A strategic approach is needed to address the health workforce challenges for regional Australia to encourage more rural generalists, specialist training, nursing, and allied health professionals.
Rare diseases have a huge impact on individuals, their families and society, and all doctors must be prepared to respond and help patients on their medical journey.
Medical conferences are a great opportunity to connect with other doctors and even win raffles, but more needs to be done to make them inclusive for doctors with young children, writes Dr Aajuli Shukla.
Doctors in training who may be experiencing mental health difficulties are being encouraged to seek support.
The first national study to examine the impact of COVID-19 on patients with cancer shows the importance of Australian research in examining the impacts of this disease on specific populations.
As the world transitions beyond the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, the G7 Health Ministers met in Japan on 13 and 14 May 2023. Professor of Planetary Health, Tony Capon, was there and filed this editorial for InSight+.
Working as a rural doctor helped improved my clinical and leadership skills, and the patients were so appreciative of my care that they even invited me home for dinner, writes Dr Mogeshni Govender.
Eating disorders sit outside of the normal medical treatment model, making access to treatment and care in Australia very difficult for patients and putting additional pressure on doctors.
We must avoid the risk that health care becomes the target for profiteering, writes Dr Will Cairns.
