Where the Dust Settles – Lessons from the past provide warnings for the future
Where the Dust Settles – Lessons from the past provide warnings for the future by Duncan Graham
Ornamental language
There are many very important people in the community. We are surrounded by them. And they are very easy to spot. They are the people who don’t have to obey road rules like the rest of us. They don’t have to obey social distancing rules. They can talk very loudly on their mobile phones anywhere they want whenever the urge arises. Stand back and let them at it. After all, they are talking to other very important people about extremely vital things.
Polypropylene Vaginal Mesh
Today, 21 November 2019, the Federal Court gave judgment in the long-running class action against Ethicon and Johnson & Johnson Medical for the sale and use of polypropylene vaginal mesh for the treatment of pelvic organ prolapse and polypropylene tape for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence.
Dogs and Dicks
The central character in Philip Roth’s The Counterlife described the priorities of his English wife’s family as, “if you weren’t a dog or didn’t have a penis, you weren’t likely to get much attention.” He was clearly referring to ‘good’ attention rather than the all too familiar ‘bad’ attention lying behind the ‘me too’ movement.
Being Good
Most of us are brought up to believe that, if we work hard, treat people decently, adhere to values such as honesty and fairness, then we will have a happy life. But as Roth says in The Counterlife, “It’s just heartbreaking that if you’re nice to people, if you’re reasonable, if you’re modest, they treat all over you… [I]t’s a cruel thing that all the virtues that we’ve been brought up with are nothing, absolutely nothing, in marriage, at work, everywhere.”
Why Patients Sue Doctors launched
One Thursday 11 April 2019 we launched Why Patients Sue Doctors at Maurice Byers Chambers. The book was launched by the ABC’s National Medical Reporter, Sophie Scott. All 3 authors were present and spoke about the book. Duncan Graham, Bernard Kelly and David Richards, then signed books and were inundated with requests from both doctors and lawyers. A great night was had by the 100 guests in attendance.
