The one question GPs can ask which might save a life
Dr Magdalena Simonis was again reminded of the power of a simple question when a patient sought help for diffuse back pain. The Melbourne GP…
Tag: Domestic and family violence
GP raised in religious sect says her experience helped her understand family violence and control
“I was in a very controlling religious sect in my adolescence and early adulthood where every decision had to go through a male. “After I…
Another emergency suspension overturned at tribunal — ‘not in the public interest’
A tribunal has overturned another doctor’s emergency suspension, saying it is in the public interest for competent doctors to keep practising if appropriate. The doctor,…
Doctor says the trauma of dealing with domestic violence cases is driving his ED staff away
The emotional toll of dealing with domestic violence presentations in the NT is driving healthcare staff away from their jobs, the director of Alice Springs…
Domestic violence: Resources for doctors faced with one of the most confronting issues in medicine
In the past few weeks, we have covered a series of domestic violence cases. The fact that they have involved doctors as victims and, in…
CTE found in two women who endured decades of violence in first Australian case report
Two women who endured decades of intimate partner abuse have become the first in Australia to be diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the context…
‘My husband said it was not violence, it was domestic correction’: A GP tells her shocking story
At the time of this article, 40 Australian women have been killed by a partner or ex-partner so far this year. Nobody is immune to…
‘They have faced terrifying abuse. They don’t sleep’: General practice in a women’s refuge
“Her haemoglobin was 47, the lowest I have ever seen, and she was experiencing chest pains, palpitations, lightheadedness,” Dr Colette Hourigan says. “She was so close to death, but…
Former RACGP presidential candidate slammed for tweet about killing of doctor’s son
Doctors have slammed a former RACGP presidential candidate for suggesting a suspected murderer may have been ‘goaded’ before killing his two-year-old son and himself. Dr…
Coroner says all GPs should be subject to compulsory family violence training
A coroner has criticised the RACGP for failing to mandate its six-hour family violence CPD program after a patient who had told her GP that…
