Authors

Richard Hays

MBBS, MD, PhD, FRACGP, FACRRM, FRCGP, Professor of Remote and Rural Health, College of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, Townsville, Qld; University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tas. richard.hays@jcu.edu.au


Book review: Also human: The inner lives of doctors

To what extent should our professional roles dominate our lives, perhaps at the expense of personal health?


Art and the humanity of general practice

Art reflects society, providing snapshots frozen in time that provide meaning through suggestions of feelings, emotions and moods that surround life journeys.


Book review: In turn: Every junior doctor must do their time

This debut novel by a recent medical graduate tells a fictionalised story about life as a junior doctor in Australian hospitals.


Developing a general practice workforce for the future

GPs will need to adapt rapidly to change, seizing opportunities offered by disruptive technology in a globalised world affected by climate change.


Doctor Impostor

Readers express their thoughts on books they have reviewed for AJGP.


Producing a general practice workforce: Let’s count what counts

We need to count what counts if we want to ensure modern workforce approaches can indeed produce a fit-for-purpose generalist workforce that is able to meet the needs of the communities we serve.


Book review: The Australian Medicine Careers Guide

Those without a clear, early sense of preferred career may well benefit both personally and professionally from deliberately seeking a range of experiences.


The other side

Exploring our lives, as GPs, outside the clinic.