Behavioural disturbances and aggression in the emergency department is an increasing problem confronting emergency clinicians every day. 50% of attacks on health care workers occur in the emergency department.
The perils of social networking
October 24, 2008 By 10 Comments
A Sydney telco employee (Kyle Doyle) has learned the hard way the perils of sharing too much information on Facebook after he was caught by his boss chucking a sickie after a big night out. In an email exchange doing the rounds of office blocks, Mr Doyle was asked by his employer to provide a medical certificate verifying a day of sick leave in August.
Vexatious litigation and pseudocyesis
October 5, 2008 By 2 Comments
Great post from SymTym on the perils of pseudocyesis and potential litigation nightmares in the emergency department.
