When all turns pear-shaped in the bush, Dr Sarah McEwan wants to hear more than ‘sedate and ship out’ for her mental health patients...

Some of the most vulnerable people will no longer have the protection of someone regularly visiting to ensure that their rights are being observed ...

It's getting harder to tell the normal from the nut-bag these days, especially in the workplace. Just think about it – how many of your own co-workers are rowing with only one oar, psychologically speaking?

Rev Robert Anderson is head of Pastoral Care Services at KEMH and PMH and has helped thousands from different cultural backgrounds through their grief and loss.

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Dr Lachlan Henderson is experienced and young/old enough to ponder today’s selection of would-be doctors, and what constitutes a good doctor.

Setting up a ‘bottom up’ teaching site at Esperance has fulfilled an ambition of A/Prof Mike Mears to mentor students towards his brand of medicine.

Dr David Borshoff laments the profession’s acceptance of self-promotion and questions its effect on our integrity in the eyes of the public.

Paediatrician Dr David Roberts says the idea of a tax on junk food to overcome childhood obesity is a ‘Leaky Bucket Argument’.

 Bunbury-based Bethanie Foundation Manager Laurette LeCras praises the hard, often unsung, work of rural GPs who visit aged care facilities.

PMH anaesthetist Dr Mary Hegarty reflects on her experiences with the London bombings and in the light of CHOGM, asks the obvious.