Do patients unexpectedly intrude on your holiday time? Tell us your stories
AusDoc’s favourite medical-related book is called Dr Dog. While its target audience is children aged about eight, and it does involve fart jokes, it offers…
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Kidnapped surgeon says he was close to death from scurvy
An Australian surgeon has revealed he thought he would die of scurvy during a seven-year kidnapping ordeal in West Africa. “I’d only seen one case…
When taking a true history can heal patients… and their doctors
I was 11 when I fell, suddenly and irrevocably, into the medical system. A fist-sized osteogenic sarcoma growing out the back of my left knee.…
