By Anonymous The other day I came across a very interesting letter on NurseUncut.com.au. It was a letter from a woman whose elderly mother is in an aged care facility. It was a very touching and moving piece of writing – you could hear the love this woman, Belinda, had for her mother in every...
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Doctors, nurses, specialists and other health care workers are meant to help people heal, to help prevent death. And yet, in the past few months there has been an alarmingly high rate of suicide among doctors. In the past few months alone, suicides of four young doctors in New South Wales have garnered attention from...
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Urinary tract infections are a common problem for older people. While most women will develop a UTI at some time during their adult lives, men over the age of 50 are also particularly at risk. UTIs account for 1.2 per cent of all GP consultations. In Australia, three were more than 73,000 hospitalisations for...
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