Editorial policy
How we prepare the content
Personal experience comes first
Between A Cock And A Hard Place shares Richard "Dick" Gorman's experience of prostate cancer and the conversations around it. His symptoms, choices, costs and timings belong to his story. They are not instructions for someone else's care.
Added introductions, summaries and questions describe what the speakers said. They do not turn a personal account into a medical recommendation.
Who is speaking
Richard is a prostate cancer survivor and podcast host with no clinical credentials. Dr Stephen Van Mil is a veterinary surgeon and podcast host, not a human medical doctor. Marzena Rybak appears as a guest and Richard's partner.
The website does not label these conversations as medically reviewed.
Transcripts and editorial notes
Transcripts let you read the conversations at your own pace. Editorial notes sit outside the attributed dialogue so you can tell the difference between a speaker's words and website context. Links to further reading sit outside the dialogue too.
Episode 6 has an edited transcript. Some passages are omitted from the text. Read the Episode 6 notice.
Health information and further reading
When the conversation raises questions about your own health, take them to your doctor or care team. Find Australian sources for further reading.
The products and medication stories mentioned in the recordings are part of the conversation, not recommendations from the show. No personal story on this site should be used to predict your recovery.
Corrections
If you think a page or transcript contains an error, send the page and passage for checking. Read the notes and corrections page for the current editorial record.
Publishing or updating a page does not mean it has received a clinical review.