Author Archives: Dr Bruce Powell

Summary – Since the creation of the Organ and Tissue Authority (OTA) in 2009, whilst organ and tissue donor numbers in Australia have increased, they have come nowhere near the outcomes that the world’s leaders such as Spain achieve. – Despite more than $300 million of government investment, OTA’s aspirational target of 25 donors perContinue reading “Organ Donation; A Wicked problem?”

On September 16th 2018 my medical career ended. It wasn’t that I made a terrible mistake with a patient’s care or falsified my tax return. I hadn’t suffered an epiphany of self-doubt in the face of the tragedy and sadness that so often colours our lives as doctors. I wouldn’t even say that I hadContinue reading “Only an Anaesthetist”