On the trajectory to a life-changing diagnosis, one story tells so many more – Croakey Health Media — Read on http://www.croakey.org/on-the-trajectory-to-a-life-changing-diagnosis-one-story-tells-so-many-more/
Category Archives: humanity
Women in Medicine – Podcast
Another high quality podcast from our consultant and registrar colleagues The PODCAST team Listen Here: Theme: Women In Medicine Participants: Dr … Women in Medicine – Podcast
“Contradictory to the Anzac spirit”: Perth anaesthetist Dr Divya Sharma hits out at “small-minded thinking” in India travel ban – Mornings – ABC Radio
Dr Divya Sharma, an anaesthetist, has penned a withering open letter, describing the threat of penalties for Australians trying to return from India as “racist and inhumane” and accusing the Government of “woeful inadequacies”. — Read on http://www.abc.net.au/radio/perth/programs/mornings/dr-divya-sharma-india-travel-ban/13330500
If it’s Not Yoga, then what is it?
Well, wasn’t that a year! Though much of Australia has been spared the brunt of the COVID-related awfulness, plenty of our colleagues, particularly … If it’s Not Yoga, then what is it?
Not my Australia: pandemic ethics
A year ago I experienced an ethical dilemma, from the patient’s perspective: a doctor signed a medical report about me, by email signature, without … Not my Australia: pandemic ethics
Occupation violence in health care – one nurses’ story of creating change
@wrapemtweet talks with advocacy superstar and nurse Lita Olsson about the tricky and sometime harrowing topic of occupation violence in health care.… Occupation violence in health care – one nurses’ story of creating change
Q & A with Candice Norris – Army Medical Officer and ACEM trainee
1. What was your evolution into the defence service alongside your emergency medicine training? (which came first ? were they related in any way?) I… Q & A with Candice Norris – Army Medical Officer and ACEM trainee
World Suicide Prevention Day – Beyond Blue
Each day in Australia, more than eight people die by suicide. This World Suicide Prevention Day we’re sharing the stories of eight people who found a way through.” — Read on http://www.beyondblue.org.au/the-facts/suicide-prevention/world-suicide-prevention-day
‘We’ve been abandoned’: Stranded Australians are taking their fight to come home to the United Nations
The group says Australia’s quarantine system and cap on repatriation flights has breached an international convention on the right to return home. — Read on http://www.sbs.com.au/news/we-ve-been-abandoned-stranded-australians-are-taking-their-fight-to-come-home-to-the-united-nations
Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – International Journal of Infectious Diseases
Viable SARS-CoV-2 in the air of a hospital room with COVID-19 patients – International Journal of Infectious Diseases — Read on http://www.ijidonline.com/article/S1201-9712(20)30739-6/fulltext
Enough is enough: calling out bad behaviour in medicine | InSight+
Sexual harassment: The onus is absolutely on all men to help build a new kind of society where women don’t live in fear, writes Jane McCredie — Read on insightplus.mja.com.au/2021/9/enough-is-enough-calling-out-bad-behaviour-in-medicine/
Flatten the Perve
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Australia’s Women Force Reckoning After Rape Charge in Government | Time
Some 30,000 people have joined the March 4 Justice Facebook group planning protests following the accusation by Brittany Higgins. — Read on time.com/5945614/australia-protests-rape-allegations/
CDC’s ‘huge mistake’: did misguided mask advice drive up Covid death toll for health workers? | Coronavirus | The Guardian
Researchers say ‘very low’-quality research led to outdated guidelines on who got the best PPE, leaving those most at risk exposed — Read on amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/mar/12/cdc-covid-protective-gear-ppe-research
Ministers have previously been sacked over unproven allegations – Monash Lens
Attorney-General Christian Porter claimed it would set a bad precedent if he were to stand down over an unproved rape allegation, but there are several past examples of federal cabinet ministers resigning or being sacked over unproven claims that they deny. Read more at Monash Lens. — Read on lens.monash.edu/2021/03/09/1382931/cabinet-ministers-have-been-sacked-over-unproven-allegations-before-and-the-courts-say-thats-ok
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