Dr Liz Sturgiss

Dr Liz Sturgiss

Dr Sturgiss is a Melbourne-based GP and senior lecturer in general practice at Monash University, Victoria.

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Medical Observer Opinion

Can we ever really be consumers of care?

9th August 2018
Is it really possible to be a consumer of healthcare — a product you never wanted in the first place?  It’s a question I…
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Consumers
Medical Observer Opinion

It's hard to accept... but it's all right to be wrong

5th June 2018
I recently read a book that brushed off failing in the workplace because “no one really dies when you make a mistake”. This…
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Medical Observer Opinion

For research's sake, don't make me become a 'Dave'

28th March 2018
GUEST EDITORIALMany bright ideas will be missed if we subconsciously exclude half our population, writes Dr Liz Sturgis.If…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Why do we doctors cling to the word 'obese'?

12th January 2018
COMMENTAs doctors, we must acknowledge that person-first language is not a new concept, writes Dr Liz Sturgiss. There was a…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Obesity is hard to manage - here's 7 ways GPs can rethink it

30th November 2017
COMMENT I’ve been thinking about obesity almost constantly for the past three years. A PhD will do that to you. While I…
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Scales
Medical Observer Opinion

Branding general practice 'women's work' is dangerous and misinformed

18th September 2017
The number of female GPs reportedly now outnumbers male GPs, recent media reports claimed.  In response, the AMA cooed: …
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People
Medical Observer Opinion

Patient 'choice'? Don't make me mad

26th July 2017
Recent news in the medical media about the Productivity Commission’s call for “increased patient choice” about which…
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