Is being a GP better now or 30 years ago?
4th March 2014
By Jo Hartley
In 1984 Australian Doctor launched as the country's first independent medical publication.

Life was very different for GPs back then - there was no accreditation, no vocational registration and no moratorium for overseas-trained doctors.
Computers were in the hands of a few eccentric enthusiasts, few practices employed nurses, scripts were written by hand, and our columnist Dr Jon Fogarty claims he boiled his instruments in a frying pan.