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Turning a blind eye, Rae Varcoe
Doctors in Denial: The Forgotten Women in the “Unfortunate Experiment” Ronald W Jones Otago University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9780947522438 My first acquaintance with National Women’s Hospital was as a final-year medical student in 1968. It was an unpleasant experience of…
Tagged with: Issue 118, Otago University Press, Rae Varcoe, Ronald W Jones, Winter 2017
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Science in the headlines, Rae Varcoe
The Edge of Life: Controversies and Challenges in Human Health Mike Berridge BWB Texts, $15.00, ISBN 9780909321339 BWB Texts is publishing a series of “Short books on big topics by great New Zealand writers” each month. They are edited by…
Tagged with: BWB Texts, Issue 115, Mike Berridge, Rae Varcoe, Spring 2016
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Delivery suite, Rae Varcoe
The Rise and Fall of National Women’s Hospital Linda Bryder Auckland University Press ISBN 9781869408091 Many readers will be familiar with the furore which arose when Linda Bryder‘s A History of the ‘Unfortunate Experiment’ at National Women’s Hospital (2009) concluded…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 107, Linda Bryder, Rae Varcoe, Spring 2014
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Diagnostic criteria, Rae Varcoe
Being a Doctor: Understanding Medical Practice Hamish Wilson and Wayne Cunningham Otago University Press, $35.00, ISBN 9781877578366 I have been a doctor for 45 years. How I wish that this volume had been available 46 years ago. I emerged from…
Tagged with: Hamish Wilson, Issue 104, Otago University Press, Rae Varcoe, Summer 2013, Wayne Cunningham
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Medical check-up, Rae Varcoe
The Good Doctor: What Patients Want Ron Paterson Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869405922 Neither title nor subtitle accurately reflects the thrust of this book. It is less about how we might distinguish the good doctor (and define what we…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 100, Rae Varcoe, Ron Paterson, Summer 2012
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Orchids in socks, Rae Varcoe
Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border Gavin McLean and Tim Shoebridge Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 9781877372827 The word quarantine derives from the Italian for 40: the number of days deemed appropriate to seclude a vessel known to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Gavin McLean, Issue 97, Otago University Press, Rae Varcoe, Tim Shoebridge
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Every breath you take, Rae Varcoe
Adverse Reactions: The Fenoterol Story Neil Pearce Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 9781869403744 At the outset I confess to a personal interest in this story. I am a physician (some physicians are among the villains of this piece), and I…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 80, Neil Pearce, Rae Varcoe, Summer 2007
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Not to be sneezed at, Rae Varcoe
Black November: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in New Zealand Geoffrey W Rice University of Canterbury Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877257354 Survive Bird Flu and Other Disasters Bronwen King Hazard Press, $14.99, ISBN 1877393185 This week’s papers contain news of progress in…
Tagged with: Bronwen King, Canterbury University Press, Geoffrey W Rice, Hazard Press, Issue 75, Rae Varcoe, Spring 2006
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, History, Non-fiction, Review
Poem – Rae Varcoe
When considering euthanasia First, you should own a wise physician friend, a young one, the kind who could find a needle in a brainstorm. If not, rent one. If you wish, consult a minister or priest. (For myself, I…
Cold comfort, Rae Varcoe
Medical Ethics Alastair Campbell, Max Charlesworth, Grant Gillett and Gareth Jones ISBN 0 19 5583507 Into the Fire Sandra Coney Tandem Press $24.95, ISBN 1 877178 071 Medical Ethics is the updated edition of the 1992 Practical MedicaI Ethics. Because…
Tagged with: Alastair Campbell, Gareth Jones, Grant Gillett, Issue 32, Max Charlesworth, Rae Varcoe, Sandra Coney, Tandem Press
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review