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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her)

@drmarydahm.bsky.social
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DECRA FELLOW. Snr Lecturer #DeakinUniversity. SIDM Fellow Diagnostic Excellence. Health communication, #MedEd, #professionalism & health services, #quality. Investigating all things communication & uncertainty to improve diagnosis & patient #safety. 🏳️‍🌈

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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Interested in #Uncertainty, #Transplantation & #Ethics? (Who isn’t?! 😁) Two related MPhil/PhD opportunities to investigate nephrologists' decision-making under uncertainty More info at med-projects.deakin.edu.au/projects-202... or DM Note: no confirmed funding. DeakinPhD eligibility criteria apply
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Deakin University - School of Medicine Project Listing
You can select a course button below to filter the projects that are available to that course (i.e. clicking on the 'Hons' button will display only Honours projects). You can also use the 'Search' box to narrow the projects. The search term does not need to be exact (i.e. the search term 'med' would return 'medicine', 'paramedic' etc). You can also use the 'Sort' buttons located in the top row of the table to sort certain columns in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Sometimes research and life collide in unexpected ways. Going through uncertainty before my son Gus’s cancer diagnosis really changed how I think about the emotional side of diagnostic uncertainty. Read what Gus & I wrote in this surprisingly cathartic piece. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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A Bumpy Ride: How Patients Experience Diagnostic Uncertainty and Anxiety - Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
👉 Main finding 👈 international awareness for diagnostic safety is growing 📈 🇺🇸 currently producing more prevalent and dedicated diagnostic safety policy documents compared to 🇦🇺🇳🇿. Find out more about #diagnostic safety in health and research policy free via: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Policy is the critical lever for diagnostic safety and one that is often underused, underimplemented, haphazard or vulnerable to political fluctuations. #healthpolicy #patientsafety #diagnosis #diagnosticerror #policy Find out what is and what more can be done: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Diagnostic safety in the policy landscape - a comparative policy document analysis of Australian and Aotearoa New Zealand vs US health care and research policy - BMC Health Services Research
BMC Health Services Research - Diagnostic safety, a subset of patient safety, ensures safe, high-quality care in the diagnostic process e.g. through reporting and evaluating near-misses and errors....
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly - It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed @laura-chien.bsky.social #patientsafety #diagnosis #MedSky insightplus.mja.com.au/2025/46/diag...
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Diagnostic error is prevalent, harmful and costly — Australia must take diagnostic safety seriously - InSight+
It’s time for national policy that puts diagnostic safety on the agenda, and drives real change to prevent errors before more patients are harmed, write Laura Chien, Mary Dahm and Jen Morris. Every ye...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Meanwhile in Germany: #newWords "Bedarfswehrpflicht" meaning needs-based recruitment, to describe the mandatory element of conscription that the government can fall back on if necessary www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
What a fantastic team and supportive funders to work with! Hope you all enjoy the module we made 📓👩‍🏫👩‍⚕️👨‍⚕️🥼❔⁉️ abimfoundation.org/uncertainty-...
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Uncertainty in Medicine Learning Module - ABIM Foundation
Uncertainty is a routine part of clinical care—but it can be difficult to talk about, especially when patients are expecting a clear answer. This module was developed by Thomas Jefferson University, U...
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NEJM.org @nejm.org · 24/09/2025
Medical education in diagnosis that teaches about diagnostic inequities, equity considerations, and equitable diagnostic communication can lead to greater diagnostic equity. Read the latest Review Article in the Medical Education series: nej.md/3VRmANT #MedSky #MedEd
Review Article 
Advancing Diagnostic Excellence through Medical Education in Diagnostic Equity 

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NTEU ACT @nteuact.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Senator @davidpocock.bsky.social has a motion on notice in the Senate to stop #ANU job cuts. 👀 Will ANU Council act accordingly at their meeting tomorrow, or will they ram through job cuts whatever the damage to the University? @nteunion.bsky.social is calling on ANU Council to stop the job cuts.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Are you interested in #Uncertainty and #transplantation #ethics? Dominique Martin & me have a MPhil-PhD opportunity* to investigate on "Kidney specialists' decisions under uncertainty and in deceased vs living donor kidney transplants" *w/ . More 📖 med-projects.deakin.edu.au/projects-202... #medsky
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Deakin University - School of Medicine Project Listing
You can select a course button below to filter the projects that are available to that course (i.e. clicking on the 'Hons' button will display only Honours projects). You can also use the 'Search' box to narrow the projects. The search term does not need to be exact (i.e. the search term 'med' would return 'medicine', 'paramedic' etc). You can also use the 'Sort' buttons located in the top row of the table to sort certain columns in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order.
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Dr swift parrot @teamswiftparrot.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Smiling sibling gang gang cockatoos 😍
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
My first wearable garment, that's not a scarf 😁. Neapolitan 🍨 inspired tshirt. I learned the hard way that wool from a frogged project works up and looks different than 'fresh' wool (in the white stripe). But after 20 years of not knitting, I didn't think I could even pull this off!!! #knit
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Today in #AcademicSchitt when nothing is 💩 and your PDR mid-term is lovely, supportive and collaborative affair 😁. What a difference a workplace makes ...
