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- How to measure med student empathy
- The Fed endures, and so must we
- Tamiflu: an expensive lesson in panic stockpiling
- GP Sceptics podcast 10: GPs at the Deep End
- Pain clinics: how did such a fresh idea turn sour?
- Not just a GP – I’m your specialist in uncertainty
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- Let’s celebrate the bolt-cutter surgeon
- Greater transparency on specialist fees: a no-brainer
- Four Corners Big Vitamins exposé: cuts both ways
- Five reasons why I’d still encourage my child to do medicine
- GP Sceptics podcast 8: Marketing
- Google Health Cards: the first test drive
- GP sceptics podcast 7: EBM Hijacked!
- Does the weather affect our joints?
- GP Sceptics podcast 6: Obesity – Christmas edition
- Anne Deveson, who destigmatised schizophrenia
- Why ‘medicine for the rich’ is sometimes inevitable
- GP Sceptics podcast 5: Lyme disease…don’t get sold a lemon
- GP Sceptics podcast 4: Addiction
- Homeopathy: US mandates ‘No evidence’ labels
- With Obamacare gone, how will Trumpcare affect US health?
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Tag Archives: Medical Observer
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Tagged addiction, General practice, Medical Observer, opioids, pain
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Not just a GP – I’m your specialist in uncertainty
I specialise in managing chaos. I am the lion who watches, the uncertainty whisperer. Just a GP, really. Continue reading
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
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Tagged bolt cutters, GP Tips, humour, Medical Observer, surgery
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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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Four Corners Big Vitamins exposé: cuts both ways
One ABC report examines ‘Big Vitamins’ marketing techniques, as another exposes Big Pharma. Same coin. Both sides need exposing. Continue reading
Posted in medical writing
Tagged #FOAMed, advertising, marketing, Medical Observer, pharmaceutical, pharmacy, transparency, vitamins
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Five reasons why I’d still encourage my child to do medicine
Being a doctor has been a relatively tough gig for around 2,500 years. But the rewards are still worth it. Continue reading
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Tagged career, Medical Observer, medical student, study, university
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