A man chased me on my morning walk – I now understand vulnerability
When I first started general practice, I met an elderly neighbour who loved walking in the very early morning. “Best time of the day,” he…
Tag: Human rights
GPs using interpreters given Medicare green light to claim longer consults
The government’s allowance to level up MBS items to account for interpreters will not cover the majority of this GP’s work.
Medicine under the Taliban: ‘Care with no equipment, no supplies is next to impossible’
Anne Cilliers has been working on the ground as a nurse and medical co-ordinator for Médecins Sans Frontières.
Why most patients with bipolar want self-binding directives
A UK online survey finds that patients do not trust their capacity to make good decisions when they are ill.
Victorian Govt ‘went against health advice’ on towers lockdown
The Victorian Ombudsman has called on the government to apologise to the 3000 residents.
Doctors win fight against phone ban in immigration detention
Senator Jacquie Lambie has based her deciding vote on 100,000 responses from the public.
Doctors criticise attempt to ban mobile phones from Australia’s immigration detention centres
Dr Barri Phatarfod says the move would hamper doctors' efforts to provide medical advice.
Doctors renew call to end ‘torture’ of Assange
The WikiLeaks founder is being denied the right to healthcare, doctors say in a Lancet letter.
Religious freedom laws ‘will not allow doctors to discriminate against patients’
The revamped draft legislation is about 'protecting conscientious objection to particular procedures, not patients'.
Doctors launch last-minute campaign to rescue Medevac
The future of the scheme hinges on the support of independent senator Jacqui Lambie.
