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157 articles across 7 pages
Has your doctor ever cried beside you? Probably not, we are taught to keep our emotions aside from our professional behaviour when dealing with issues which could be life-threatening or challenging. We see these things pretty much every day, so it is no surprise that some become numb to the events,
“I have cancer of ... “ is the beginning of many a consultation. What follows appears to be a pattern, perhaps because a self-selecting group have heard of a less rigid approach to wellness. In my view, one’s health belongs to the individual, and my job is to give the best advice I can. It is the jo
When your own numbers have gone the wrong way three years in a row, you want a doctor who looks harder at that line, not one who takes it off the chart. Western Australia has just had the second kind of doctor. That is all I want to say this week, and everything below is the working. Western Austral
Three years ago a car pulled up outside my practice and a woman I knew got out of the driver’s seat, which was wrong, because her husband never let anyone else drive. He was in the passenger seat. He had been driving when it started, she told me; he had suddenly stopped making sense, and she had som
Photo: Nathan Hurst, Unsplash You have been told, repeatedly and accurately, that you live in the strongest economy in the country. And if you rent, or you are under thirty five, or you have looked lately at what a house costs, you may have noticed that none of this appears to have happened to you.
Dr Brian Walker discusses the urgent need to protect Western Australia's GST revenue share following concerning recommendations from the Productivity Commission.
Dr Brian Walker challenges the government on their lack of engagement with national hemp industry recommendations, questioning why Western Australia remains hesitant to embrace this vital economic and agricultural opportunity.
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Bill, questioning the normalization of extraordinary police powers and the erosion of our fundamental democratic rights.
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the urgent need for government transparency regarding broken promises in palliative care and the real-world impact on Western Australian families.
Dr Brian Walker examines the government's lack of transparency regarding the Medicinal Cannabis and Safe Driving Working Group report and the impact on WA patients.
Dr Brian Walker examines the lack of transparency regarding road safety statistics and their influence on current medicinal cannabis driving reforms.
Dr Brian Walker reflects on the urgent need to address flawed drainage and soil analysis in North Ellenbrook development plans to prevent long-term flooding disasters.
I remember the day she came to the ward with abdominal pain and clearly some sort of intra-abdominal issue. I palpated the abdomen but could not locate an area of concern. She was treated with antibiotics but did not improve. So we did what was usually done in those days. We took her to theatre and
My father died at fifty. My mother lived to eighty and could have seen ninety-five. Smoking took both of them, and it took my little brother, who grew up watching what it did to them and started anyway. He is dead too. I have detested tobacco since I was five years old, arguing with my parents at th
Dr Brian Walker explores the importance of scientific inquiry and the necessity of challenging the status quo for a healthier, more transparent Western Australia.
Dr Brian Walker discusses the need for regular parliamentary engagement with the Local Government Inspector to ensure transparency, accountability, and support for Western Australian local councils.
Dr Brian Walker questions the government on German cannabis legalisation and its impact on driving, urging reliance on scientific evidence rather than stalling tactics to ensure road safety and sensible reform.
Dr Brian Walker advocates for mandatory, science-based standards of care in all Western Australian animal shelters to prevent suffering and ensure consistent treatment.
Dr Brian Walker addresses the government's flawed energy transition plans and the urgent need for transparency in the new capital charges legislation for Western Australia's grid.
Dr Brian Walker explores the disconnect between current police training for cannabis impairment and the evidence-based approaches needed to ensure fair and accurate roadside assessment in Western Australia.
Dr Brian Walker addresses the current status of medicinal cannabis driving reforms, pushing for evidence-based changes to protect patients who rely on legal medication.
A patient was driving home on a long weekend. They take a prescribed medicine for anxiety. It happens to be a cannabis medicine, and they had taken the dose the evening before, the way the prescription recommends. There was no sign of impairment when the police pulled them over, and no test for impa
A man sat down in front of me a few years ago and I have not really stopped thinking about him since. He had served. He came home from that service carrying things the rest of us were spared, and by the time he reached my room the word for it was PTSD, though the word tells you almost nothing about
The last piece left a question hanging, the way the one before it left a question for that. If some of what divides us is real and some of it is only made to look that way, and a person can now tell which is which, then we are no longer asking whether we secretly agree. We are asking something harde