In their own words: Healthcare workers’ tales of toil amid COVID-19

Original article reproduced from Monash Lens, featuring Associate Professor Natasha Smallwood

One of the significant anecdotal narratives out of Australia’s COVID-19 nightmare has been the enormous psychological and physical toll on frontline healthcare workers.

The high rates of burnout, depression, and even thoughts of suicide and self-harm. The continual rollercoaster of emotions, self-care struggles, and the doomed juggle between work and home.

Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19
Pandemic was published 22 Feb 2022. See more

Associate Professor Natasha Smallwood has co-authored a book, Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic, together with three other Australian researchers, Associate Professor Marie Bismark (University of Melbourne), Professor Karen Willis (Victoria University) and Dr Sophie Lewis (University of Sydney).

The publisher, Routledge, describes the book:

Experiences of Health Workers in the COVID-19 Pandemic shares the stories of frontline health workers—told in their own words—during the second wave of COVID-19 in Australia. The book records the complex emotions healthcare workers experienced as the pandemic unfolded, and the challenges they faced in caring for themselves, their families, and their patients. The book shares their insights on what we can learn from the pandemic to strengthen our health system and prepare for future crises.

You are invited to a book launch 10 August - The Chloroformist

Register for the 10 August book launch for The Chloroformist

In her new book, The Chloroformist, Dr Christine Ball tells the captivating story of an innovative, hard-working and deeply humane pioneer of modern patient care. Register here for the 10 August online launch of her book.

Christine Ball is an anaesthetist at the Alfred Hospital in Melbourne, co-manages a Master of Medicine (Perioperative) at Monash University, and is the 2020–2024 Wood Library-Museum Laureate of the History of Anesthesiology. She has been an honorary curator at the Geoffrey Kaye Museum of Anaesthetic History for thirty years and is the author of many works in this field.

See more and register: www.anzca.edu.au/events-courses/events/non-clinical-events/book-launch-the-chloroformist

The 'bible' of allergy updated

Middleton’s Allergy Principles and 

Practice 9th Edition

Since 1978, when the late Elliott Middleton, Jr., together with the founding editors Elliot Ellis and Charles Reed, published the comprehensive book Allergy: Principles and Practice, these two volumes have been the definitive text on allergy practice and disease mechanisms worldwide.

A number of Monash University researchers have contributed to the new 9th edition and Monash's Head of Central Clinical School’s Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Professor Robyn E O’Hehir AO FAHMS, is one of the editors.

The Longevity List - answering the big questions about living a healthy, long life

Prof Merlin Thomas's new book, "The Longevity List"

“Modern life is slowly killing us. It’s ruining our chances at a hundred and beyond. We have to do something. But what should be on our longevity list when the health revolution comes?”

Merlin Thomas MBChB, PhD, FRACP is a Professor of Medicine in the Department of Diabetes at Monash University, Melbourne. Professor Thomas is both a physician and internationally recognised clinician-scientist working in the field of diabetic complications, but he has a broader interest in all aspects of preventive medicine and ageing.

His new book, “The Longevity List”, looks at each question on the ‘longevity list” further analysing why the list has become a health priority, and giving his scientifically backed verdict on what merit each question has.

New book published: Middleton's Allergy Essentials

Professor Robyn O'Hehir (Director, Department of Allergy, Immunology and Respiratory Medicine, Alfred & Monash) and her international co-authors have published a book of comprehensive information on allergic disorders for medical practitioners. Middleton’s Allergy Essentials, by Professors Robyn E. O'Hehir, Stephen T. Holgate, and Aziz Sheikh, offers a concise resource that is both easily accessible and highly authoritative. Perfect for clinicians in primary and secondary care settings, this practical volume covers what is most useful in your daily practice, with a strong emphasis on disease diagnosis and management.

See more or order at:
https://elsevier.ca/product.jsp?isbn=9780323375795

Interpreting Lung Function Tests: A Step-by-Step Guide

L-R: The authors with their book - Ms Brigitte Borg,
Professor Bruce Thompson and Professor Robyn O'Hehir

Lung function assessment is the central pillar of modern respiratory diagnosis, providing invaluable information to assist in clinical decision making and management strategies.
Interpreting Lung Function Tests: A Step-by Step Guide is a recently published practical “how-to” training manual, which provides the reader with the necessary skills to interpret lung function test results, and to write a concise and informative report on the outcome.
Reference: au.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-111840551X.html