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    We have ways of tracking patient deterioration. So why aren’t we using them to save lives?

    June 14, 2025

    I like to look back at my career — both the successes and the failures. Although I am now non-practising, I believe I have insight…

    I watched my mother die a slow death: VAD laws need to change

    June 13, 2025

    I have just spoken the eulogy for my mother, who died aged 99.333 years of age.  She was a tough old bird, having knocked on…

    No, Lou, it was not a perfect day… it was a seriously crappy day

    June 11, 2025

    What is the opposite of the Lou Reed song, Perfect Day? Did he write a little number called One Particularly Crappy Day? × Welcome to AusDoc.…

    Australia is being menaced by managed care: We’d be foolish to ignore the warning signs

    June 11, 2025

    They say everything is bigger in America — cars, coffee cups, and, as I recently saw firsthand, corporate control over healthcare. The US health system…

    I’d rather deal with drunks and criminals than a bullying supervisor: My message to junior doctors

    June 7, 2025

    Not all that long ago, I watched a surgeon publicly dress down a young registrar for writing up a bag of magnesium for a post-op…

    Dr Pam Rachootin

    My patient demanded a 2am telehealth consult: She thought her request was reasonable

    June 4, 2025

    Over the years, I have seen how people expect doctors to remain reasonable no matter how unreasonable they themselves are. For example, a mother with a…

    A win for patients or medicalising ‘normal’? Why I’m uneasy about GPs diagnosing ADHD

    June 4, 2025

    The recent announcement that NSW GPs will be allowed to diagnose and treat ADHD raises concerns for this old silver fox. Over the past few…

    Hospital should be a last resort for elderly patients, not the default destination

    May 31, 2025

    The recent AusDoc article on elderly patients languishing in hospital beds without needing acute care inspired me to think about the changing roles of hospital…

    Doctors are writing thousands of medicinal cannabis scripts for chronic pain, but is it a waste of time?

    May 30, 2025

    More Australians than ever are being prescribed medicinal cannabis. Medicinal cannabis refers to legally prescribed cannabis products. These are either the plant itself, or naturally…

    Let’s talk about sex in general practice

    May 28, 2025

    I was walking down a shopping aisle when I spied a sign for ‘Period Care’. Haven’t we come a long way now, able to mention…

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