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Rachel Fieldhouse

New South Wales

Reporter at Australian Doctor

Science/arts grad who writes things at AusDoc. Cross-stitch enthusiast, band geek, and fan of the Oxford comma.

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Articles

  • ‘Am I kidding myself?’: Aussie doctor to move to Belgium and become a philosopher

    2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Fieldhouse

    Dr Ken Barns had a long-term plan to stop working as a doctor when he hit 50. It is finally happening, and he is ready — he is preparing to move to Belgium to start a master’s degree in philosophy. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

  • ‘Women’s anatomy was not considered normal’: The Aussie surgeon who changed how we see the clitoris

    2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Fieldhouse

    When a young trainee surgeon was swotting in the 1980s, she noticed some unscientific — and even disparaging — descriptions of female anatomy as a ‘failure’ of male genital formation in the most recent edition of Last’s Anatomy. “I had studied anatomy several times over a long period of time, and the more time I spent with this book, the more I became aware of its deficiencies,” Professor Helen O’Connell tells AusDoc.

  • Health Minister accuses doctors of misleading patients over safety of their three-day strike

    2 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Fieldhouse

    Doctors say their planned three-day strike this week will not risk patient safety, with EDs remaining fully staffed and emergency surgeries going ahead. But NSW Minister for Health Ryan Park says the Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation NSW (ASMOF NSW) is being disingenuous about its plan to leave NSW hospitals at public holiday staff levels on 8-10 April.

  • Health department tells doctors it could report them to AHPRA if three-day strike goes ahead

    3 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Fieldhouse

    Health officials have told doctors they could be reported to AHPRA for striking next week and defying a legal ban on taking industrial action. The Australian Salaried Medical Officers’ Federation NSW (ASMOF NSW) is urging doctors to walk off work on 8-10 April, leaving hospitals with public holiday staff levels. × If this is your first visit to the new AusDoc website, reset your password here.

  • New Australian guidance lowers cholesterol targets for acute coronary syndrome

    3 weeks ago | ausdoc.com.au | Rachel Fieldhouse

    Patients with acute coronary syndrome should target LDL cholesterol below 1.4mmol/L and a 50% reduction compared with baseline levels, updated guidance says. The new guidance from the Heart Foundation and Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand, published on Wednesday, aligns Australia with international guidelines, says Heart Foundation chief medical adviser Professor Garry Jennings.

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