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Interview with Dr Doron Samuell, psychiatrist and behavioural scientist

contributorDr Doron Samuell

There are deep, systemic problems with the way we manage mental health claims, according to Dr...

Form-fitting functional abilities to workers

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

A simple but effective South Australian initiative helps physios communicate with GPs about...

The need for a paradigm shift in rehabilitation

contributorPam Garton

Guest writer Pam Garton, Occupational Therapist, Abilita Services, has 27 years of experience in...

Toxic Doctors

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

What do you do with a toxic doctor?

Durable RTW - was life meant to be this hard?

contributorDr Mary Wyatt

Why are the numbers of people making return to work more difficult increasing?

Superdoc (10) - Rehabilitate or terminate - who cares?

contributorSuperDoc

Financial rewards and KPIs as perverse incentives.

Let's get ethical, ethical

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

A code of ethics would have helped former return to work coordinator 'Layla' to educate injured...

Right to rehab: a right for all

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Terminally ill patients are LIVING with their illness, and so deserve the same rehab attention...

Does rehabilitation need energising?

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Survival to revival - energising rehabilitation.

Complacency in return to work programs does not produce good outcomes

contributorSarah Duffield

An injured worker, with knee injuries and heart condition, is made redundant and has to deal...

Rehabilitation of cancer patients - addressing a lack

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Why is it then that cancer survivors have less access to help with rehabilitation post-treatment?

Cancer-related disability: getting on with life and work

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

Cancer patients need thorough reviews post treatment so they can return to suitable working...

Before and after a brain injury

contributorAnna Kelsey-Sugg

What is a brain injury and how should it be managed?