Dr Anne Malatt
Anne has been a doctor for 40 years and an eye surgeon for over 30 years. She loves her work, her patients, teaching and writing, for she loves people and life. Anne feels great joy in being able to share her lived experience and wisdom, that other people may learn and grow and return to being the All that we all are.
Mandatory Reporting: it’s part of the problem, not the answer
Mandatory reporting, or forcing doctors to report to the relevant authorities if one of their colleagues comes to them for help and is deemed...
The Power of Appreciation
When I was younger, I excelled at school. I would come home after exams with 100% and when I would tell my father, he...
Why women make great surgeons
“The ideal surgeon should have the eye of an eagle,
the heart of a lion and
the hands of a woman.”
15th century English proverb
Women now make...
Walking…our way back home
I love to walk. Walking brings me out of my head and into my body and just a few minutes of walking with myself...
Why do we say that we practise medicine?
When we talk about being doctors, we don’t say that we do medicine or that we are medicine; we say that we practise medicine....
Ten Steps to Self-Care
We hear a lot about self-care these days and think it is probably something we ought to do. We think it has to do with diet, exercise and rest, perhaps with the odd massage and glass of wine thrown in, but true self-care is much deeper than this. In truth, self-care requires a foundation of love and appreciation, for all of who we are.
Burnout – Care Factor, Zero
What is burnout?
In the world of cars, a burnout is the practice of keeping a vehicle stationary and spinning its wheels, causing the tires...
Doctors can learn about life from their patients
Doctors aren’t supposed to have favourite patients.
We are not supposed to feel anything, really. We are supposed to be objective, dispassionate, and to not...
Learning to listen to our bodies
We can learn a lot about ourselves, and life, and how the way we choose to live affects us, if we listen to our...
What does a doctor look like?
An article published in 2016 recounted the stories of several female doctors who had offered in-flight assistance to distressed passengers in response to the...
