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    Tag: Doctor stories

    As a medical student, I looked forward to ‘white coat’ prestige — but I soon discovered that’s not real medicine

    July 9, 2025

    I entered medicine like many young doctors do: eager, determined and drawn to its promise of excellence. The white coat, the respect, the thrill of…

    ‘I was surprised by how uncomfortable I felt’: Portraits of Australia’s VAD doctors

    July 8, 2025

    Voluntary assisted dying is now mainstream care in Australia. But its ethics still divide. Six years after it was first legalised in Victoria, here we…

    Associate Professor Robert Parker.

    Bob Marley, syphilis and the power of letters: Professor Robert Parker on a decade leading doctors in the NT

    July 7, 2025

    The story that has stuck with Associate Professor Robert Parker was told by his former boss Dr Alan Walker in 1989. Dr Walker said that…

    Dr Anousha Victoire.

    How Dr Anousha Victoire became a folk singer and GP

    July 4, 2025

    On some days, Dr Anousha Victoire is a GP treating survivors of domestic violence. On others, she is a “weaver of dreams”. The singer and guitarist has…

    My unwanted detour to the ED took me back to the 1980s

    July 2, 2025

    I recently had the illuminating experience of being a hospital patient. I’d been postponing surgery for a long-term umbilical hernia — until one day, complications…

    By the time you read this, I hope a new and improved Dr Pam has been zapped into being

    July 2, 2025

    At a recent visit to an electrophysiologist, I was asked about my recurrent SVTs, which were getting to be more frequent and more difficult to…

    From lipid rage to toilet rapture: A tale of two patient letters

    June 18, 2025

    The highs and lows of being a patient are sometimes communicated to the GP by an appreciative letter, and sometimes by one of searing complaint.…

    What a dying patient’s handshake taught me about life and love

    June 18, 2025

    I was working in my oncology ward as usual when I received a call from the ICU to evaluate a patient. The patient was a…

    Diagnosed with cancer as an intern: ‘Everything was white noise — I didn’t know what to do or say’

    June 17, 2025

    “When I walked into my postop review, the look in my gynaecologist’s eyes gave me the hint it was not good news. “I have had…

    No, Lou, it was not a perfect day… it was a seriously crappy day

    June 11, 2025

    What is the opposite of the Lou Reed song, Perfect Day? Did he write a little number called One Particularly Crappy Day? Or the follow-up hit, One…

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    No, Lou, it was not a perfect day... it was a seriously crappy day

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