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The medical board’s plan for mandatory health checks on older doctors is age discrimination

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2 September 2024
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Dr Philip Morris.

The Medical Board of Australia proposal for mandatory examinations and cognitive assessments for doctors aged 70 or older raises critical ethical questions.

Profiling a specific age group based on the assumption that they inherently pose a higher risk is a form of age discrimination.

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