RACGP president responds to plummeting registrar numbers
More than 250 GP registrar places have been left vacant this year, representing the biggest GP training shortfall in almost 10 years. The figures revealed…
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‘The issue is informed consent’: Why the TGA’s psychedelics call worries Professor Colleen Loo
The TGA made a landmark decision last week to let authorised psychiatrists prescribe psilocybin and MDMA for PTSD and treatment-resistant depression, under strict conditions, starting…
‘Women didn’t know what was happening’: The ethical quagmire of informed consent during childbirth
More than one in 10 Australian women have experienced obstetric violence during childbirth, including not consenting to procedures and being denied pain relief, according to…
Q&A with the MJA’s new editor Professor Ginny Barbour
In January, Professor Ginny Barbour will take the helm at the country’s leading peer-reviewed medical journal as its new editor-in-chief. Taking over from Professor Nick…
‘Sometimes you’re a bit of a nut, KP’: Dr Karen Price opens up to AusDoc
Dr Karen Price is coming to the end of her time as RACGP president. She is likely to be remembered. Amidst the pandemic, the past…
Professor Paul Glasziou defends GP nudge letter experiment
After years of receiving so-called nudge letters from the Department of Health, last week GPs finally found out they were unknowing participants in a randomised…
Payroll tax: This is the biggest existential threat to general practice
Public debate around the crisis in general practice has focused on bulk-billing and Medicare rebates, but for some, payroll tax is the specialty’s existential threat.…
Hospitals accused of railroading palliative care doctors opposed to VAD
Associate Professor Marion Harris says some doctors fear for their rights to object to VAD.
Q&A: Anal screening pioneer explains his landmark findings
Professor Joel Palefsky has high hopes that screening will prove cost-effective.
Why I believe transgender care should be mainstream general practice
Dr Kathleen Wild says transgender patients are having trouble identifying GPs who are happy to help them.
