Tag: medical opinions

Muzzling Medical Free Speech

Commentary On Oct. 12, 2022, the Queensland Parliament, with bipartisan support, passed the Health Practitioner Regulation National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022 (pdf). Among other changes, this legislation confers new discretionary powers on bureaucrats to pressure medical practitioners into supporting government’s views on health. Specifically, if the health ombudsman reasonably believes that a…


The Power of Multiple Opinions

We were on a three-hour road trip. My husband, Scott, was “driving” a self-driving car, our friend Tommy sat in the passenger seat, and I was in the back. Tommy was trying to reel in his fear from taking his first-ever ride in a self-driving car and tamp down his growing hunger as the aroma…