Australia's Own Patch Adams Loses His Battle With Cancer
A pioneering Australian doctor who sought to use laughter as a form of medicine has…More
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QLD Doctors Threaten Mass Resignations
Despite last minute concessions by the State Health Minister, the QLD State Government under Premier…More
Barnett's Budget Hospital Puts Kids At Risk
Princess Margaret Hospital, currently WA’s major paediatric hospital, is scheduled to be closed in 2015…More
Patients Before Patents
Jamal* is 15-years-old and lives in an orphanage for HIV positive children in a poor…More
Privatised Health Means Public Illness
Last week, Ben Eltham summarised the Grattan Institute’s recent work on budget pressures on Australian…More
Can Sharing Make Us Healthier?
This is part two of Vanessa Murray’s series on Open Data. Read part one here.…More
The Sacred Status Of Private Health
Some bad ideas, such as building water desalination plants and privatising electricity retailing, just won’t…More
The Health System We Lost
Who stole our health system? The one taxpayers have investing in for 40 years, that…More
Are Private Health Subsidies Worth It?
When an industry has become dependent on a subsidy, it uses every means to justify…More
The Help That Michelle Beets Needed
Michelle Beets was the Nursing Unit Manager of Emergency Department of Royal North Shore Hospital.…More