‘Inspiring’ doctor named Qld’s Australian of the Year
Dr Dinesh Palipana, who is quadriplegic, beat the odds to become a doctor and is now a leading advocate for doctors with disabilities.
Tag: Disabilities
Federal Health Department answers questions on COVID-19 and patients with disabilities
Patients with a disability need more time with their GP to help reduce their anxiety.
Why a GP threw a brick through a stranger’s car window
Former New Zealander of the Year Dr Lance O'Sullivan, whose son uses a wheelchair, says he regrets damaging the car which was parked in a disabled…
Doctors’ Dilemmas: Should you tell your patient’s carers about the sex worker?
Discussions on sex and disability still remain fraught and doctors can be caught in the middle.
A GP guide to parenting support for patients with intellectual disability
GPs can make a big difference to the health, safety and wellbeing of children born to a parent with intellectual disability. Here’s how.
Hospitals need trained disability workers, commission hears
Sons become extremely anxious when they go to hospital, says mother.
Chris Del Mar, Facebook chiro and the ‘killer’ inhalers: AusDoc stories of the year
A review of three of the big stories of 2019.
‘Strict code of conduct’ urged to prevent alleged bullying from NDIS investigators
GP faith in the scheme is being undermined, says Dr Tony Bartone.
Doctors must be paid for NDIS paperwork: RACGP
College in talks with National Disability Insurance Agency over funding concerns.
High dementia risk quantified in Down syndrome
Almost all adults with trisomy 21 will eventually develop Alzheimer's neuropathology, study suggests.
