• Clinical Communiqué Volume 5 Issue 4 December 2018

    Clinical Communiqué Volume 5 Issue 4 December 2018

    Welcome to the final edition of the Clinical Communiqué for 2018. We finish this year with a double edition, drawing attention to the important lessons covered through the year, and featuring three cases on the theme of doctor-patient communication. We wrap-up our extended edition with a special commentary by a renowned clinician and writer.

  • Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 4 November 2018

    Residential Aged Care Communiqué Volume 13 Issue 4 November 2018

    Welcome to the final issue for 2018. We present the findings of the Coroner’s Inquest into a resident death at an aged care facility in Oakden, South Australia, that occurred in 2008. The finding was delivered in September this year, more than 10 years after the death of the resident.

  • Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2019

    Future Leaders Communiqué Volume 4 Issue 1 January 2019

    Welcome to the January 2019 edition of the Future Leaders Communiqué. In this edition, we discuss the concept of ‘medical risk.’ An example of the many situations that arise in the healthcare system that create risk, and the challenges in managing that risk, is illustrated by the case summary presented here where a patient suffered an adverse reaction to intravenous contrast that sadly resulted in death.

  • Dignity of Risk

    Dignity of Risk

    An opportunity to screen “Dignity of Risk” in your local community. Professor Joseph Ibrahim (Monash University) or ‘Prof Joe’ is touring across Australia with the film “Dignity of Risk” in 2018 and 2019. Invite Prof Joe to present to your staff, organisation or community.

  • Is aged care fixable?

    Is aged care fixable?

    Assault, suicide, malnutrition and preventable deaths: we’re about to find out just how bad aged care in Australia has become. So what are the fixes? And can we afford them?

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