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The Patient Doctor
Reviewed by Rama Gaind. By Dr Ben Bravery, Hachette Australia, $32.99. Inconceivable, but credible. This is an authoritative and inspirational memoir about how one man’s cancer diagnosis led him to become a doctor and an advocate for change in the Australian healthcare system. At the outset Dr Bravery points out this is not your typical cancer memoir.
ICU is a 'strange environment' but knowing what to expect can reduce the stress - ABC Everyday
It was noisy the day I met Susanna* in the intensive care unit (ICU). Beeps and alarms were coming from every direction. It was a chorus of pagers, phones, text message alerts, ventilators and medicine pumps. Two beds over, a group of nurses were having a jolly conversation. Across the room a doctor was loudly interviewing a patient. When I walked in with two other student doctors, a junior doctor and our boss, Susanna was all alone in bed five connected to several drips.
What to expect when you're visiting someone in the ICU
It was noisy the day I met Susanna* in the intensive care unit (ICU). Beeps and alarms were coming from every direction. It was a chorus of pagers, phones, text message alerts, ventilators and medicine pumps. Two beds over, a group of nurses were having a jolly conversation. Across the room a doctor was loudly interviewing a patient. When I walked in with two other student doctors, a junior doctor and our boss, Susanna was all alone in bed five connected to several drips.
Bullying of medical students has consequences - for future doctors and patients
Two minutes after meeting me, my bully was on the attack. I was a medical student on placement in a busy medical facility when I met my bully. Normally we students travel in packs, but at this facility I was the only one. My supervisor was having a bad day, so they sent me off to join another senior doctor. Their interrogative 'teaching' style is all too common in medicine and so I'm somewhat hardened to it.
Bullying of medical students has consequences — for future doctors and patients - ABC Life
Two minutes after meeting me, my bully was on the attack. I was a medical student on placement in a busy medical facility when I met my bully. Normally we students travel in packs, but at this facility I was the only one. My supervisor was having a bad day, so they sent me off to join another senior doctor. Their interrogative 'teaching' style is all too common in medicine and so I'm somewhat hardened to it.
A hospital patient care revolution is needed - and it can begin with morning rounds
Hospital patients begin their day at the mercy of the ward round. The sun is barely up when the curtain is pulled back, revealing a group of mostly strangers. They are talking to each other. I understand every third word, I think. They are asking me questions now. They ask about the fluid coming out of the hole in my abdomen. They ask me if I've farted. They ask why I'm not eating much. Someone is writing something; another is on a laptop. As if they've been signalled, they begin moving away as one.
The most important thing your doctor should do, but often doesn't: talk to you
Conversation is the cheapest remedy around and has minimal side effects. I recently had to have a medical procedure to check if the cancer I'd had treated six years ago had returned (it hadn't — thank goodness). It involved using a camera to look for abnormal growths inside my bowel. But, lying on the operating table waiting to be put to sleep, I suddenly realised the surgeon about to do the test hadn't introduced themselves. Maybe they would speak to me afterwards, I thought.
What happens when you say no to your doctor?
Two couples. Life and death decisions. Have you ever declined medical treatment or sought out alternative therapies against your doctor’s recommendation? Even if it might shorten your life? Doctors are the keepers of vital knowledge, but many of us also want to exercise our right to choose. Science Friction walks into a medical minefield, with two intimate stories of choice, love, evidence and personal agency. What would you do?
Changing oncology education for the better
Robyn Williams: Have you ever had cancer? Well, whether you've had an official diagnosis or not, it's likely you've had it hundreds of times, depending on how old you are. You see, you deal with it, quietly, with a powerful immune system and it goes away. Sometimes, though, cancer stays, and that's when you know, and say, you've got it. I've had cancer diagnosed officially three times. But which cancer? There are scores of different types.
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