Health CareSocial issues Life after life support Data collected by the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society shows that 4% of…Sarah RussellAugust 26, 2004
Social issues Turning homes into prisons Victoria’s new home detention program is alarming. Electronic home detention has the potential to turn…Sarah RussellApril 9, 2004
Health Care Doctors, patients must speak out Politicians, health bureaucrats and medical managers sit in comfortable offices doing deals about the future…Sarah RussellMarch 12, 2004
Mental Health Abusive nurses So inadequately trained psychiatric nurses are being abused by patients with a mental illness (The…Sarah RussellJanuary 22, 2004
Health Care If you really need care, public is the way to go The recent reporting of "adverse incidents" in Victoria's public hospitals is welcome. It suggests a…Sarah RussellOctober 12, 2003
Mental Health Staying well with a mental illness People with a mental illness have had a high profile recently. First, a man with…Sarah RussellOctober 2, 2003
Mental Health Good news story It was refreshing to read a good new story about mental illness. This story provided…Sarah RussellSeptember 14, 2003
Health Care Patient counsel Professors Barton and Olver have examined ways of improving elements of cancer treatment in Victoria.…Sarah RussellJuly 20, 2003
Health CareSocial issues Hysterical ‘Pandemic’ Amid the hysteria over Pan Pharmaceuticals, Australians are being warned to avoid taking all herbal…Sarah RussellMay 2, 2003
Social issues Let’s broaden the population debate As Tim Watts, Hugh Martin and Steve Vizard have noted, the delegates of last years…Sarah RussellApril 8, 2003