Australian doctors, including those from Palestinian and Jewish backgrounds, have called for an Israel-Gaza ceasefire, the release of all hostages and the reconstruction of damaged…
I believe that placing blanket restrictions on personal relationships between doctors and their patients is detrimental to our ability to deliver quality care. In the…
The rendition, detention and interrogation program created by the US Government in the wake of the 9/11 attacks still haunts the memory. Yes, the world…
Recently, AusDoc reported that indigenous women in Greenland were seeking compensation from the Danish government after being fitted with IUDs, without their consent or knowledge, in…
A third of doctors admit they have googled patients, with many more agreeing it is okay to search online for useful clinical information about a…
Australian courts ordered the sterilisation of 14 adults last year, but for most cases, the clinical details were kept secret. Now, the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse,…
Is looking up a patient’s Facebook profile or plugging their name into Google unethical? A BMJ article on the subject has fired up the debate…
Should doctors be banned from looking up a patient’s Facebook page or Instagram account or watching their TikToks? Is this an unethical act if it…
The Victorian Government has enshrined a plan to eliminate physical and chemical restraints in mental health care within 10 years, but doctors warn the legislation…
We’ll probably never know what drove British paediatric nurse Lucy Letby to murder seven of her tiny patients and attempt to kill six more. What…
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