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“Many of the impediments to education and practice in gerontology fields are driven by policy frameworks that are exposed to political influence and competition – and we have to engage with it constructively.” This is one of the key points ...

“The time to get serious about entrepreneurial thinking, practice and possibilities is now.” These are the words of Flinders University and Monash University professor Philip Darbyshire. “Health funding is in a perpetual crisis. Technology is moving too fast for many ...

A nurse and academic with almost half a century of international and Australian experience has received one of the highest awards in the 2015 Australia Day honours. Dr Di Brown, who arrived in Australia in 1973 to work in the ...

In the latest installment of Aged Care Insite's series on the challenges and issues facing gerontological nurses, Dr Sue Lawrence, a lecturer in nursing at the University of Tasmania, discusses the barriers to the development of gerontic nursing as a recognised speciality. ...

Online learning is absolutely essential in a fast-paced world, according to an academic and registered nurse and midwife, but she added it's important to choose the right elearning. "It’s about the type of program that you’re looking at [and] the ...

A leading computational bioinformatics researcher has warned about the risks of online health information forums, saying many users are endangering their health by trusting potentially ill-informed and misleading advice. A study of online, patient-driven health forums by Dr Reeva Lederman ...

With demand for donor organs greatly outstripping availability, the NHMRC has released new draft guidelines it hopes will make decisions about choice of recipients and allocation easier. The draft document, Ethical Guidelines for Organ Transplantation from Deceased Donors was released ...