Specialist Updates Neurology

Outpatient palliative care improves Parkinson's outcomes

24th February 2020
Outpatient palliative care improves quality of life and other outcomes in patients with Parkinson disease and related…
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Nurse
Australian Doctor News

Cannabinoids no good for advanced cancer pain: study

11th February 2020
Cannabinoids cannot be recommended for chronic pain in adult patients with advanced cancer as they are no more effective…
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Cannabinoids
6Minutes News

Warning over energy drink link to kidney injury

3rd February 2020
US doctors have renewed warnings about energy drinks after an elderly patient in palliative care developed an acute kidney…
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Australian Doctor News

Professor Brian Owler defends euthanasia 'gagging clause'

31st January 2020
The ban on doctors starting discussions around voluntary assisted dying will not stop any Victorian patients from accessing…
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Professor Brian Owler
Australian Doctor News

Advance care directives frequently written by someone other than the patient

27th December 2019
Nearly one-fifth of advance care directives for end-of-life care are completed by someone other than the patient, putting…
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Elderly patient
Australian Doctor News

Measles, a GP's AHPRA ordeal and the death of Kerry Robertson: AusDoc stories of the year

20th December 2019
After a countdown that has included the trials and tribulations of Dr Charlie Teo, the rise of BERT and the never-ending…
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2019
Australian Doctor News

'I was filled with dread' - AusDoc's best-read story of 2019

20th December 2019
Several months ago, Dr Catriona Arnold-Nott made the hard decision to go public about her experiences after being subject to…
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Dr Catriona Arnold-Nott