Australian Doctor News

The GP as a 'community intern': Tell us your story

16th August 2022
One of our articles last week carried a blunt headline that seems to have struck a chord: Dear specialist, I'm a GP, not…
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Children as interns
6minutes News

GP urges coroner to make 'bold' findings after pregnant daughter's sepsis death

15th August 2022
A GP has told a coronial inquest that the health system failed his pregnant daughter who died of sepsis after treatment at…
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6minutes News

Call for protest exclusion zones around hospitals after Melbourne anti-vax rally

15th August 2022
A leading emergency doctor is calling for exclusion zones around hospitals to keep patients and clinical staff safe after…
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Medical Observer Opinion

Doctors don’t know everything – sometimes we need help

3rd August 2022
Ages ago, following an election, I had a call from a staffer in the new Minister for Health’s office. He was breathless with…
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Cogs in a brain
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Efforts needed to de-escalate use of inhaled cortisteroids in COPD

19th August 2022

Respiratory specialist cautions against overuse of ICS in primary care
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Australian Doctor News

'I was catching up on surgery cases – and then the publisher called’

28th July 2022
During Melbourne’s second COVID-19 lockdown, reconstructive plastic surgeon Dr Neela Janakiramanan started writing a story…
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Dr Neela Janakiramanan
Medical Observer Opinion

Change is hard, but that’s what the health system needs

28th July 2022
The AMA has had an incredibly important role to play over the past two years. Early on in the pandemic, our priority was…
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Australian Doctor News

COVID-19 hospitalisations break records with half of Aussies having been infected

27th July 2022
More Australians are in hospital with COVID-19 than ever before, as a serology study suggests almost 50% of Australians have…
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Dr Anita Munoz.