Medical Observer Views

When saying yes is kind of a no-no

5th April 2019
A recurring challenge for all of us is the business of saying no. It is not confined to our doctoring lives. We say no to…
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Decisions
6Minutes News

GP who ran $600k 'report-writing factory' avoids jail

3rd April 2019
A UK GP who ran a “report-writing factory” has avoided going to jail over one of his expert medical reports about a taxi…
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Dr Asef Zafar
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5 reasons to stop saying doctors are 'second victims'

29th March 2019
It’s time to abandon the term ‘second victim’ as a way of describing health professionals who experience a stressful fallout…
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upset
6Minutes News

Fertility doctor fathers at least 50 children

22nd March 2019
A quirk of US state laws has allowed a fertility doctor, who fathered at least 50 children by using his own sperm, to escape…
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6Minutes News

Unethical IVF doctors target of new inquiry

19th March 2019
Dodgy IVF providers peddling false hope about people's chances of starting a family will be targeted in a new inquiry. The…
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IVF
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GP suspended for treating family members

15th March 2019
A Melbourne GP has been suspended for six months for treating two close relatives more than 140 times in one year and for…
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Doctor, courts
6Minutes News

Speed bump ahead: Experts call for halt to 'gene-edited babies'

14th March 2019
Top scientists and ethicists from seven countries have called for a global moratorium on gene editing of human eggs, sperm…
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Professor He Jiankui