Unlike other specialists, GPs can die with their boots on
I must, on behalf of many late-career GPs, respond to Dr Sue Ieraci’s well-reasoned article on the rights of patients to receive healthcare from the…
Dr Craig Lilienthal
Dr Lilienthal is a GP and medicolegal adviser in Sydney, NSW.
AHPRA’s new portal to oblivion: An attempt to weed out older doctors?
Update: This article has been updated to include a response from AHPRA, below. If you haven’t yet responded to AHPRA’s recent invitation to re-register as…
I was so far behind I thought another quick consult wouldn’t hurt — I was wrong
I’ve just had a very crappy day and need to tell you about it. I’m going to discuss a number of patients, but be assured…
Why are 1000 newly qualified GPs unemployed in the UK while Australia is crying out for more?
Why are two basically similar health systems, 17,000km apart, producing different workloads and different employment opportunities for GPs? According to one source, there are now…
Are GPs doomed to go the way of the dodo? My thoughts on the future of general practice
Unfortunately, I suspect that the independent self-employed GP is the oozlum bird of the medical profession — that mythical creature that flies in ever-decreasing circles…
I like to think I’m getting better with age — my patients seem to agree
I am a late-career doctor. In fact, given the latest proposals by the Medical Board of Australia, I qualify twice: once for being over 70,…
Are GPs born with the sucker gene?
By way of background, I must state that I am pissed off with the world in general and Homo sapiens in particular. I am not…
$250,000 for a private investigator? You won’t believe the ludicrous legal costs in this medical negligence claim
This opinion piece is about the ludicrously high legal costs claimed for in a medical negligence claim. The only facts I have to work with…
Are younger doctors too scared to prescribe S4 painkillers?
One thing that pisses me off, as a late-career doctor, is the number of younger GPs who seem to be scared to prescribe certain S4…
The truth about violent mental health patients that no-one wants to hear
Of late we have been reading more and more about violent crime linked to alleged failings of the mental health system, but little about the…
