• 42 minutes 27 seconds
    Understanding neuropsychiatry

    Writs and Cures special guest Professor Dennis Velakoulis talks neuropsychiatry. Plus, with it being Grand Final week in Melbourne the team take a look at the legalities around ticket resales.

    25 September 2018, 9:00 am
  • 40 minutes 26 seconds
    Victorian review into assisted reproduction

    Writs and Cures looks into the Victorian review of assisted reproductive treatment. Plus what are you really buying when you click buy or accept on online media sites?  

    18 September 2018, 9:00 am
  • 40 minutes 59 seconds
    Changing the language of cancer

    Writs and cures looks at the language we use around cancer and special guest Carolyn Sparke QC explains some important changes when it comes to wills

    21 August 2018, 9:00 am
  • 39 minutes 17 seconds
    Understanding physiotherapy

    Writs and Cures explores the world of physiotherapy plus delves into the implications of some proposed new rental laws

    14 August 2018, 9:00 am
  • 42 minutes 10 seconds
    Grief in a digital world

    Writs and Cures delves into what it means to grieve in a digital world plus the team take a look at the My Health Record Debate

    7 August 2018, 9:00 am
  • 41 minutes 7 seconds
    Navigating social media in the workplace

    Writs and Cures looks at whether you can be fired for positing things on social media your workplace doesn't like. Plus Dr David Bradford shares the story of his remarkable life at the forefront of the fight against HIV/AIDS

    31 July 2018, 9:00 am
  • 38 minutes 7 seconds
    Writs and Cures: Night Court

    In this edition of Writs and Cures the team talk 24/7 justice with the introduction of Night Courts. Plus Soapbox delves into doctors, discipline, and the right to privacy

    24 July 2018, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 10 seconds
    Writs and Cures: Female representation in the legal profession

    In this edition of Writs and Cures, Dr Nick Carr and Bill O'Shea join David Astle and Monash Health’s Chief Legal Officer Katherine Lorenz to discuss why female lawyers over the age of 50 are dropping out of the practice more quickly than their male counterparts.

    Plus Associate Professor Doug Boyle, the director of the University of Melbourne’s Research Information Technology Unit, joins the group to explain how using health data can improve Victoria’s expensive and fragmented medical system.

    5 June 2018, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 39 seconds
    Writs and Cures: Defence, liberty and Law Week

    In this edition of Writs and Cures, Dr Nick Carr and Bill O'Shea join with Lindy Burns and high-profile criminal defence lawyer Rob Stary for a wide ranging discussion on personal liberties, the pressures on the justice system and some of the challenges faced by lawyers today.

    15 May 2018, 9:00 am
  • 43 minutes 20 seconds
    Writs and cures: Emergency trauma management

    In this edition of Writs and Cures, Steve Ellen and Bill O'Shea join Lindy Burns for a discussion about the demise of democracy and whether citizens' assemblies may be the way forward.Plus, Dr Amit Maini, a physician from The Alfred hospital's Emergency and Trauma Centre, shares his experience of dealing with acute trauma cases and why Victoria has one of the better trauma survival rates across the globe.

    1 May 2018, 9:00 am
  • 40 minutes 33 seconds
    Writs and Cures: Should smoking be shown on screen?

    In this edition of Writs and Cures, Steve Ellen and Bill O’Shea join Lindy Burns and co-host Dilruk Jayasinha to talk about the morality of showing smoking in film and on television.

    Plus special guests Kate Booth and Emily Hart from Maurice Blackburn Lawyers join the group to discuss a new pro bono patient legal clinic they run at the Alfred Hospital.

    24 April 2018, 9:00 am
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