Medical Observer Opinion

How to create a work environment for doctors with disabilities

3rd June 2019
Dr Steve Peterson was on his way to work at the hospital ED in Orange, rural NSW, last year when a car plunged into his…
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Dr Steve Peterson
Medical Observer Opinion

'It's crazy... and I have seen it from both sides,' says pharmacist-turned-GP

29th May 2019
When I was a pharmacist, I knew that look of bemusement you got from patients, the specific look that says: ‘What are you…
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Drugs
Australian Doctor News

GPs sour as college refuses to endorse prolotherapy

6th May 2019
GPs who specialise in musculoskeletal medicine are up in arms over the RACGP’s refusal to endorse the use of dextrose…
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knee injection
Medical Observer Opinion

Why pharmacists are not capable of diagnosing 'simple' UTIs

6th May 2019
The problem for the layperson or politician trying to understand the complex task of diagnosing, investigating and…
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Survey: What’s your approach to psoriasis?

12th June 2019
This survey is produced and distributed by Australian Doctor Group on behalf of Leo Pharma. Australian Doctor wants to hear…
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Pharmacy News

Grattan calls for PBS cuts and location rules reform

24th April 2019
The Grattan Institute has called on the Federal Government to slash a further $445 million from the PBS and roll back…
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Grattan calls for PBS cuts and location rules reform
Australian Doctor News

Health Care Homes - a GP tells his grim story

24th April 2019
What is it like for a GP working in a Health Care Home? There are around 170 now operating as part of a trial but the…
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health home
Medical Observer Opinion

What do we really want from health funding?

16th April 2019
Even in this golden age of medical and surgical wizardry and developing gene science, all wrapped and ribboned in IT, we owe…
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Health funding