august 2009

Cover Picure April 2006

This Issue: Death, neglect & bias. Sue Corrigan reveals the appalling
medical care meted out to aged & disabled people

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cover story

squarer bullet Sue Corrigan reveals the appalling medical care meted out to aged & disabled people

Features

square_bullet2 Study: People with disabilities live in the poorest suburbs in Australia
square_bullet2 Profile of Mary Lou Carter – advocate, carer & powerhouse
squarebullet Spinal cord injuries – some statistics
squarebullet Nick Rushworth tells how he escaped permanent brain injury
squarebullet Virgin Blue breached the DDA and would have got away with it but for Maurice Corcoran
squarebullet The details are crucial to good public housing design writes Geoff Barber
squarebullet Dealing with the tragedy of early onset dementia
squarebullet Incontinence: a reader’s story
squarebullet Theo Schapel: the poet as alchemist
squarebullet How many drugs are too many? Dr Andrew Gunn
squarebullet Fiona Place’s ambivalence about the r-word (retard)
squarebullet Who’s supporting the support workers?
squarebullet Rehabilitation using hydrotherapy
squarebullet Rheumatoid arthritis? More sleep may be the answer
squarebullet Safer alternative to ECT: transcranial stimulation
squarebullet Lorna Hallahan evaluates the Pension Review

Regulars

squarebullet Shopping shouldn’t be so hard says Samantha Jenkinson
squarebullet Ken Baker: three momentous moves in disability policy
squarebullet What’s On