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    Tag: Ethics

    The weapons industry causes immense human suffering, so why is Melbourne University in bed with its biggest player?

    September 9, 2024

    The University of Melbourne, like many universities around Australia, is deeply entwined with the weapons industry. This industry that has a profoundly negative effect on…

    GP registrar pressured grieving widow to cry on video to prove his empathy: UK tribunal

    August 29, 2024

    A trainee GP who pressured a recently bereaved widow to cry so he could display his empathy skills for an assessment video has been suspended…

    ‘Kids are begging their doctors not to report the abuse’: GPs’ mandatory reporting dilemmas

    August 29, 2024

    “One GP told me they were confronted with a gun by one of their patients following a report.” Dr Jacqueline Kuruppu (PhD), a researcher and…

    Are doctors and illicit drugs an innately dangerous mix? This GP says no

    August 15, 2024

    Should regularly using illicit drugs away from work automatically disqualify you from practising medicine? Some argue that doctors using recreational drugs hurts the medical profession’s…

    Not just about sex: The case for funding access to sex workers under the NDIS

    August 5, 2024

    The National Disability Insurance Scheme aims to fund all the supports needed to improve a disabled person’s quality of life. It is separate from the Disability…

    Could AI become the ultimate decider for end-of-life care?

    July 25, 2024

    Doctors obviously lack imagination. While the medical profession has been anguished at the prospect of their mass redundancy as a result of diagnostic machine learning,…

    GP threatened to throw acid at patient if she ended their sexual relationship, tribunal finds

    June 27, 2024

    A GP who threatened to throw acid at a patient or to kill himself if she ended their sexual relationship has been struck off for six years.  Dr Faramarz Foroughi also threatened the patient with HIV infection, psychiatric committal and losing…

    What happens when medical device companies ‘abandon’ patients with experimental brain implants?

    June 21, 2024

    Back in 2010, Rita Leggett received a brain implant that changed her life.   She had lived with severe chronic epilepsy for decades, but she…

    How will Dr Ernest Wong find true love if everyone within 200km is his patient?

    May 7, 2024

    Six months ago, Dr Ernest Wong moved from London to the tiny town of Wudinna, a six-hour drive from Adelaide.  As the town’s first permanent…

    Real doctors, fake news and The Milky Menace — AusDoc’s trip into the AI wormhole

    April 12, 2024

    This story began with an intriguing study on fake news and briefly passed by a devoted milk enthusiast called John Smith before ending with serious…

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