Australian Doctor News

Call to let doctors bring up the topic of assisted dying

20th January 2020
A gagging order preventing doctors from initiating discussions on euthanasia with patients has been branded an “unwarranted…
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Australian Doctor News

Is this the cognitive screening test that will be used on older doctors?

17th January 2020
A screening assessment, which found 10% of older doctors had cognitive impairments that were a potential risk to patients,…
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Senior doctor
Australian Doctor News

'They launched Molotov cocktails': How a GP helped a remote community in the middle of a riot

16th January 2020
Exodus. With the flames from their torched houses at their backs, more than 100 women, children and the elderly fled the…
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Molotov cocktail
6Minutes News

GP on trial in Belgium's first euthanasia case

14th January 2020
A GP and two other Belgian doctors face trial for murder for helping a woman end her life, in the country's first criminal…
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Drip
Australian Doctor News

Weight-loss doctor banned after 'reprehensible' prescribing

6th January 2020
The medical director of a weight-loss clinic, which bore “remarkable similarities” to notorious impotency outfit Advanced…
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Dr Thomas Goyer
Australian Doctor News

Measles, a GP's AHPRA ordeal and the death of Kerry Robertson: AusDoc stories of the year

20th December 2019
After a countdown that has included the trials and tribulations of Dr Charlie Teo, the rise of BERT and the never-ending…
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2019
Australian Doctor News

Sexist textbooks, BERT's return and the $500K defamation case: AusDoc stories of 2019

20th December 2019
It's part two - the fate of BERT; one of the biggest defamation payouts in Australian legal history; and, to begin with, why…
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2019