Have our medical ethics mutated in the current pandemic?
Over the past two years, our lives have changed in unprecedented ways. In the face of the pandemic, we have been required to obey demanding…
Tag: Ethics
GP suspended for friendship with ‘soulmate’ patient
A tribunal said the case was a 'salient' reminder that any boundary violation could have significant adverse consequences.
Quiz – Is it ever OK to alter medical records?
Family members of a 60-year-old female patient are upset she wasn't screened for bowel cancer.
Top cancer immunologist referred to corruption watchdog
The QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute has referred Professor Mark Smyth to the Queensland corruption watchdog.
Alarm over public autopsy of COVID-19 patient: US
Up to 70 people forked out $676 to watch the live dissection in a hotel ballroom in Portland, Oregon.
Doctors, death and Hamlet: A consummation devoutly to be wished?
Shakespeare lived well before the rise of modern medicine. The physicians who make brief appearances in his plays were little more than quacks. But his…
‘People could die’: AMA calls for Aussies to be helped home from India
President Dr Omar Khorshid has written to the Prime Minister demanding fines be revoked for those trying to escape the COVID-19 crisis.
CEO used hospital funds to dine on lobster and travel to Thailand
Victoria's anti-corruption watchdog also revealed the former regional health service chief issued dodgy contracts worth almost $1 million.
Nurse banned for snooping in colleagues’ medical records
She simply couldn’t wait to find out the sex of one coworker’s newborn, says the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal.
70% of GPs say they are limiting wound care due to cost
Patients are suffering as a result of Federal Government's failure to fund the consumables need for decent care.
