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How can we save lives in hospitals? Start by looking for and investigating red flags

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageState health departments should continuously monitor the hospital activity data it collects for red flags. Tyler Olson/Shutterstock

Earlier this month, the Victorian Health Department released the results of an independent review into its handling of the tragic events at Bacchus Marsh hospital between 2013 and 2014.

Over this period, seven babies...

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Why an unfairness test might be a better way to tackle big business bullies

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageWoolworths is being pursued by the corporate regulator for its treatment of smaller suppliers.AAP/Dan Peled

Unconscionable conduct proceedings against Woolworths by the corporate regulator announced this week are a (yet another) brave attempt to crack down on an activity that has been historically very hard to police.

But a looming review of...

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Some notes on the female orgasm in 2015

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor
imageThe alleged sexual incompatibility of the heterosexual couple is not actually new.Teymur Madjderey

Without the perennially interesting problem of the female orgasm, it sometimes seems that the oddly sex-segregated world of men’s and women’s magazines would run out of content.

In 2015, for instance, Men’s Health ran a number of...

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