One-third of doctors admit to secretly Googling patients: AusDoc survey
A third of doctors admit they have googled patients, with many more agreeing it is okay to search online for useful clinical information about a…
Tag: Ethics
Royal Commission demands ban on court-ordered sterilisation of non-consenting patients
Australian courts ordered the sterilisation of 14 adults last year, but for most cases, the clinical details were kept secret. Now, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse,…
Should AHPRA draw up guidelines on doctors Googling patients? Tell us your views
Is looking up a patient’s Facebook profile or plugging their name into Google unethical? A BMJ article on the subject has fired up the debate…
Is Googling information about your patients ethical?
Should doctors be banned from looking up a patient’s Facebook page or Instagram account or watching their TikToks? Is this an unethical act if it…
RACGP apologises after photo caption sparks racism claims
The RACGP has apologised after doctors complained that a photo published in a member update was racially biased. Taken at an RACGP fellowship ceremony in…
Will hospital bosses now listen to doctors? Why the lessons of the Lucy Letby scandal are not simple
We’ll probably never know what drove British paediatric nurse Lucy Letby to murder seven of her tiny patients and attempt to kill six more. What…
Is it unethical for GPs not to bulk-bill? Patients seem to think so
GPs who do not bulk-bill have been dubbed unethical in an annual survey of 1000 people. The Ethics Index, an annual report by corporate ethics…
Oncologist now convinced of life after death following 25 years of research
A medical oncologist who has studied over 5000 near-death experiences says his research has convinced him that when the lights go out, there is an…
Can VAD patients donate their organs? It’s complicated
In several countries including Belgium and Canada, patients who end their lives through voluntary assisted dying are able to donate their organs. In Australia, it is…
Should children be able to choose voluntary euthanasia? The ACT is considering it
The ACT Labor-Greens government is currently considering legalising voluntary assisted dying, as has recently occurred in all six Australian states. But the results of community…
