Liz wants to talk. Not about burnout. Not about clinicians breaking. Not about the tainted ‘wellbeing’ strategies of corporate health. About being well. About finding fun. About connecting with the deep meaning of what we do, swearing a little, crying a little and laughing a lot.
US journalist, activist and author of ‘This Chair Rocks – A manifesto against ageism’, Ashton Applewhite, is calling time on ageism with its damaging myths and stereotypes that cripple the way our brains and bodies function and portray a diverse cohort of citizens (‘the elderly’) as burdens to society.
Emergency after singularity is a future gaze into what emergencies and emergency healthcare may look like after the “singularity” – the hypothetical future point in time at which technological growth becomes uncontrollable and irreversible, resulting in unforeseeable changes to human civilization.
This is a story of second chances – a refugee from Saddam Hussein’s regime, building a home in a new country, revolutionising prosthetics and osseous integration, humanitarian advocacy and becoming the 2020 NSW Australian of the year. Prepare to be inspired.
An exploration of the influence of time and resources on the clinical decisions made, the adaptations and innovations that are driven by this, and an insight into South African Emergency care.
Often when a global pandemic strikes and the hysteria ensues, there appears to be a flurry and an almost impossibly rapid response of public health advice, epidemiological tracking and morbidity/mortality prediction. Global pandemic expert, Isaac, draws back the curtain on work that goes into predicting the next big pandemic to “go viral”.
Explorer, professor and founder of the Climate Council of Australia, Tim Flannery seeks to help us see the big picture of planetary evolution and how humans can affect it — for better or for worse.
Three stories that capture the tension and moments of humour, in the wrestle between a scientist’s desire for the most efficient and best evidence-based cancer treatment and a person’s need for time…the time to be seen by her treating clinicians as her evolving new self. Time is a most valuable currency.
To describe a black hole, you look at the surrounding galaxies. Andri weaves a web of stories from Norse mythology, to his grandmother’s honeymoon on Europe’s largest glacier. We are faced with the almost impossible task of cutting carbon emissions to zero in 2050. The question is – are we too late to do something? What…
Our health care system is sick. We live in an era of factory style medicine, spiraling costs, complex and chronic conditions, and doctors at the heart of it are under pressure as never before. Witnessing worrying burnout in her doctor husband, Lucy Mayes went on a quest to find out what is really going on…
