A nurse working in a recovery centre for people affected by an eating disorder says she hopes to turn around the stigma attached to the illness. Alanah started her job as an acting nurse at the Queensland-based Wandi Nerida unit, ...
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New guide offers firsthand insights into recovery from eating disorders
More than 100 Australians who have experienced an eating disorder have lent their voices to a new guide that aims to help healthcare professionals adopt a person-centred, recovery-oriented approach to care. There are almost a million Australians living with an ...
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The courts can face a real dilemma, legally and ethically, when it comes to patients with a life-threatening eating disorder. By Scott Trueman. A highly cherished ethical principle that courts jealously guard is that of autonomy; the patient's right to ...
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