Best AusDoc comments: Stop telling GPs what we ‘should’ do, why MDO restricted transgender cover, and AI ban for doctors

Staff writer

Each week, readers post hundreds of comments on the AusDoc website.

Recently, you’ve been debating the struggles of Dr Corinne Glenn to work as a GP in her own country, the need to care for oneself in an age of burnout, and the decision by MDA National to limit cover for transgender care.

But first, should academics, policymakers and referral writers be banned from using the phrase ‘GPs should…’?

‘Well placed’ is the new phrase for ‘GPs should’ — and we need to stop using it