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	<title>Crikey &#187; Diary of a Surgeon</title>
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		<title>Diary of a Surgeon: what you need to know about the election and health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/08/12/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-you-need-to-know-about-the-election-and-health/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Aug 2010 03:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[australian health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Whether Gillard or Abbott wins on August 21, I doubt either will take on the real issues in health.   Political leaders are obsessed with staying in power, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b> from St Anywhere.]]></description>
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		<title>How to set a world standard for health care</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-set-a-world-standard-for-health-care/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-set-a-world-standard-for-health-care/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[deep venous thrombosis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DVT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Surgical checklists cost almost nothing, yet have been shown to almost halve mortality and mortality in hospitals in which they are used, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Waiting lists &#8212; fact or fiction?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/diary-of-a-surgeon-waiting-lists-fact-or-fiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/26/diary-of-a-surgeon-waiting-lists-fact-or-fiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Mar 2010 01:43:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital waiting lists]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Surgical waiting lists are comprised of two elements. The list of patients seen, assessed and awaiting their planned surgery -- and the other,  hidden list explains <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diary of a surgeon: how the internet is adding to the workload</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-the-internet-is-adding-to-the-workload/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/09/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-the-internet-is-adding-to-the-workload/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 02:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patients are often desperate to find the cure or unorthodox approach and travel through endless documents until they find someone in cyber space who tells them what they want to hear, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b> from St Anywhere. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diary of a surgeon: death of overseas-trained doctors</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-death-of-overseas-trained-doctors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-death-of-overseas-trained-doctors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 02:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[English language]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[overseas trained doctors]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals and regulators, if they are satisfied with the supervisory structure around overseas trainees, should be able to approve their employment in the system, writes Professor <b>Guy Maddern</b> from St Anywhere.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diary of a Surgeon: to err is human</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/02/diary-of-a-surgeon-to-err-is-human/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/02/diary-of-a-surgeon-to-err-is-human/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 02:19:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Surgeons are human, inevitably they will make mistakes that could have been avoided. But it's best that however embarrassing, the truth be told, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Doctors on the market?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/diary-of-a-surgeon-doctors-on-the-market/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/diary-of-a-surgeon-doctors-on-the-market/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pharmaceutical industry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing of products is something all surgeons must live with on a daily basis. Representatives visiting and discussing new products is appropriate. Free giveaways are not, writes <b>Professor Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/28/diary-of-a-surgeon-doctors-on-the-market/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>What are safe working hours? It’s not so clear cut</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-are-safe-working-hours-it%e2%80%99s-not-so-clear-cut/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-are-safe-working-hours-it%e2%80%99s-not-so-clear-cut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Twenty-five years ago, 36 or even 48 hour shifts for junior doctors were commonplace, writes <b> Professor Guy Maddern</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/11/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-are-safe-working-hours-it%e2%80%99s-not-so-clear-cut/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Australia could learn from the US health system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-australia-could-learn-from-the-us-health-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/08/diary-of-a-surgeon-what-australia-could-learn-from-the-us-health-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 02:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[United States]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US healthcare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s now 40 years since America introduced a landmark health reform that improved access for many disadvantaged groups, and it is only now starting to gain traction in Australia, writes <b>Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>When will governments learn &#8212; hospitals are not factories</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/diary-of-a-surgeon-when-will-governments-learn-hospitals-are-not-factories/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/diary-of-a-surgeon-when-will-governments-learn-hospitals-are-not-factories/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[St Anywhere was bemused to hear this week of the Rudd Government’s plan to run it more efficiently with increased Commonwealth involvement, writes <b>Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/05/diary-of-a-surgeon-when-will-governments-learn-hospitals-are-not-factories/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>The under-valued heroes of the health system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/22/diary-of-a-surgeon-the-under-valued-heroes-of-the-health-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[College of Surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medical students]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Federal Government has recently approved and almost doubling of medical student numbers without much planning how they would gain the necessary clinical experience, and the so-called tsunami of students is now washing over the system.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>This is not a spectator sport</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/diary-of-a-surgeon-this-is-not-a-spectator-sport/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/diary-of-a-surgeon-this-is-not-a-spectator-sport/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[patients]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Live surgery must not become reality TV for professional meetings, writes <b>Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/10/diary-of-a-surgeon-this-is-not-a-spectator-sport/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to run a hospital &#8212; by the textbook</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-run-a-hospital-by-the-textbook/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-run-a-hospital-by-the-textbook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CEOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The turnover of senior managers in the public hospital system is remarkable, writes <b>Guy Maddern</b> professor of surgery at the University of Adelaide.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/23/diary-of-a-surgeon-how-to-run-a-hospital-by-the-textbook/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Age will weary and the years condemn</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/diary-of-a-surgeon-age-will-weary-and-the-years-condemn/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/09/diary-of-a-surgeon-age-will-weary-and-the-years-condemn/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[retirement age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In Australia now there is no retirement age for surgeons. Government is encouraging us to work longer, but as the clock ticks on, ageing reduces many of the faculties enjoyed by younger colleagues, writes <b>Guy Maddern</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Welcome to St Anywhere</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/diary-of-a-surgeon-welcome-to-st-anywhere/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/26/diary-of-a-surgeon-welcome-to-st-anywhere/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 03:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Diary of a Surgeon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[surgery]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[St Anywhere is fictitious, but the events and issues are real. <b>Guy Maddern</b> reports from the emergency room.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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