To mark the closing year best described euphemistically as somewhat varied and colourful we have selected a few of the best articles that appeared in AusDoc.

The topics range from Dr Charlie Teo to putting GPs in jail to protect Medicare to the notorious ‘lost referral’ negligence case.

We begin with Dr Meryl Broughton.

Medicine is a widely celebrated wonder — but as doctors know, it has many limitations where the choices to be made are grim.