Opinions

Doctors can be deeply affected by the adverse events in their career. Staff peer support programs help to remind doctors that they are not alone.

To ensure long-term resilience, we must protect and re-shape Australia’s world-class health and medical research workforce.

In Australia our long life expectancy is both a major public health achievement and a challenge, as the complexity in the care of older adults increases. 

The first national Emergency Laparotomy Clinical Care Standard aims to support a standardised approach to identification, assessment and treatment of time-critical abdominal conditions needing surgery, with a particular focus on high-risk and older patients.

Clare Skinner, Phoebe Holdenson Kimura, David Watters

Dissociation is a common and clinically significant trauma response. Clinicians must recognise it early and respond in ways that are safe, evidence-informed, and trauma-responsive.

Cathy Kezelman

Harm reduction has transformed responses to drug-related harm, but emerging evidence suggests current models fail to address the distinct risks associated with anabolic steroid use.

Timothy Piatkowski

Warning: this article contains details of injuries sustained during a terrorist attack.

Aidan Baron

Syphilis cases are on the rise, and inconsistent screening in general practice is leaving people at risk.

George Forgan-Smith, Karen Freilich

Sarah* is 34, works in administration, and has spent two years without a diagnosis. Her symptoms began with cognitive episodes — words vanishing from her screen mid-sentence and memory lapses — followed by functional seizures and right-sided weakness requiring emergency department care. CT scans and an MRI were unremarkable. She was variously labelled with migraine and anxiety and referred back to her GP. Patients like Sarah are common, yet our health system offers no clear pathway for their care.

Adith Mohan