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Do we really need more doctor politicians?

Editor: Melissa Sweeton: December 10, 2009In: health reform, mental health

Do we really need more doctor politicians?

We would all be better off if there were more doctors in Parliament. That was the argument made by Dr Tanveer Ahmed, a psychiatry registrar, in this opinion piece in the SMH yesterday. He no... Read more

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