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- Medical tests
Information about medical tests including health checks, screening programs, cervical screening test, pregnancy test, blood tests and non-surgical tests.
- Personal Alert Victoria
A personal monitoring service that responds to calls for assistance.
- Medical procedures - non-surgical
Non-surgical procedures are used to diagnose, measure or treat problems such as disease or injury
- Medical treatment decision makers
You can appoint someone to be your medical power of attorney, also known as ‘enduring power of attorney (medical treatment)’, to make medical decisions on your behalf when, in certain circumstances, you can’t.
- Medical tourism and insurance
People may choose to travel overseas to seek medical or surgical treatment that is unavailable in their home country. This is called medical tourism, and it's a booming industry worldwide. People thinking about medical tourism should carefully consider the risks, their legal options if something goes wrong, and what their insurance covers.
- Preparing for a health or medical appointment
Get the most out of your consultation by preparing for your health or medical appointment.
- Informed consent for medical treatment
You have a legal right to know all the facts about your health problem and any treatment.
- Medical terms and definitions during pregnancy and birth
Like all areas of medicine, pregnancy and childbirth has a number of specialised terms, many of which you will hear during your own pregnancy and labour, and the birth of your baby.
- Making and managing health and medical appointments
To get the most out of your medical appointments, it’s important to prepare well, book early and write down any questions you may have.
- Overseas travel – health tips
The most common travel-related illnesses are gastrointestinal diseases from poorly prepared foods or untreated water.