‘I’ve just spent $2000 on my dog’: Your stories of patients demanding bulk-billed care
When patients say they should be bulk-billed, what reasons do they give? Not all are facing financial hardship, it seems. × Welcome to AusDoc. Enabling…
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‘I’m saving for a cruise’: Patient logic on why GPs should bulk-bill
The shift away from universal bulk-billing has highlighted the tricky process of GPs deciding when to charge and when to bulk-bill, often based on limited…
Ministry of Silly Walks had serious health upside, US researchers say
You may look ridiculous, but research suggests that employing one of Monty Python’s ‘silly walks’ is a simple way to turn a stroll into a…
My New Year’s resolution shouldn’t be underestimated
It was mid-December, and I ran into a patient at a community garden open day. My patient was excited to see me and gave me…
The year that was: Sharing burial plots, swabbing dogs and other strange things patients asked of GPs
After Dr Pam Rachootin told us of her brief time as an Uber GP – when a patient asked her to pick up Woodroofe’s lemonade…
‘I’m Dr Sleeper the anaesthetist’ and other doctor name tales
It was an opportunity too good to pass up for Dr Lindsay Sleeper, a US paediatric anaesthetist who decided to take her husband’s name rather…
Doctor performs first ute-powered vasectomy
A urologist in the US says he’s performed the first electric ute powered vasectomy. Dr Christopher Yang’s brush with clinical history came about after the…
Sharing burial plots to swabbing dogs: The strangest things patients have asked of GPs
After Dr Pam Rachootin told of her brief time as an Uber GP — when a patient asked her to pick up Woodroofe’s lemonade en…
Doctor’s hilarious take on life in an ED
Sydney emergency specialist Dr Cliff Reid's 'Jurassic Park' ED tweet has other medicos in stitches.
