In the shadow of the carbon tax, Australia’s e-health records scheme rolled out on July 1 with what can only be described as a very soft launch. Unlike the carbon tax, the e-health records scheme is voluntary…
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Pharmaceutical companies will be required to disclose more details about their financial ties to doctors under a revised self-regulatory code, but they have resisted calls to name doctors individually…
The more job control an employee has, the less likely they are to call in sick. A University of Western Australia study found…
Computers are being used to assess the effectiveness of doctor-patient communication, thanks to new research. The technology…
Doctors, just like the rest of the population, make personal choices about drug use. Some choose to use legal drugs such as tobacco and alcohol; others take illicit substances like cannabis and amphetamines…
Most of us consider health care to be a basic human right, rather than a privilege. In both philosophical and practical terms, the availability of high-quality health care is a national imperative. But…
Going to the doctor is, in many ways, like visiting a car sales yard. The customer has a limited knowledge of the product and the supplier may have a financial incentive to over-service or overcharge…
A top Australian medical journal has called for an end to prolonged mandatory detention of refugees, warning that time in detention is associated with poor mental and physical health. The Medical Journal…
Female GPs are generally younger than their male counterparts and see more female and young patients, a University of Sydney…
An Apple iPad application has been launched to help doctors choose the best treatment for their patients. The application…
A small number of private practice doctors in Victoria are responsible for nearly a fifth of complaints, according to research…
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Professor, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Joel Lexchin é um amigo do The Conversation.
Professor Emeritus of Health Policy and Management, York University, Canada
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Associate Professor, Family Medicine, Queen's University, Ontario
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Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash University, Monash University
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Professor of Nursing, University of Hull
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Professor and Executive Dean of School, Medical and Health Sciences, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer, Massey University
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Honorary Senior Fellow in Health Service Research, University of Birmingham
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Brett Montgomery é um amigo do The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Professor of Health Law and Bioethics, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Washington
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Professor of Organisational Ethnography, Cambridge Judge Business School
