Mohamed Khadra

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Mohamed Khadra is a professor of Surgery at the University of Sydney, Australia. He has had a successful and varied career as a leader in education and medicine, internationally and in Australia. He has a degree in Medicine, a PhD and a fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons. He also has a postgraduate degree in Computing and a Masters in Education.His roles have included Inaugural Chair of Surgery at the Australian National University, Pro-vice Chancellor for Health, Design and Science at the University of Canberra, Professor of Surgery and Head of the School of Rural Health for the University of New South Wales. He has won several research prizes, including the Noel Newton Prize for surgical research and the Alban Gee Prize in urology.Mohamed is co-founder of the Institute of Technology Australia, an accredited higher-education provider that contributes to social justice by delivering accessible and affordable degrees to students in developing countries. He is the author of MAKING THE CUT: A SURGEON’S STORIES OF LIFE ON THE EDGE; The Patient: ONE MAN’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE AUSTRALIAN HEALTH-CARE SYSTEM; and co-author with David Williamson of the play AT WHAT COST?

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Oct 29

A Look Back

by Mohamed Khadra on 29 October 2010

It is so interesting talking with colleagues who have lived through the various changes to the health system since the 1980s about which I have written in my latest book Terminal Decline. Some  were actually part of the meeting in May 1984 during which doctors decided to stop work in protest against the changes that were happening to Medicare.  Many, who have read the book have indicated that...

Oct 25

Terminal Decline

by Mohamed Khadra on 25 October 2010

I'm sitting here in my rooms thinking about a patient I saw recently. John (let's call him John) is an elderly man with early dementia. His wife of 51 years looks after him. She gets up at 2am when he's wandering about the house trying to find the toilet. She showers him, dresses him and cooks for him. She cleans up the messes he makes. He sometimes doesn't recognise her and abuses her thinking...

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