Although doctors may be aware of their patients’ struggles with multiple sclerosis, it is rare that the social determinants of health are considered or comprehensively assessed in routine practice to identify areas of concern.
With Queensland health care workers facing alarming levels of workplace violence and aggression, it is essential for health organisations to adopt a safety culture to stop this bad behaviour in its tracks, writes Dr Elise Witter.
Psychological distress can have an important influence on the physical and psychological health of cardiac patients following surgery, highlighting the merits of pre-surgery education and attending cardiac rehabilitation programs.
The Practitioner’s Toolkit for Managing Menopause has now been updated and is available to everyone, not just medical practitioners.
There are several ways women can build self-compassion to adopt a kinder, less self-critical attitude to the self.
COP28 was a milestone for climate change and health advocacy, but there is still much to be done, with more urgency.
A new tool, called the Raising Awareness Tool for Endometriosis (RATE), has been developed to help prompt early conversations between health providers and women about endometriosis-related symptoms, in efforts to improve early detection.
Under the recently amended Sex Discrimination Act, the medical profession risks attracting the scrutiny of the Australian Human Rights Commission unless sex discrimination, sexual harassment, sex-based harassment, and victimisation of complainants or witnesses are eliminated in its workplaces and training programs.
Dr Will Cairns explores the challenge of forecasting in complex systems. He writes that even the best forecasting systems cannot make decisions for us; it is up to us as humans to decide the best way forward.
