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Something’s Amish: how COVID has affected Amish communities

WebSomething’s Amish: how COVID has affected Amish communities. Once the disease entered the community, health officials faced the task of restraining it. By Ariana …

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No more ignoring culture: deep re-thinking of mental health …

WebOn Boxing Day 2004, a tsunami struck Sri Lanka. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake, deep in the Indian Ocean, led to the loss of over 30,000 Sri Lankan lives. …

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Misogyny in healthcare

WebMisogyny in healthcare. Women’s encounters with dismissive or invalidating behaviour in healthcare settings are distressingly common. Honi Soit spoke to women …

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Care in confinement: How ancient traditions impact women’s …

WebThe push and pull of non-western reproductive health practices.

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We won’t know the true extent of COVID-19’s impact on the …

WebLike a boulder (or microscopic, yet angry virus) dropped into a glass-still pond, the effects of COVID-19, both positive and negative, will stay with the Australian …

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Women’s health in Palestine

WebThe Palestinian Medical Relief Society has made several recommendations in order to promote and improve women’s health in the Palestinian territories. They …

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Barriers to diagnosis: the function of self-diagnosis in …

WebSelf-diagnosis in popular media is generally viewed as a dangerous, misleading or attention-seeking act. However, the truth is that there are many barriers to …

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Care down there: how euphemisms impede healthcare

WebOne respondent lamented the lack of a clear, all-encompassing label for female genitalia without the clinical or medical tone of “vulva” or “vagina”. These words …

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Women and healthcare

WebIn Australia, we are lucky enough to have a fairly well-functioning healthcare system that ostensibly allows everyone access to the care they need, regardless of their …

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A portrait of my anxiety

WebAn honest picture of mental health. Content warning: anxiety, mental health. An unanswerable question has plagued me for what feels like years: why am I anxious? …

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Healthcare news: reproductive access and the nurses and midwives

WebThe key demands of the campaign include a wage increase of 4.7% and safe nurse-to-patient ratios of one-to-four on ward floors and one-to-three in emergency. Early …

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Prisons in lockdown: The public health case for abolition

WebIncarceration is a public health crisis. This article mentions the names of Aboriginal people who have died. As the prison population experiences its largest …

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Rad Ed review: The Biopolitics of Sex

WebAs part of Radical Education Week, Oscar Chaffey and Tia Ramsey of the Queer Action Collective hosted a forum on the biopolitics of sex. The forum debunked …

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Climate change increasing risk of cardiovascular disease

WebStudies have also revealed that “each one-degree Celsius increase in temperature is associated with a 6% increase in CVD” and related hospitalisations. With …

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‘Cool and refreshing’: Med Revue 2022, ‘Pandemic! at the Disco’

WebAccomplished and full of talent, Pandemic! at the Disco was a splendid entry in this year’s revue season despite its hitches, proving that the future of Med Revue is in …

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Crisis after crisis: The ‘toxic’ managerial culture in the Faculty of

WebThree and a half years ago, I picked a medical science degree, like many confused seventeen-years-olds before me, because I’d always loved biology in high …

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Victoria to tackle nursing shortage by providing free nursing

WebThe Victorian Government has announced it will make studying nursing and midwifery degrees free for domestic students in 2023 and 2024 in a move to address the …

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‘Make ratios law, or we’re walking out the door’: Nurses and …

WebThe Nurses and Midwives Association (NSWNMA) went on strike for the third time this year yesterday, walking off the job for 24 hours in a bid to fight against the …

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