Book Review
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The History of the Port Phillip Medical Association Minute Book, 1986-1851
07 Apr 2013
AMA Victoria, RRP $24.50^Reviewed by Adrian Rollins*It is more than a little telling that among the first rules adopted by the Port Phillip Medical Association when it was created... -
Clinical cases in obstetrics, gynaecology and women's health
29 Jul 2013
By Caroline De Costa, Stephen Robson and Boon LimMcGraw Hill Education, RRP $55, pp316ISBN 978-1-7430-77-2McGraw Hill Education is offering Australian Medicine readers 15 per... -
Menopause: Change, Choice and HRT
12 Aug 2013
By B. G. Wren and Margaret Stephenson MeereRockpool Publishing, RRP $24.99, pp240, ISBN 978-1-921878-69-5Reviewed by Sam MerrielThe benefits of hormone replacement therapy (HRT)... -
The Vinyl Countdown
04 Nov 2013
The 100 Best Albums of All Time by Toby Creswell and Craig Mathieson, Hardie Grant, RRP $49.95, ISBN 9781742703015, pp256By John Flannery, Manager, AMA Public AffairsPutting... -
“Ian Frazer: The man who saved a million lives”
10 Sep 2013
Ian Frazer: The man who saved a million lives By Madonna King Review by Dr Peter ThomasThe unlikely premise of a young and ambitious Scotsman arriving in Melbourne in 1981 to... -
A Medical Centre on the Moon: the story of the first ten years of the Ochre Health Group
17 Dec 2013
By Graeme BrosnanAKA Publishing, RRP $24.95, ISBN 9780987203991, pp362Review by Dr Peter ThomasPeople and terrain, the eternal Australian duet, inextricably linked and given voice... -
Book review - Gordon Parker: A Piece of My Mind
07 Feb 2012
Gordon Parker: A Piece of My Mind Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9781742610740 RRP $32.99 Reviewer: Assoc Prof Jeffrey Looi Most of us are bit players or supporting acts in the... -
Neurology for general practitioners
05 Aug 2012
Neurology for general practitioners Roy Beran Churchill Livingstone Australia, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7295-4080-3 This book is framed by Professor Roy Beran, a neurologist who was... -
Adventures in medicine from the edge of the world
19 Aug 2012
Band-aid for a broken leg: Being a doctor with no borders (and other ways to stay single). By Dr Damien Brown. Allen & Unwin, 360 pages, $29.99. ISBN 978-1-74331-021-2... -
It isn’t easy being good
16 Sep 2012
The Good Doctor: What patients want. By Dr Ron Paterson. Auckland University Press, 208 pages, $31.00. ISBN 978-1-86940-592-2 By Dr Peter Thomas It has never been easier to become...
