Should VAD be offered to patients facing advanced dementia?
Doctors in Amsterdam attempt to outline the ethical issues.
Tag: Medical ethics
Emergency suspensions: Have the powers of the regulators been curtailed?
AusDoc speaks to lawyer Bill Madden about the implications of the Dr William Pridgeon appeal court ruling.
AusDoc comments: Nuclear bombs, insidious words and is acupuncture a theatrical placebo?
A selection of your views and stories posted on our website.
The ‘insidious’ words ethicists are urging doctors not to use
Healthcare terminology that belittles or blames patients is outdated and needs to change, say researchers.
AusDoc comments: Kangaroo courts, editing Murtagh and the Dr Hobart doco
A selection of your views and stories posted on our website.
The criminal life of a retired doctor
I have to admit, I have probably been a bit illegal in activity after I registered as a non-practising doctor. I didn’t really read the…
Suspension for anaesthetist whose fiance died in a ‘home hospital’
The NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal says its actions should send a clear message over treating close personal associates and stealing hospita…
Are you being bullied at work? I was and here’s how I managed it
Those of us GPs who take calls for the Doctors’ Health Advisory Service (DHAS) across Australia, frequently receive calls from young hospital doctors who are…
Australia legalises ‘three-parent’ IVF after conscience vote
The technique aims to prevent devastating mitochondrial disease.
Lawyer who fought ‘death sentence’ vax mandates fails to overturn his suspension
Nathan Buckley is now running for Parliament.
