No doctor dies wishing for another on-call shift, so why is striking a work-life balance so hard?
One of my favourite questions to ask other doctors is: “If I was to take your job away from you right now, what would you…
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‘It was emotionally difficult for them’: Emergency doctor treated by friends and colleagues after 10 metre fall
Dr Fraser Bliesner has experienced first hand the miraculous impact of a pain team after a shocking 10m fall onto concrete just weeks before he…
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…
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.…
