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    Tag: Doctor stories

    Dr Giulia Kitchin died of brain cancer before she could realise her dream — now, her husband has delivered on her legacy

    January 28, 2025

    GP Dr Giulia Kitchin was only part way through renovating a dilapidated cottage into a refuge for homeless women when she died of a brain…

    I slapped my toddler when she bit me: It was a reflex response to pain but I was shattered

    January 22, 2025

    A recent AusDoc article generated much commentary about the disciplining of children and the role of physical punishment, after a GP was fined for spanking…

    There was a medical emergency on my flight – I sat in my seat resisting the urge to play hero

    January 15, 2025

    It’s crack-of-dawn early, and I’m on a flight. Working swing ER shifts has left me exhausted, barely packed, and running on fumes. But hey, as…

    How this oncologist became a better doctor after her own breast cancer diagnosis

    January 14, 2025

    Radiation oncologist Dr Catherine Sue Hwang used to encourage patients facing chemotherapy to shave their heads as one way to “regain control” of their treatments.…

    When my mother died, I was half a world away with no chance to say goodbye

    January 8, 2025

    Unfortunately, there has been a glut of deaths and bereavement in my practice.  I suppose, in sympathy, that got me missing my mum. × Welcome…

    Best of AusDoc 2024: Finding distant love, Dr Goldsworthy’s karma, and a GP’s quest for redemption

    December 20, 2024

    The AusDoc team has selected some of their favourite stories from over the last year. They range from Dr Lei Min Chen’s fight to practise…

    Trampoline torture, a vodka-toting Russian and drunk elves: Revisiting my Christmas past

    December 18, 2024

    “And a Merry Christmas to you Guv.” The words sounded familiar but were out of context and dripping with sarcasm. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…

    My long-time GP is retiring. It’s tough to lose my ally in life

    December 18, 2024

    My GP is retiring.  I found this news incredibly distressing.  × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling and empowering the medical community to come together. Sign in…

    From hospital groundskeeper to doctor: ‘Some days I miss only having to worry about the lawns’

    December 13, 2024

    When Dr Marcin Skladaniec began with Queensland Health, his greatest responsibility was to keep his local hospital’s lawns flourishing and mowed.  Ten years later the…

    Pain as a rite of passage: Why does the sadomasochism of medicine continue?

    December 11, 2024

    My grandfather was a GP in country NSW in the 1930s and ’40s, back when a GP was the Swiss Army knife of doctors: the…

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