Broome Docs Podcast 010: Suicide Assessment with Dr Rob Orman

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Back in July I wrote a bit of a long rant titled: “On Evidence, Education, Errors, Ego and Expert Intuition” in which I tried to outline my approach to clinical decision-making, the use of evidence and the role of simple safety principles when we are dealing with high-risk clinical scenarios.  As I was writing this I [...]

Saving Mothers’ Lives: Reviewing maternal deaths to make motherhood safer

The Poms have just released the 8th triennial report into Maternal Deaths in the UK.  It is worth reading if you do regular antenatal care or Obs and have 3 hours to spare (maybe during a troublesome second stage?).  If you prefer the shorter version to can read the Executive Summary (21 pages).  However there [...]