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Category Archives: medical writing
Post-truth therapy: alternative medicine with alternative facts
Last week’s Senate bill gives the green light to a thousand unsubstantiated alternative health claims. An advertiser’s smorgasbord. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged Alternative medicine, complementary medicine, Greens, natural therapy, pharmaceuticals, senate, TGA
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Drug seeker basted me like a turkey
Some people excel at obtaining prescription drugs to sell. Even the crustiest doctors sometimes get done over like a dinner. Here’s my turkey story. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged Drug seeking, General practice, humour, opioids, prescribing, Turkey
15 Comments
48-second GP consultations
GPs in some countries have a fleeting moment to do what takes me 15 minutes. Can less be more? Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged BMJ, consultation, GP, healthcare, Kahneman, Medical Observer
10 Comments
‘Junior’ doctors: what’s in a label?
Is the term ‘junior doctor’ an insult? Maybe not today, but it will be tomorrow. That’s how these labels roll. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged #FOAMed, healthcare, junior, junior doctor, language, medical, registrars
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How to measure med student empathy
Everyone agrees doctors need empathy. But a new study finds medical entrance exams try to measure it, and fail. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged empathy, evidence, Medical Observer, medical student, psychology
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The Fed endures, and so must we
If some old Swiss guy can still win Wimbledon, there’s hope for all us old codgers. Keep moving, or die. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged exercise, Federer, Fitness, health, Medical Observer, running, Sport, Tennis
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Tamiflu: an expensive lesson in panic stockpiling
The removal of Tamiflu from the WHO “core medicines” list is an uncomfortable reminder of the $4 billion we spent stockpiling it during the 2009 swine flu. What on earth were we thinking? Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged EBM, evidence, healthcare, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, population health, Tamiflu, transparency
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Pain clinics: how did such a fresh idea turn sour?
Pain clinics. In theory, a multi-disciplined team skilled at helping those with chronic pain wean off high-dose, addictive medications. In practice: “More drugs, anybody?” Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged addiction, General practice, Medical Observer, opioids, pain
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Let’s celebrate the bolt-cutter surgeon
Here’s to the lateral thinkers, the gritty folk who get the job done. Even if they’re orthopaedic surgeons. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged bolt cutters, GP Tips, humour, Medical Observer, surgery
7 Comments
Greater transparency on specialist fees: a no-brainer
Health consumers are too much in the dark when it comes to guessing fees for seeing medical specialists. Let’s shine a light. Continue reading
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Tagged consumer, cost, fees, health, Medical Observer, specialists, transparency
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