‘What I would choose’: I’m not the only doctor ready to talk about dementia and VAD
I was astonished to see how many comments were made about my opinion piece on dementia and dying with dignity. As of this week, 51…
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I was astonished to see how many comments were made about my opinion piece on dementia and dying with dignity. As of this week, 51…
Having spent most of my working life in hospital emergency medicine, including roles in ED management, policy development and standards-setting, I am generally alert for…
To those colleagues presently contemplating retirement, I have one word of advice — do it. Well, that’s two words really. Do. It. × Welcome to…
I recently had reason to ponder (once again) the differences between women and men — this time in relation to their reaction to reproductive health…
It was a classic Friday afternoon phone call. I was finishing off my last set of notes, at the end of what had already been…
The taboo around menopause is being smashed. Women are discussing their experiences on traditional and social media. But many still struggle to access comprehensive information…
Earlier this year a coronial inquest took place in Byron Bay, NSW. It concerned a Lismore man who had died in 2021 after a reaction…
At the lowest depths of burnout, I was a “disruptive physician”. I got away with a lot. I frequently lashed out in anger with inappropriate…
It’s been suggested that advance care directives and ‘dying with dignity’ be merged so that people, when competent, can direct what they want to happen…
Much has been written of late, and all of it negative, about the arduous, time-consuming, unproven and unprovable accreditation process being forced upon the medical…
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