Health care's plastic paradox: from life-saving innovation to public health concern
Insights from Australia's Senate Inquiry into Microplastics and Human Health.
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Accepting what cannot be fixed in health care
Medicine has traditionally positioned doctors as fixers and rescuers. But learning to sit with uncertainty and inaction can be just as valuable.
Connecting people living with dementia
A peer support program from Dementia Australia is helping to empower people living with dementia.
Zen and the art of emergency medicine
In the high tech, fast paced world of the emergency department, how do we ensure we hold onto our humanity?
Is it time for planetary health to become a core clinical responsibility?
The climate crisis can feel overwhelming. During a busy workday as a clinician when you’re juggling time constraints, hygiene requirements, patient requests, and administrative demands, prioritising planetary health ca...
Sexual harassment in medicine: healing global medical cultures
Over the last decade, I have worked with a team of editors and authors on an international book on sexual harassment in medicine, which has been published by Cambridge University Press. It has been a long, sometimes surp...
Referring to psychologists: why “fit” matters
A psychologist colleague recently described a session with a new patient. When she asked why the person had been referred to her, the patient replied: “My GP said you were such a lovely person.” I’m sure she is. Bu...
Water Bankruptcy threatens human and planetary health
Water bankruptcy is a serious public health issue that must be urgently addressed. Health practitioners have a responsibility to lead in shaping a future where water is protected and valued.
Ankylosing spondylitis: It may all start in your gut
New research from The University of Queensland team led by Prof Ranjeny Thomas, Dr Anne-Sophie Bergot and MD-PhD student Benjamin Cai suggests that ankylosing spondylitis may start when immune cells carry bacterial compo...
