Why doctors can’t decline an abortionLast years abortion law changes in Victoria raise some interesting ethical issues for doctors. Even doctors that are morally anti-abortion must now legally participate in it, explains Julian McGauran.
Australian doctors
PSA tests: evidence — at last!
If doctors were paid by capitation (i.e. by the number of people they serve) or by salaries would there be so many PSA tests? Gavin Mooney writes.
Stop blaming doctors for the health system
To a man with a hammer, everything looks like a nail. And so John Menadue, who has undeniably hit a few nails on the head in his time, continues to bang on for 30 years, writes Dr Graham.
How drug companies are infiltrating public hospitals
Drug companies are paying undisclosed honoraria to doctors to have their sales representatives sit in on patient consultations, writes Dr Ian Haines.
New trial of physician assistants deserves support
Physician assistants are an option for many countries with numerous small isolated and underserved communities with poorer health outcomes, writes Dr Dennis Pashen.
Are they terrorists? For that matter, are they doctors?
Never mind wetting ourselves over the extent of terrorism screening for section 457 medicos, we barely check that they’re doctors. And we don’t check that they’re professionally adequate.
