The GP Show

If you're a GP or frontline clinician who wants a calm, practical update on palliative care without wading through a textbook, this episode is a high-yield listen. Through four realistic cases (breathlessness and panic, malignant bowel obstruction in aged care, cancer pain and nausea in a younger patient, and comfort care with renal/liver failure), Dr Susie Muir breaks down what to do first, what to avoid, when to switch routes (subcut matters), and how to titrate core symptom meds safely—while keeping goals of care at the centre. You'll come away with a clearer mental checklist, confidence to start sensible first-line measures, and a better sense of when to pick up the phone to palliative care early rather than late.
Past episode #47 End of Life and Palliative Care with Dr Louise Welch and Dr Sam Manger available on all podcast apps and here.
Clinical & palliative care resources
PallConsult (Queensland Health)
Statewide specialist palliative care advice service with practical clinical resources for health professionals
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/referrals/statewide-specialist-services/pallconsult
PallConsult resources page
Includes practical guides such as caring@home medication packs and end-of-life care resources
https://www.health.qld.gov.au/clinical-practice/referrals/statewide-specialist-services/pallconsult/pallconsult-resources
Faculty of Pain Medicine (ANZCA) – Opioid Calculator
Useful for opioid conversions and dose checking (always double-check calculations)
https://www.anzca.edu.au/safety-and-advocacy/opioid-calculator
Pocketbook of Palliative Medicine (app)
A concise, clinician-friendly reference for symptom management in palliative care
https://apps.apple.com/au/app/palliative-medicine-pocketbook/id1204749954
Practical patient & family support
Gather My Crew
A free app that helps patients and families coordinate practical support (school runs, meals, errands) without having to repeatedly ask for help
https://www.gathermycrew.org.au/
End-of-life support page:
https://www.gathermycrew.org.au/are-you-caring-for-someone-at-the-end-of-life/
High performance & wellbeing for healthcare professionals
Dr Susie Muir – website
Information about upcoming workshops and the "High Performance Reset" for healthcare professionals
https://drsusiemuir.com/
Follow Dr Susie Muir
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drsusiemuir/
LinkedIn: https://au.linkedin.com/in/dr-susie-muir-709916133
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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine

Dr Peter Brukner OAM is a world renowned sport and exercise physician who has played a leading role in the development of sports medicine both in Australia and internationally. Peter is the founding partner of the Olympic Park Sports Medicine Centre in Melbourne and Professor of Sports Medicine at LaTrobe University.  He is a founding Executive Member of the Australasian College of Sports Physicians, where he played a key role in establishing sports medicine as a medical specialty in Australia.  He has been recognised with a Medal of the Order of Australia in 2006, and the recent 2025 Senior Australian of the Year for Victoria.  More recently Peter has become a passionate advocate of improving nutrition particularly in those with chronic disease such as type 2 diabetes.  He is the co-founder of the public health campaign SugarByHalf and Founder and Chair of Defeat Diabetes, an app and web-based program, aimed at improving diabetes control through diet.
Resources relevant to this episode:
Injury prevention exercises - FIFA 11+ and Prep to Play
Defeat Diabetes app and web based program
Dr Gil Carvalho, MD PhD, 10 minute independent YouTube summary of the new US Dietary Guidelines
Paper: Defeat Diabetes 6 month intervention outcomes
Paper: Dose-dependent effect of carbohydrate restriction for type 2 diabetes management: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials
Paper: Myths and Facts regarding Low Carb Diets
Paper: Evidence based European recommendations for the dietary management of diabetes
Paper: Long term effects of healthy versus unhealthy low carbohydrate diets: a prospective 23.5 year cohort study
Paper: Optimal dietary patterns for healthy ageing
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Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine
The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.

Host Dr Sam Manger is joined by Emeritus Professor Richard Hays, a well known clinical and academic GP serving rural and regional Australia.  In the 1990s he became the Professor of General Practice and Rural Health at the newly established North Queensland Clinical School (NQCS) which allowed medical students to complete their training in rural and remote Queensland, setting the stage for what would later become the Rural Clinical Schools, introduced by the Federal Government in the early 2000s. Richard was appointed the Foundation Dean of the James Cook University medical school, becoming the first GP to hold such a position in an Australasian medical school. Richard has over 300 peer-reviewed papers, publications and edited works, including the notable "Handbook of Rural Medicine in Australia" and relevant to our topic today "Travels though Historic Medical Education Sites of Europe" available here.
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Study and learn lifestyle medicine:  Interested in whole of person clinical practice, research and careers that address the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing, using lifestyle approaches, behaviour change, health coaching and implementation science?  Check out the JCU College of Medicine postgraduate degrees: Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master in lifestyle medicine.
Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine
The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  
Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information [email protected]

Host Dr Ashlea Broomfield is joined by Dr Peta Wright, Gynaecologist, Paediatric & Adolescent Gynaecologist, Fertility Specialist and Founder of Vera Wellness.  Peta is the author of Healing Pelvic Pain, published in 2023, a book about transforming the trauma of period pain, endometriosis and chronic pelvic distress. She aims to empower women to ask the right questions, get the right treatment, and make lifestyle changes that bring about release from pain.
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Study and learn lifestyle medicine:  Interested in whole of person clinical practice, research and careers that address the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing, using lifestyle approaches, behaviour change, health coaching and implementation science?  Check out the JCU College of Medicine postgraduate degrees: Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master in lifestyle medicine.
Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine
The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  
Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information [email protected]

Dr Brendan Hanrahan is a General Physician with over two decades of experience in evidence-based medicine. Dr Hanrahan maintains an active general medicine clinic and inpatient practice, specialising in managing complex medical issues and diagnostic challenges. His primary focus and specialized training is in bariatric medicine, with extensive expertise in obesity management, prevention, and associated complications. He also has significant experience investigating and treating unexplained fatigue and dysautonomic conditions including Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS). He has written a practical book on such called "Tired all the time – treating dysautonomia" available here.
Are you a General Practitioner (GP) seeking a special interest that combines challenging medicine with the satisfaction of improving patients' quality of life?  Due to overwhelming demand, Dr Hanrahan is seeking a motivated GP to join his Auchenflower practice to develop expertise in managing Dysautonomia, particularly POTS and related conditions. More information here.
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If you would like to request a topic, please contact us via [email protected] 
Thank you for listening and your support.
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Study and learn lifestyle medicine:  Interested in whole of person clinical practice, research and careers that address the lifestyle and social determinants of illness and wellbeing, using lifestyle approaches, behaviour change, health coaching and implementation science?  Check out the JCU College of Medicine postgraduate degrees: Graduate Certificate, Graduate Diploma, and Master in lifestyle medicine.
Dr Sam Manger on YouTube: Using lifestyle as medicine: A new era in chronic disease remission and YouTube: Careers in lifestyle medicine
The 3 week online microcredential in Lifestyle Medicine and Mental Health: Life and Mind available here.  
Job opportunities: Are you a GP, psychiatrist, nurse, or dietitian seeking new inpatient and outpatient careers in whole of person health care?  Opportunities have come up with multiple successful healthcare organisations throughout Australia, please contact Dr Sam Manger for more information [email protected]