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Is more monitoring always better?

Is more monitoring always better?

Some things are 'obvious' -- the world is flat, heavy objects fall faster and more careful monitoring must be good for patients.

A level playing field

A level playing field

It’s time to change the long-held perception that GPs are lower in the pecking order than specialists. Aussie GPs share their views.

Carer stress

Carer stress

Psychogeriatrician Dr David Burke advises how to recognise carer stress and how to approach its evaluation and management.

Sobering up

Sobering up

How can we reduce the harms of alcohol in the land of the six o'clock swill?

News

Doctors launch pro-gay marriage petition

Doctors launch pro-gay marriage petition

A doctors' petition supporting marriage equality has been set up following another group of doctors' public opposition to gay marriage on health grounds.

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Paralysed woman's thoughts work robotic arm

Paralysed woman's thoughts work robotic arm

VIDEO: A woman paralysed for 15 years has directed a robotic arm with her thoughts to drink a thermos of coffee, US researchers report.

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Opinion

The Last Word: on unsolicited advice

Dr Genevieve Yates

The Last Word: on unsolicited advice

It's an early morning flight. You're tired, grumpy and regretting not grabbing a coffee before boarding. The seatbelt sign is turned off and the mouth of the person sitting next to you is turned…

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Schism over MBS book of revelations

Paul Smith

Schism over MBS book of revelations

The question being asked appears simple. Can you claim a level B for compiling or curating a patient's shared e-health summary? The answer lies with an 18-year-old student called James, who "lives at…

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Clinical

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Education

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Rural Doctor

Shelf life: A taste for orange

Shelf life: A taste for orange

When selecting a book, Victorian GP Dr Andrea Nies has an eye for orange.

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My Life: Five minutes with a rural GP's spouse

My Life: Five minutes with a rural GP's spouse

Anne Encartado is the wife of Dr Edgardo Lou, of Ararat Medical Centre.

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Jobs

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In Depth

On the grog and looking for a fight

On the grog and looking for a fight

Young Australian Joshua Kaloudonu shares his first-hand experience of the terrible consequences of alcohol-related aggression.

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Dark corridors

Dark corridors

The deaths of six boarding house residents in NSW has shone a light into the disturbing conditions that often constitute 'care in the community'.

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  • Till death do us part

    As the baby boomers retire there is a growing awareness of the importance of having a will. While that is...

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  • Crunching the numbers

    In part one of this series, we looked at the first steps involved in setting up your own practice. Here...

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  • Lawrence Springborg

    Queensland's new Health Minister has abandoned retirement and is leaping in to the unenviable task of fixing the state's health...

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