I don’t need the medical board to tell me when I’m too old to practise
I am a one legged, pacemaker-driven, 80-year-old GP, and I am still working three days a week in a busy, CBD practice. I also do…
Tag: Doctors’ health
Mandatory health checks for older doctors — will the board’s plan reduce patient harm?
The Medical Board of Australia’s consultation paper on its plan for mandatory health checks for older doctors runs to 92 pages. It is heavy with…
Doctor suicide: ‘It’s not always one big thing but a thousand paper cuts’
When a GP took their own life earlier this year, Dr Sarah Kleinman experienced unwanted but tragically familiar feelings of guilt and shock. In the…
‘The children were sent to an expected death … We could do nothing’: The memories haunting Dr Michael Clements
Dr Michael Clements tries to avoid watching the bloody images coming out of Gaza. It is not because he does not care but because of…
Professor Steve Robson: The story of my own near-suicide and how I came through
There is a paragraph in what follows where Professor Steve Robson, the AMA president, writes: “As someone who has experienced the most profound feelings of…
Confessions of a ‘disruptive’ doctor
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…
Dr Peter Goldsworthy talks to AusDoc about his cancer diagnosis, karma and guilt
Once through the shock of his multiple myeloma diagnosis, GP Dr Peter Goldsworthy had a thought: ‘What great material.’ The award-winning writer was now in…
When my patient made an anti-Semitic slur I stayed silent – until now
On my early morning walk, I found myself mulling over an incident that occurred many years ago and that obviously still disturbs me. A patient…
The 45 specialists awarded Australia Day Honours for their contribution to medicine
The names range from Professor Fiona Wood and Dr Brett Sutton to ENT surgeon Professor Kelvin Kong and oncologist Clinical Associate Professor Judith Skinner. A…
Meet the 13 GPs recognised in the Australia Day Honours
From volunteer firefighters to volunteer bagpipe players, rural champions, charity founders and flying doctors — both the royal variety and Qantas variety — a spectrum…