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.
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Neurosurgeon dials in to emergency brain surgery from 600km away
New telehealth technology allows a neurosurgeon to "scrub in" from Brisbane via live feed to assist a Rockhampton general surgeon relieve a brain bleed, in an Australian public hospital first.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
NO!
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Rhea Liang @liangrhea.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Ever wondered why it seems difficult to tell your doctor about the *other* problem? Or, as a doctor, to elicit what the patient is *really* there for? Fab insights and simple, helpful tweaks to improve from @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and @drmarydahm.bsky.social 🤗🙏 www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...
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How Doctors Talk
In this episode of How Humans Talk, Rune investigates the language of how words shape the doctor–patient relationship, and what’s at stake when communication fails. He’s joined by Dr. Sarah J. White, ...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Hello from Brisbane, getting my #pragmatics fix #ipra2025 #IPC #commsky. Already ran into unexpected participants @superlinguo.bsky.social @elenasemino.bsky.social & and my friend from PhD days George Major!
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Art impressions from Meanjin Brisbane (here for a conference tomorrow).
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
With some manually added as I can't believe none of silverchairs neon ballroom was on the list! Also all of 2020-2025 seems to have passed me by 🫣
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
📻 Tune in! Want to hear more about how talking about waterfalls, sitting down and 'some' and 'any' can make a difference in communication in health care? Listen to @drsarahjwhite.bsky.social and myself explore 🩺 How Doctors Talk🩺 @deakinuniversity.bsky.social www.sbs.com.au/audio/podcas...
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How Doctors Talk
In this episode of How Humans Talk, Rune investigates the language of how words shape the doctor–patient relationship, and what’s at stake when communication fails. He’s joined by Dr. Sarah J. White, ...
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Alice Grundy @alicektg.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
An excellent development! Gay and bi men now able to donate blood. I can highly recommend being a donor -- the staff are lovely, the snacks are plentiful and the demand on your time is very small.
smh.com.au
Ban lifted: Gay and bisexual men among over 600,000 Australians newly eligible to donate blood
Rules that have effectively banned all sexually active gay and bisexual men from donating blood and plasma will be lifted, in a world-first move that would expand Australia’s donor pool and redress a ...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Today in #AcademicSchitt it seems that the 60 day clock on moving my #DECRA between institutions has reset after I did not have a current employment history on RMS. Been at Deakin for 5 months now and DECRA is somewhere 🤷‍♀️ idk... @arc-tracker.bsky.social
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a woman in a suit and tie says " now is not the time for pettifogging "
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An Leavy @an-leavy.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
It would be very easy to add a box to the the observation chart for parent/carer response to a question that elicits whether they feel the child is stable If they are perceived to be deteriorating then that prompts timely senior review and closer observation
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Bullying and harassment without consequences and an complaints systems that is as effective as screaming into a pillow. Two findings from the @ouranu.bsky.social #ANU #NixonReport and those to not just apply to former College of Health and Medicine www.anu.edu.au/news/all-new...
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Nixon Review about gender and culture matters at ANU former College of Health and Medicine: Final Report published
CONTENT WARNING: The Nixon Review Report contains references to workplace psychosocial harm, including instances of bullying, harassment, and gender and racial discrimination. If this content causes y...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
This is an excellent event for anyone interest in #patientsafety #diagnosticsafety Alaska's 5th Annual Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Medicine Conference May 8, 2025 – May 9, 2025 web.cvent.com/event/649d23...
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Home Days of Conference - Alaska's 5th Annual Improving Diagnostic Accuracy in Medicine Conference
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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
The Royal Children's Hospital says it is working with the RCH Foundation to continue funding 13 positions that it  had planned to cut.
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Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital backs down from Cancer Centre job cuts
The Royal Children's Hospital says it is working with the RCH Foundation to continue funding 13 positions that it  had planned to cut.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Today in #AcademicSchitt an unexpected university holiday when the kids* are back in school after the school holidays; yes please😆 *don't show my children 🫣
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
scrap square inside out #crochet blanket coming along
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
he's got new pretty #origami paper!
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
This is terrible!
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‘Appalling act’: Royal Children’s Hospital to slash cancer centre jobs on eve of charity appeal
The Children’s Cancer Centre will lose as many as 10 full-time equivalent roles, including dedicated mental health workers, in a move staff have described as devastating.
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Dr Hannah Murray @hlmurray.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
SHAPE EMCR Futures has published our response to the ARC's proposed grant restructure, highlighting its strengths and weakness from an early and mid career HASS perspective @arc-tracker.bsky.social shapefutures.com.au/policy-revie...
