Doctor makes a plain-speaking change for Change Day

By Julia Medew
Updated March 14 2015 - 10:08am, first published March 2 2015 - 7:17pm
Sonia Fullerton, a doctor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, has been instrumental in starting the "Hello my name is..." campaign. Photo: Eddie Jim
Sonia Fullerton, a doctor at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, has been instrumental in starting the "Hello my name is..." campaign. Photo: Eddie Jim

Dr Sonia Fullerton did something radical recently. Instead of writing up a patient's notes in medical jargon to send to other health professionals caring for that person, she decided to write the letter to the patient in layman's terms and then forward copies to the other carers to keep them in the loop.

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