Most forms of medical treatment carry some risk. Sometimes (not always, but sometimes) the risks of treatment outweigh the likely benefits. There's a perception that doctors make the big decisions about treatment, while patients live with the outcomes, good or bad. However, usually the big decisions about treatment are ours, the patients', to make. “Isn’t that what doctors are for?” we might ask. “Making decisions?&rdqu...

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ReturnToWorkSA has partnered with Return to Work Matters to provide South Australian Return to Work Coordinators with a free online resource. This website gives coordinators access to practical injury management tools and instructive articles that summarize the findings of evidence based research.