Glioblastoma and the legacy of Professor Richard Scolyer’s ‘patient zero’ immunotherapy experiment
Professor Richard Scolyer. Photo: AAP.“I didn’t know if his brain was going to blow up or not.” Dr Helen Wheeler is talking about Professor Richard…
Paul Smith
Paul is editor of Australian Doctor Group.
‘Flabbergasted’: Lawyer behind anti-Semitism definition says AHPRA adoption will silence doctors
A US lawyer who played the lead role in drawing up what became the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism says he is “flabbergasted”…
Dr Coleen Wood had an MI in a consult with a patient — and didn’t realise
Dr Coleen Wood.Dr Coleen Wood was at the start of a busy morning clinic early in the COVID-19 pandemic when she felt a niggle that…
AHPRA and anti-Semitism — AusDoc readers respond
The debate on AHPRA’s decision to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s Working Definition of Antisemitism is complex. Does it risk health practitioners being targeted…
Nurse union tells AHPRA to ditch contested anti-Semitism definition
Australia’s biggest nursing union has demanded that AHPRA immediately suspend its use of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s anti-Semitism definition, warning it could expose nurses…
AHPRA’s anti-Semitism definition: ‘Doctors must not be punished for condemning the atrocities in Gaza’
Last week, we published a piece by Dr Billie Whiteson on AHPRA’s decision to use the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism to guide its regulatory…
Dr Craig Lilienthal: Marriage, loss and my right to fart in bed
The late Professor Terry Bolin, a gastroenterologist and former president of the GUT Foundation, once revealed that people — men and women equally — pass…
Meet the new boss: AHPRA moves in on college specialist pathways
To the medical colleges, it must feel like they have become an occupied territory — the way AHPRA has made growing incursions into their activities.…
AHPRA adopts contested anti-Semitism definition to guide investigations
AHPRA has adopted a definition of anti-Semitism that includes denying Jewish people the right to self-determination, denying the Holocaust, or comparing contemporary Israeli policy to…
Mental health nurse accused of targeting vulnerable teenage patients to stay behind bars
A mental health nurse accused of having a foot fetish and targeting vulnerable teenage patients will stay behind bars after a magistrate called the matter “deeply disturbing”.…
