This week we chat about swapping roles – like when doctors become patients and lawyers become clients. Also, the head of the Melbourne Medical School, Prof Geoff McColl talks about what it takes to train good doctors.
The Radio Adventure – regulating doctors and guest Dr Michelle Gold
Bill & Steve go head-to-head on the regulation of doctors. Bill says it’s a boys club, Steve disagrees. Bickering occurs. Fortunately the show is saved by the inspirational Dr Michelle Gold talking about palliative care and her work caring for dying patients – both young and old.
The Radio Adventure – cosmetic medicine & guest Clive Stafford Smith
Bill & Steve are back from their travels!! Tune in at 8 pm to hear all about cosmetic medicine (the pros and cons). Also, our guest, from London, is Clive Stafford Smith, the founder of UK Reprieve – a charity dedicated to assisting prisoners on death row. 774ABC radio or via the web with Lindy…
Writs & Cures – 774ABC Radio – Cosmetic surgery and human rights law
Lindy, Bill & Steve begin with a discussion of the risks of cosmetic surgery, before being joined by the UK head of Reprieve – Clive Stafford Smith – to chat about their work defending the rights of people facing the death penalty. https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/risks-cosmetic-surgery-top/id1023534464?i=348195975&mt=2
Radiotherapy – Ice Addiction & more….
What exactly should a parent do when a child or a loved one gets addicted to ice? There is no clear answer but the team of Doolittle and Dr Capri try to explore the issues surrounding drug treatment for these addicted with Professor and director of Turning Point Dan Lubman and mother Debbie Warner, who has…
The Radio Adventure – Obesity & guest nutritionist Jerome Sarris
What’s worse for your health? Smoking, obesity or alcohol? Tonight we tackle obesity: What can you do? What can your doctor do? What can the government do? Then we interview Jerome Sarris – an expert who crosses the divide between traditional and complementary medicine (meaning he knows about both!). He’s going to tell us about…
The Radio Adventure – refusing medical treatment, and guest lawyer Emily Hart
We all have the right to refuse treatment – but what if you are a pregnant woman and the refusal places your unborn child at risk? Where do you stand on this issue? On tonight’s Radio Adventure we’ll look at the medicine and law around the recent case from Sydney where a pregnant Jehovah’s Witness…
The Radio Adventure – US human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson
Our guest is legendary US lawyer Bryan Stevenson, the U.S. anti-death penalty campaigner and founder of the the Equal Justice Initiative, talking about his work. For our soapbox segment we’ll be chatting about social media – the good, the bad and the ugly!!
Radiotherapy – nutrition for mental health, sexual harassment and medical marijuana
Dolittle, Lex Judicarta and Master Doyle are have special guests Dr Jerome Sarris who is a research fellow at the University of Melbourne and writer Catherine Deveny join in n the show this week. They all chat about changing the legal age of drinking, sexual harassment within the hospital workplace, the connections between nutrition and…
The Radio Adventure – guest Marcia Neave AO & predictors of a good marriage.
Family Violence – Our special guest tonight is Marcia Neave AO – the new Victorian Royal Commissioner into Family Violence. Soapbox is about the predictors of a good marriage!