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 11/04/2025
Checking my student's extraction for a systematic review on experience of sexual and gender minority patients in the diagnostic process. Homophobic response in an in otherwise empty survey. 🏳️‍🌈 Love that they called that guy out!
highlighted text from a academic journal article reads " one masculine GP returned the questionnaire empty, but in the free text, left a clear homophobic message to the researcher. "
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
Mr 12 loves making #origami. In this latest making craze lidded boxes are amassing in my house. They are so beautiful but I don't know what to do with them?
3 colourful and 1 white  intricate Origami boxes.
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Menzies School of Health Research @menziesresearch.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS | EOI’s are now open to present your work at the First Nations Health Communication Symposium (21 & 22 Aug 2025) hosted by the Communicate Study Partnership. Submit your application by 16 May 2025: bit.ly/4iaoba5 @annapralph.bsky.social
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
My coworkers are not very motivating today #catsatwork
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
To the left, to the left. No surprises here. This is how my views compare with the election candidates in the upcoming Australian election according to #votecompass @abcnewsbot.bsky.social Try it for yourself! #AusPol #AusVotes share.votecompass.com/oSmCaRh5tFLq...
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My Vote Compass Results - 2025 Australian Election
Vote Compass calculated my alignment with the candidates running in the 2025 Australian election. Try it for yourself!
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
So much to say about this one: #diagnostic anchoring, not listening to patients, #gaslighting and dismissing concerns. All hinge on effective #communication, emotional validation and openness to talk about #uncertainty to overcome. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Repeatedly misdiagnosed teen lucky to find true cause with help from mum
Karen Perks said her daughter was repeatedly misdiagnosed after she began suffering seizures. It took months of personal persistence before doctors found the real cause.
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Jeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
“When something goes wrong in the hospital, should that be hidden and covered up, or should there be a culture of sharing and honesty about what went wrong?” open.substack.com/pub/insideme...
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Patient Safety Network abruptly cut by Trump administration.
The latest DOGE destruction targets a respected project that helped protect Americans from medical errors by supporting a cultural shift around safety.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Ms 9y is home sick from school and the office sign has been updated. (And the referenced Duggy boy. #Cat #SignOfTheDahms
An lightbox in a book shelf, saying "Duggy boy the pipes E calling"A ginger cat looking cute
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
NO VOTE IS WASTED. NUMBER THEM ALL! #Auspol #election
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Tiger Webb @tfswebb.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
never thought i’d say this but please come work for me! the abc is hiring a researcher to assist in the task of providing timely and accurate language guidance to staff careers.abc.net.au/en/job/504660/…
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ABC Careers - Job Details - Researcher, Editorial Policies (Part-time)
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Qualitative Health Communication (QHC) @qhcjournal.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New special issue article: 🥼😄🗣️ ❓why do some #clinicians come across as more #approachable than others❓ @drmarydahm.bsky.social offers a structured, evidence-based analytical #approach for investigation 📖➡️ tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #healthsky #commSky #methods #AcademicSky #linguisticsky #qual
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Not sure how a law against privatisation helps #patientSafety? Maybe the better law change would be to allow private hospitals in #NSW to be fully accredited in line with public #hospital against the National Quality Standards? This is just a bandaid - it doesn't even seem to be in the right place.
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'Joe's Law' to prevent future tragedies after toddler dies in hospital
The NSW government has announced sweeping new legislation, affectionately dubbed Joe's Law, to honour the m...
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Qualitative Health Communication (QHC) @qhcjournal.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
New Research 🏥 💬 @susanavaldez.bsky.social explores the use of the #vignette technique for data collection in linguistically and culturally diverse healthcare settings involving #migrants. Read more here: tidsskrift.dk/qhc/article/... #commsky #qual #AcademicSky #methods #lingsky #medsky #healthsky
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Never truer than #dylan
A black picture frame with a lyric from Bob Dylan's subterranean homesick blues "don't follow the leaders"
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
If your period hurts so much that you can't do all your normal activities, it is NOT normal and needs to be investigated not dismissed, patronised or "socially normalised" #endometriosis #diagnosis #patientsafety #pain #bias #medsky #medEd @acbontempo.bsky.social www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
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Endometriosis sufferers experiencing delays in SA for treatment and diagnosis
SA women with endometriosis are experiencing long delays in diagnosis and treatment because of problems accessing medical services, as well as a lack of awareness, a parliamentary inquiry finds.
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Melanie Wildman 🇨🇦 @melaniewildman.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Germany is now having to issue a travel advisory for the US. Between Canadians staying home, and Europeans cancelling plans, RIP US tourism. Good job America. www.reuters.com/world/europe...
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Germany updates US travel advice after citizens detained
Germany updated its travel advisory for the United States to emphasise that a visa or entry waiver does not guarantee entry for its citizens after several Germans were detained at the border recently, a foreign ministry spokesperson said.
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Dr Mary Dahm 🩷💜💙 (she/her) @drmarydahm.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
who wouldn't want a no-fee Open access paper focused on Qualitative Health Communication! Check out @qhcjournal.bsky.social tidsskrift.dk/qhc/index
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Qualitative Health Communication
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