While pain may be universal, our experience of it is anything but.
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A common mould has claimed the lives of two people, and left four others seriously ill. Here’s what you need to know.
Homelessness is solvable through affordable and supportive housing. Hospitals should be part of the solution.
Research shows hospital administrators can better plan for how they’d cope if a disaster or terrorist attack impacts a hospital’s ability to function as normal.
People with back pain are increasingly accessing emergency health care that isn’t required and may leave them worse off.
It may be tempting to view hospital parking fees as exploiting a captive market. But the reality is much more complex.
Both Labor and the Coalition have faced allegations of pork-barrelling this election campaign. But we can make better funding decisions.
A new study has found improving cleaning practices in hospital could make a big difference. Here’s what the researchers did.
Hepatitis B can lead to liver disease. But we can prevent and manage this viral infection. Here’s what we know about the latest health alert.
COVID-19 highlighted the need to plan for medical emergencies, but most people still avoid the issue.
As an expert in both criminal and medical law, I am concerned with how prosecution teams gather expert evidence in these cases.
Natural curiosity, developing motor skills, and a limited understanding of risk make for a dangerous combination.
When hospitalised, elderly patients can often become agitated and disoriented. Here’s how you can help them.
Keeping wounds clean and infection free has challenged people for thousands of years.
While some cyber criminals have previously avoided schools and health-care organisations, it seems these are now fair game.
COVID-19 deaths tend to be more unexpected and traumatic than other types of deaths. A sociologist explains the mental health burdens facing the millions who’ve lost a relative to the coronavirus.
Aged care facilities and hospices can block access to voluntary assisted dying, despite it being legal in your state.
New national standards aim to change doctors’ prescribing habits for hospital patients with pain when they’re discharged home. But clinicians also need to ensure patients’ pain is well managed.
We need to document and investigate these attacks, including testimonies from health workers, if we are ever to see these war crimes prosecuted.
Almost half of patients have poor understanding of their emergency department visit. Being aware of how the emergency department works can give patients the tools to have a smoother experience.
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Microbiology, Western Sydney University
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Professor of Nursing and Health Services Research, University of Newcastle
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Adjunct Lecturer (Clinical), Medicine, James Cook University
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Teaching Fellow in Work and Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Certified Occupational Hygienist, University of Wollongong
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Professor and Head of Pain Research, Aalborg University
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Professor in Human Resources Management and Organisational Behaviour, Loughborough University
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Professor, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Health Economics, Director Yunus Centre for Social Business and Health, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Senior Lecturer and Head of Health and Social Work School, University of Hull
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Associate professor, University of Newcastle
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Lecturer in Employment Relations, University of Leeds
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Principal Academic Consumer Behaviour, Bournemouth University
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Professor of Children's Nursing, Edge Hill University