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Perspectives

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Being a good enough doctor – from BMJ 2020 & 1996

December 11, 2020December 11, 2020 admin 74 Views 0 Comments

‘When students enter medical school or junior doctors start specialist training, they don’t aim to be a “good enough” doctor—they

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How medicine has exploited rationality at the expense of humanity: an essay by Iona Heath

August 3, 2020August 3, 2020 admin 191 Views 0 Comments

BMJ 2016; 355 doi: https://doi-org.ezproxy.uws.edu.au/10.1136/bmj.i5705 (Published 01 November 2016)Cite this as: BMJ 2016;355:i5705 Iona Heath argues for a rebalancing of

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A doctors touch -Abraham Verghese Ted Talk

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 admin 271 Views 0 Comments

“A few months ago, a 40 year-old woman came to an emergency room in a hospital close to where I live, and she

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Francis Collins sings

February 22, 2020February 22, 2020 admin 258 Views 0 Comments Francis Collins

Francis Sellers Collins (born April 14, 1950) is an American physician–geneticist who discovered the genes associated with a number of diseases and led

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In search of truth

February 8, 2020February 8, 2020 admin 281 Views 0 Comments Truth

Why are we searching for the truth? From the point of view of a clinician, citizens/ patients assume that we

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The soul in medicine

February 5, 2020February 8, 2020 admin 247 Views 0 Comments art of medicine, soul in medicine

The soul was a commonly invoked term during the 1950’s but has has largely declined in popular use in the

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Guidelines for Primary Care

  • Diabetes Type II

    Diabetes Type II

    October 28, 2020October 28, 2020 admin 0
  • Breast cancer guideline – MoH

    Breast cancer guideline – MoH

    October 28, 2020October 30, 2020 admin 0
  • Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Time to reject the ‘Diet-Heart Hypothesis’

    Dietary Recommendations for Familial Hypercholesterolaemia: Time to reject the ‘Diet-Heart Hypothesis’

    July 11, 2020September 5, 2020 admin 0
  • Prostate cancer

    Prostate cancer

    February 5, 2020February 8, 2020 admin 0
  • Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019 October​

    Hypertension in adults: updated NICE guidelines 2019 October​

    January 31, 2020February 5, 2020 admin 0
  • How evidence-based are  dietary advice guidelines

    How evidence-based are dietary advice guidelines

    January 31, 2020February 5, 2020 admin 0
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