Smart Practice

Is it wise to prescribe simply to placate a distressed patient?

15th June 2021
When COVID-19 first hit, I retreated to my home and started doing telehealth. A month on, I found I was putting on weight…
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Distressed overweight woman.
Australian Doctor News

'God should decide who lives or dies... not doctors'

8th June 2021
In COVID-stricken India, Dr Rohan Aggarwal is living his worst nightmare.     The 26-year-old plays god, deciding who lives…
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Medical Observer Opinion

When a child dies in ED, doctors and nurses need to take a long look at themselves

26th May 2021
Last month a confidential government investigation into the tragic death of Aishwarya Aswath at a WA hospital was made…
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Medical Observer Opinion

There's an ethical storm brewing over half-human half-monkey embryos

6th May 2021
The mere phrase ‘human-monkey chimera embryo’ sounds like a bioethicist’s worst nightmare — or, perhaps, a science-fiction…
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Case quiz: Test your knowledge on migraine management

15th June 2021

Read this short case study and answer the clinical questions below
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Australian Doctor News

Victoria considers circumventing ban on euthanasia telehealth consults

4th May 2021
Doctors in Victoria will be able to use telehealth for voluntary assisted dying consults under legislative amendments going…
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Smart Practice

Should you tell the parents about their teenage son's illicit drug use?

12th April 2021
Henry is a 15-year-old boy who presents with an unexplained leg injury. He has a swollen knee and cut on his shin that needs…
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Australian Doctor News

Greg Hunt wants to legalise 'three-parent IVF'

24th March 2021
This morning Minister for Health Greg Hunt surprised more than a few people by opening a conversation on human germline…
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Joel Hood, Sarah Hood and daughter Maeve Hood in Melbourne. Maeve has Leigh Syndrome.