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Crazy socks talk!

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Do you show mercy to children?

Australia's immigration policy violates UN Convention on the Rights of the Child. A powerful editorial from Prof David Isaacs & @GillianTriggshttps://t.co/gxrOxs9T1r#JPCHFreeAccess #auspoll #detentionharmschildren @Drs4Refugees @smh @ConversationAU @RichardDiNatale pic.twitter.com/7SVpqOCyXF — JPCH (@JPCHonline) August 24, 2018

Old Doc New Drug: Tapentadol — Broome Docs

The second instalment of the series of newfangled pharmacological favourites for your edification. This post is all about tapentadol… and its friends. If you are like me you probably started noticing a trickle, then a flood of patients being discharged from big city hospitals on this new drug. Now I am a simple rural doctor. ……

Scars and the Wounded Healer

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Why rural procedural doctors make a difference !

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Going bush

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August 2, 2018 in Political, Reflections on General Practice.

How to ask someone you’re worried about

How to ask someone you're worried about if they're thinking of suicide https://t.co/g91eE4cZas via @ConversationEDU — The Ripple Effect (@preventstigma) July 24, 2018

July 25, 2018 in Mental Health / Drug & Alcohol.

GP training on Thursday Island!

Look at this amazing place we are privileged to live and work in: https://t.co/6x8G8Vt9U3 via @YouTube @Island_Docs — Allison Hempenstall (@Dr_Hempenstall) July 20, 2018

July 20, 2018 in GP registrars/trainee resources.

A new strategy in suicide prevention

Australians urged to ask loved ones about suicide thoughts and plans #YouCanTalk https://t.co/oci0qDpL5c via @theage — beyondblue (@beyondblue) July 18, 2018

July 18, 2018 in Mental Health / Drug & Alcohol.

Severe asthma in Australia 2018

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July 18, 2018 in Emergency care.

6 new social media road rules — Doctor’s bag

Reflections on the changing nature of the social media highway. via 6 new social media road rules — Doctor’s bag

July 9, 2018 in FOAM, Social media.

Discontinuing long term benzodiazepine use

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July 6, 2018 in Mental Health / Drug & Alcohol.

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  • Old Doc, New Drug: Ticagrelor September 10, 2018
    We all love to interfere with the clotting cascade in modern medicine, and this is a new way to do so!  Yet another unpronounceable new drug.  Ti-CAG-re-lor  is the latest in the family of drugs [cyclopentyltriazolopyrimidines.. forget that word immediately ] that stop clots and start bleeding.  I like to call it “tiger claw” and everyone around […] […]
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  • ConSEPT Trial: Phenytoin vs. Levetiracetam in Status Epilepsy September 1, 2018
    Hi All, Just got home from the excellent, engaging and enjoyable experience that was Don’t Forget the Bubbles 2018. It was really a fun event and the vibe was very relaxed.  There was a lot of “soft stuff” with patients, families and advocates talking to the clinicians.  However, there was also a good measure of […]
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  • Old Doc, New Drug: Umeclidinium August 20, 2018
    When I first saw the name of this medication… I honestly thought that some smart physicist had discovered a new element way down the bottom of the period table.  Naturally, being a total chemistry nerd, I was excited… until I realised that it was in fact just another boring drug to treat the most mundane […]
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    Last week's Senate bill gives the green light to a thousand unsubstantiated alternative health claims. An advertiser's smorgasbord. Continue reading →
  • 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 →
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    GPs in some countries have a fleeting moment to do what takes me 15 minutes. Can less be more? Continue reading →
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    Is the term 'junior doctor' an insult? Maybe not today, but it will be tomorrow. That's how these labels roll. Continue reading →
  • GP Sceptics podcast 12: Doctors’ resilience
    We grill the resilient Dr Genevieve Yates about what it takes for doctors to thrive in a tough environment. Work-life balance, as it turns out, might be a false dichotomy. Continue reading →

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