Malcom Hogg writes: The use of opioids remains essential to the care of people experiencing acute pain and remains a major component of anaesthesia and post-surgical care. Collectively and i... Read more
Australia faces huge challenges in addressing the mental health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, which is bringing trauma, grief, fear, isolation, disruption, loss, and economic hardship, a... Read more
Women are suffering as a result of gender bias that affects the design, testing, clinical trials, regulatory approval, and clinical use of implantable devices, according to recent research.... Read more
The harmful effects of mental health treatments – especially medication but also seclusion and restraint – were much-discussed at a recent symposium seeking to address health inequalities ex... Read more
When a Senate inquiry’s report into transvaginal mesh implants was released earlier this year, it privileged the voices of women who had been adversely affected. The overall picture fr... Read more
Variation in rates of obstetric intervention, including caesarean section, were recently cited by the Grattan Institute’s Dr Stephen Duckett when suggesting that a new Code of Conduct... Read more
Despite the fact that support for childbirth is one of the most common and predictable health care needs in any community, it is surprisingly difficult for consumers to find objective data o... Read more
The Senators inquiring into the use of transvaginal mesh implants in Australia were very clear about their intentions. They wanted their report to enable people to hear and learn from the ex... Read more
In a recent article at Croakey, the CEO of Wounds Australia, Anne Buck, raised concerns that the new edition of the National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards may weaken efforts t... Read more
In the weeks leading up to the end of 2017, there has been a virtual avalanche of reports, publications and other developments with implications for health that merit serious engagement, by... Read more
