How will Dr Ernest Wong find true love if everyone within 200km is his patient?
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…
Tag: Ethics
Real doctors, fake news and The Milky Menace — AusDoc’s trip into the AI wormhole
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…
Can offers of cash persuade people to get their COVID-19 and flu shots?
Going into winter 2023, only 38% of adults were up to date on COVID-19 shots, and 27% had received a flu shot, according to a…
Doctors who speak out against the Gaza medical catastrophe deserve more support from AHPRA
The horror of the war in Gaza is almost too hard to watch. The temptation is to look way. I certainly need to look away…
Officials say Veterans’ MATES program axed after ‘losing confidence’ of patients
Department of Veterans’ Affairs officials only learnt second-hand that a program to address polypharmacy among veterans had lost ethics approval, its secretary has told a…
Leading Aussie doctors condemn attacks on Gaza health workers following more than 300 deaths
Australian doctors, including those from Palestinian and Jewish backgrounds, have called for an Israel-Gaza ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the reconstruction of damaged…
Hospital staff ‘inappropriately’ accessed medical records of teen accused of stabbing doctor
Tasmanian hospital staff are facing possible disciplinary action for inappropriately accessing medical records, including those of a teenage patient who allegedly stabbed an ED doctor.…
Why can’t GPs be friends with their patients?
I believe that placing blanket restrictions on personal relationships between doctors and their patients is detrimental to our ability to deliver quality care. In the…
Doctors who administered forced rectal feeding accused of ‘medicalised rape’
The rendition, detention and interrogation program created by the US Government in the wake of the 9/11 attacks still haunts the memory. Yes, the world…
GP who treated family members was under ‘coercive control’, tribunal hears
A GP who treated her father for more than 25 years because of the “coercive control” he exercised over her has been banned for six…
