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    Medical Observer

    Unique doctor-written opinion and analysis

    Dr Craig Lilienthal

    Why are 1000 newly qualified GPs unemployed in the UK while Australia is crying out for more?

    July 9, 2025

    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…

    As a medical student, I looked forward to ‘white coat’ prestige — but I soon discovered that’s not real medicine

    July 9, 2025

    I entered medicine like many young doctors do: eager, determined and drawn to its promise of excellence. The white coat, the respect, the thrill of…

    Axing this essential GP service makes no sense

    July 5, 2025

    Alas, federal funding for the exemplary Drug and Therapeutics Information Service ended on the last day of June. I am devastated, as I know other…

    RFK Jr is supercharging vaccine scepticism around the world: Here are the possible repercussions

    July 4, 2025

    The United States used to be a leader in vaccine research, development and policymaking. Now the US Secretary of Health, Robert F Kennedy Jr, is…

    My unwanted detour to the ED took me back to the 1980s

    July 2, 2025

    I recently had the illuminating experience of being a hospital patient. I’d been postponing surgery for a long-term umbilical hernia — until one day, complications…

    By the time you read this, I hope a new and improved Dr Pam has been zapped into being

    July 2, 2025

    At a recent visit to an electrophysiologist, I was asked about my recurrent SVTs, which were getting to be more frequent and more difficult to…

    Are GPs doomed to go the way of the dodo? My thoughts on the future of general practice

    June 28, 2025

    Dr Craig Lilienthal.Unfortunately, I suspect that the independent self-employed GP is the oozlum bird of the medical profession — that mythical creature that flies in…

    The GP wound care scheme is an important first step in stopping a hidden epidemic

    June 27, 2025

    The Chronic Wound Consumables Scheme (CWCS) promises to offer financial relief to around 20,000 Australians living with chronic wounds. As the country’s peak body for…

    Inaccurate and misogynistic: Why we need to make the term ‘hysterectomy’ history

    June 25, 2025

    Tonsillectomy, appendectomy, lumpectomy make sense. The suffix ‘ectomy‘ denotes surgical removal of the named body part, so these terms give a clear idea of what…

    Is hospital admission really the gold standard for mental health patients presenting to ED?

    June 25, 2025

    Sometimes, clusters of thoughts or issues occur together, leading to greater insights. It was not long after I had written my AusDoc article on the…

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