The sickness certificate saga continues 5 Sep 2011 0 comments "At the end of 2010, the West Australian Industrial Relations Commission made a significant order regarding the issue of sickness certificates. This seems to have slipped under the medical…
Expect the unexpected 15 Aug 2011 0 comments GRACE is a remarkable woman for 100 years old. She is very alert, plays the piano for the “old people” in the residential home, plays bridge every week and is computer literate.
Tables turned 8 Aug 2011 0 comments A MAN with the flu is not a pretty picture (evidence-based), less so a male GP with a painful cervical disc protrusion. Some weeks ago, I moved a hardwood bed, and over the next few days developed…
How times have changed 5 Aug 2011 0 comments THERE is a school of thought suggesting that, in early adulthood, sex is the main preoccupation. On reaching middle age this focus might turn to food, while in later years it is a good sleep that can…
A Eureka moment 19 Jul 2011 0 comments IT had been only a few weeks since I had agreed to take over the ongoing care of this elderly patient with multiple problems. This was the second home visit I had agreed to make in as many months,…
A tale of two patients 12 Jul 2011 0 comments IN MY EXPERIENCE: A Monday morning sees two women struggling for self-sufficiency.
When the tourists come calling… 28 Jun 2011 0 comments Every year it comes. Sometimes, it starts with a trickle that gradually becomes a flood. Most years it’s almost instantaneous, like somebody suddenly opened the floodgates. No, I’m not…
GPs hold the line under pressure 22 Jun 2011 0 comments A RECENT article in Australian Doctor highlighted the case of the Queensland Medical Tribunal banning a GP for three months for administering a course of bicarbonate of soda infusions to both a…
The value of a price 20 Jun 2011 0 comments I HAD, for years, hung a small painting (by my mother) on the wall of my surgery that served to break the ice with many new patients. Some admiring patients offered to buy it from me. A few made…
More than just ceremonial 6 Jun 2011 0 comments Dr Mukesh Haikerwal is to be congratulated on being elected for a two-year term as chair of the World Medical Association Council. That is usually the stepping stone to the top job of president. The…