The dispute between the Australian Nursing Federation and Victoria’s Baillieu government is expected to be resolved today.
Nurses ceased industrial action two weeks ago. For the Victorian community it…
The frequently cited Netherlands study doesn't show it's safe to give birth at home in Australia.
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We’re fortunate to live in a society where robust evidence forms the basis of the information health-care professionals provide to patients – and home birth should be no exception. But the evidence about…
The strike in Victoria has drawn national attention to the working conditions of nurses across the country.
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Ongoing industrial action by Victoria’s nurses has focused public attention on acute health-care services, and provided an opportunity to examine the way those services should best be supported, funded…
An equal relationship between doctors and nurses working in general practice will mean comprehensive primary health care for patients.
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Doctors and nurses appear to work harmoniously together but this apparently serene state of affairs is actually hiding inequality. Instead of giving nurses the room to shine in their workplace, the traditional…
Home help is much more effective than written instructions from a doctor.
The new Victorian Health Plan 2012-22 offers a bleak prognosis: forever rising medical costs, doctors in the wrong places, hospitals overwhelmed.
To make matters worse, it claims that patients can’t be…
