AHPRA’s made a serious mistake in trying to silence Dr David Berger
Dr David Berger has been told to pull his head in by the Medical Board of Australia who wants him to undergo a re-education course…
Tag: Medical ethics
Is AHPRA gagging doctors? The watchdog responds
The case of Dr David Berger raises wider questions.
AHPRA sanctioned GP for undermining ‘public trust in the integrity of politicians’
Dr David Berger was slapped with an official caution.
AusDoc comments: Racist patients, multiple exam fails and Medicare’s 65 cents
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We must fix medicine’s culture of bullying and harassment: Medical Board of Australia
The medical profession has a long and proud history of altruism, professionalism and personal sacrifice in the service of the community. The past couple of…
Doctors told to give up the human skeletons in their closets
Bones were acquired on a 'mass scale' by doctors last century, but now they're being asked to dispose of them ethically.
‘I donated sperm as a medical student, and now I have nine children’: A doctor’s remarkable story
In the past year, sexual health physician Dr Darren Russell has discovered he fathered nine now-adult children through donations he made as a medic…
‘This could blow up lives’: Sperm donor doctors fear being tracked down by biological children
New laws allowing donor-conceived children to make contact with their biological parents are being debated in Queensland.
AusDoc comments: GP nudge letters, Russian roulette and Tristar
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What new disclosure laws around adverse events mean for doctors
Lawyer Michael Gorton says the reforms came out of the Bacchus Marsh baby death scandal.
