The NSW Doctor

THE NSW DOCTOR March 2010

President’s Word
The AMA is the only body that exists to ensure doctors retain the fundamental ability to decide what is best for their patients i.e. to be true professionals.

Are patient’s expectations for ‘elective surgery’ unrealistic?
Effectively the public health system has turned a productive member of society into a welfare-dependent patient and family.

Not drowning, waving
Professor Cliff Hughes talks about the new Between the Flags program for responding to deteriorating patients.

Call to boost training capacity in NSW teaching hospitals
With the number of domestic medical graduates Australia-wide set to balloon to 2,920 by 2010 the issue of stretched teaching and training capacity has become a great concern to the medical community.

National grants not enough to get urban doctors to go rural
A national program is offering emergency training to 150 urban GPs as an incentive to undertake a four-week locum placement in rural or regional areas.

Australian doctor saving lives in Ethiopia
AMA (NSW) Director, Policy & Communications visits Bahir Dar in Ethiopia.

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