Ranjana Srivastava
Ranjana Srivastava is an Australian oncologist, award-winning author and Fulbright scholar. Her latest book is called A Better Death.
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When we lower our standards, we let ourselves down as well as our patients. We need beacons of moral clarity like Daniel Nour and Paul Farmer
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A patient’s immigration status can make every step of hospitalisation harder than it needs to be
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Today, I watch my teenage daughter employ the full extent of her empathy and humanity in a way I didn’t
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My friend’s father was an expert in his field, but dementia took a relentless toll – on him and his family
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The alert in Victoria has brought a newly urgent daily reckoning: in the chain of decisions, did the one I took help or harm someone?
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I understand that for a chance at survival, the Covid patient needs a ventilator, but in a career filled with ethical dilemmas, this one really tugs at me
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If a dog quietly teaches my family how to give and receive love, I am all for it
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As an oncologist, I am no stranger to grief. Most people find ways of coping, but it is even harder in the shadow of another pandemic year
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Medical professionals must remember that their patients’ illness has a context, as does their recovery
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My medical professor viewed integrity, a moral compass, and a connection to the wide world as vital to becoming a doctor who cared deeply
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People deserve better than a never-ending stream of unproven practices dangled before them in the guise of hope
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When new treatments are announced, patients are often unaware of the strength of the evidence used to grant regulatory approval
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It is amazing how people who should be caught up in their own worries make time for others
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For all of us pandemic graduates caught in a bittersweet moment, I hope it has made us more resilient and optimistic
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Everyone wants an easy way to preempt disease and its consequences. But patients could suffer from avoidable tests
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Death is one thing, but death from a lack of basic care is quite another. For Indians in Australia raw grief is mixed with powerlessness
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No single explanation can fit the myriad things that affect an individual, but it helps to have a framework for approaching the problem
Australia relies on overseas-trained medical experts yet consigns them to professional purgatory