Doctors and functional disorders — how I escaped heartsink
There is a term in medicine that has always made me feel uncomfortable. It gets used less now, but you still hear it: heartsink —…
There is a term in medicine that has always made me feel uncomfortable. It gets used less now, but you still hear it: heartsink —…
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Pain and palliative care doctors want Federal Government action to stop the “egregious” behaviour of pharmaceutical companies pulling drugs from the market with little warning.…
Patients who have initiated opioids in the previous month are at a higher risk of an opioid use disorder diagnosis compared with patients who have…
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