Social media is awash with medical lies: As doctors, we have a moral obligation to fight back
A tweet on X, dated 2 January 2024 and attributed to Elon Musk, stated that “heavy use of C-sections allows for a larger brain, as…
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Sharing my personal history brought me closer to my patients — some boundaries are meant to be broken
In these troubled times, I feel a responsibility to increase awareness of history’s lessons and the role of the individual in fighting tyranny to create…
The doctor–patient tango: How I avoid a misstep before the consult turns frosty
Dr John Launer recently shared his favourite question to throw in mid-consultation: “How is this conversation going for you so far?” It helps him figure…
Doctors missed patient’s MI after attributing symptoms to exercise bike mishap: coroner
Doctors missed an AMI diagnosis because they assumed a woman’s abdominal and ribcage pain was related to a fall onto her stationary bike handles, a…
For me, telehealth is a revelation – sometimes it’s better than seeing patients in person
My move into emergency telemedicine, after decades of public hospital practice, has been a revelation. I like to call this type of practice ‘community emergency…
Is Trump totally wrong to withdraw the US from the WHO?
Donald Trump’s plan to withdraw the United States from the WHO has been met with dismay in the public health field. Some have called one…
I slapped my toddler when she bit me: It was a reflex response to pain but I was shattered
A recent AusDoc article generated much commentary about the disciplining of children and the role of physical punishment, after a GP was fined for spanking…
It took me years to get off my high horse and properly communicate with patients
When I was a medical student in the 1960s, our lecturers and tutors, all white and male, were a stone-faced mob, devoid of humour and…
I never mastered the fetal trumpet but have always embraced new technology – with a healthy dose of scepticism
I must respond to Dr Sue Ieraci’s question, “Why does doctor technophobia persist?”, by stating that I have always been keen to adopt new technologies,…
IMGs were once considered ‘alien invaders’: I owe my career to one of them
I’ve been pondering the hurdles that IMG doctors have faced in trying to practise in Australia. There has been a host of bureaucratic hoops to…
