Norman Swan
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15,981 appearances
143 recordings
2 series
first heard Jul 2005
last heard 2d ago
Norman Swan’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's up to the patient, it's shared decision making.
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Or a or a discussion.
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There's a bit more in it though, I think, because the British Medical Journal have published a news piece on this, which we will link in the show notes.
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There's some debate and discussion as to this term measles associated death.
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The infant in question.
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Yes.
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And from what I understand from this BMJ article, this is what the reference that I'm using, the infant that died, the mother had tested positive for measles, the infant did as well, and the infant sustained a splenic rupture.
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So the British Medical Journal article says
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That the family physician and Republican elected coroner, it's very specifically that political element is in there, added that the infant's immediate cause of death was a ruptured spleen, but that they couldn't say that it was definitely due to the underlying measles.
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Now there's a lot of debate and discourse here between many authorities saying, well, it's most likely the measles that has caused the splenic rupture in an infant, which is quite rare.
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I would say it's very nuanced now.
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And and and political.
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Agree.
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On ABC Radio National, you're with the health report.
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very
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And it's very validating for people who've often had quite a tumultuous journey and maybe dismissed or not validated before, so
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Hopefully this has been a helpful story for a lot of people.
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When you were away, Norman.
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When will I ever
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Well, you're going away again.
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