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Ep81: Advocacy from the Top
Episode 81
In episode 78 we heard from some physicians who found themselves taking up the role of advocate, not just for their own patients but for broader syst…
4 years ago
Ep80: Healthcare in a Volatile Climate
Episode 80
The globe has already warmed by more than one degree Celsius over pre-industrial levels and is on track to exceed two degrees by the end of the centu…
4 years, 1 month ago
Ep79: Melanoma vs the Double-Edged Sword
Episode 79
Immune checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionised care for patients with advanced melanoma and other cancers. These days around half of patients with …
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep78: The Advocate’s Journey
Episode 78
The core work of being a physician is demanding enough. But if you’re seeing patients come in day after day with ailments that have social determinan…
4 years, 3 months ago
Ep77: Deciding with Children
Episode 77
This episode is shared from the Essential Ethics podcast produced at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne. It is presented by paediatric respir…
4 years, 5 months ago
Ep76: Making Amends- Medical Injury Part 3
Episode 76
This is the third podcast in a series about medical injury. First we talked about what victims of injury want to hear from the health system after su…
4 years, 6 months ago
Ep75: Feeling Guilty- Medical Injury Part 2
Episode 75
In the last episode we talked about what patients or their families want to hear after a iatrogenic injury. Despite best practice standards for open …
4 years, 7 months ago
Ep74: Saying Sorry- Medical Injury Part 1
Episode 74
Medical injury occurs at a rate of about 12 per cent of admissions, and errors without consequence at a higher rate still. According to Australian an…
4 years, 8 months ago
Ep73: Communicating a Pandemic
Episode 73
There are many layers of public health interventions that can reduce the rate of transmission of the novel coronavirus. Social distancing, mask weari…
4 years, 9 months ago
Ep72: Modelling a pandemic
Episode 72
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought to public attention, like never before, the work of public health physicians as well as epidemiologists, statistici…
4 years, 9 months ago