and rectal bleeding. He admitted to increasing tiredness and…
How do you deal with patients who use your name to fake medical certificates?
They pose several dilemmas for GPs.
Quiz – Sexual contortions of a dubious nature?
A woman complaining of pain asks if she could have injured herself during sex. You have concerns about her behaviour but cannot classify it as prov…
Quiz – Should you sign this police statement?
After your patient is charged for driving whilst under the influence of a drug you prescribed him, the police want you to sign a statement. What sh…
Podcast: So, what’s it like being a rural GP?
Doctor What? Doctor Where? is a podcast all about putting the spotlight on the experiences, and sometimes unexpected opportunities, at the heart of rural medicine.…
Quiz – How should you deal with a serial complainant?
You receive a letter of complaint after performing a cervical screening test on a patient who claims she suffered pain. How should you proceed?
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