Volume 202 Issue 2

There must be a balanced investment portfolio in cancer control

David C Currow MPH, PhD, FRACP · Sanchia Aranda PhD, RN, GAICD

Adapting the peer-review process to the increasing complexity of medical research

Warwick P Anderson PhD

New Cochrane reviews on e-cigarettes, C-reactive protein testing, sick leave and kids’ reflux meds

Steve McDonald · Tari Turner

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Is the copayment proposed by the federal government really a bad idea?

Michael Keane BM BS, FANZCA

Recognising and responding with both our strengths and vulnerabilities to help get through times of distress

Beverley Raphael MB BS, MD, FRANZCP · Penelope Burns BMed, MPHTM

A better understanding of patient safety threats and incidents is needed to inform preventive action

Lesley M Russell BSc(Hons), BA, PhD · Paresh Dawda MB BS, FRCGP(UK), FRACGP

We need to legislate medical use

David G Penington DM, FRCP, FRACP

Acknowledging the role of general physicians

Nicholas D Buckmaster MB BS, FRACP · Mark Forbes MB ChB, FCP(SA), FRACP

Surveying general physicians would be valuable

Ben White LLB(Hons), DPhil · Lindy Willmott BCom LLB, LLM, PhD · Colleen Cartwright PhD, MPH, BSW(Hons) · Malcolm H Parker MB BS, MHMedLaw, MD · Gail Williams MSc, MSc(Lond), PhD

Implementing EOL care policies in prisons

Megan Kendall MB BS, BSc, BAppSc(Hons) · Luke Streitberg MB BS, MFM · Michael H Levy MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM

Accentuate the positive

Diana Egerton-Warburton FACEM, MPH, MClinEpi

The benefits of sentinel lymph node biopsy are unproven

Samuel S Zagarella MB BS(Hons), FACD · Michael Sladden MB ChB, MRCP, FACD · Catalin Popescu MD, PhD · Michael Bigby MD

Sentinel lymph node biopsy is currently the gold standard staging test

David E Gyorki MB BS, MD, FRACS · Michael A Henderson MB BS, MD, FRACS

Where elimination of hazards is not possible, education and personal protective equipment are essential

Annette K Hoskin BOptom, MBA · Stephen J Dain BSc(Hons), PhD, FCOptom · David A Mackey MD, FRACS, FRANZCO

Removing particulate matter and irrigating are the most vital steps in chemical eye injury

Bob Z Wang BM BS, BOptom · Elsie Chan MB BS(Hons), BSc(Med)(Hons), FRANZCO · Jill Keeffe OAM, PhD · Kathy Fotis BSocSc, GDipScApp · Carmel Crock MB BS, FACEM

Real life happens outside hospitals

Frank R Jones MB BCh, DRCOG, FRACGP

Primary care providers have a particularly important role in recognising and assessing impairment

Paul A Gardiner PhD · Gerard J Byrne MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRANZCP · Leander K Mitchell DPsych · Nancy A Pachana PhD, FASSA

Patient-reported data show that changes to GP fees and Medicare rebates need to be considered with caution

Richard De Abreu Lourenco MEc(Hons) · Patricia Kenny MPH · Marion R Haas PhD · Jane P Hall PhD

Multiple drugs with low anticholinergic potency contribute more than high-potency drugs to anticholinergic burden

Lynne Parkinson BSc(Hons), PhD · Parker J Magin PhD, FRACGP · Allison Thomson BMed · Julie E Byles BMed, PhD · Gillian E Caughey PhD · Christopher Etherton-Beer MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Danijela Gnjidic BSc(Hons), PhD, MPH · Sarah N Hilmer MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD · Thomas King Tong Lo MClinEpi, BScH, BA · Colin McCowan BSc, MSc, PhD · Rachael Moorin PhD · C Dimity Pond MB BS, FRACGP, PhD

A look at participation in and performance of the assessment process since its inception in 2008

Deborah A O’Mara BA(Hons), DipEd, PhD · Ben J Canny BMedSc(Hons), MB BS, PhD · Imogene P Rothnie BA BSc, PostGradDipPsychol, MEd · Ian G Wilson MAssess · John Barnard MSc, MEd, PhD · Llewelyn Davies MB BS, MD, FRACP

A 45-year-old previously well woman with a probable diagnosis of Takayasu arteritis

Michelle C Papandony MB BS(Hons) · Sharmayne RE Brady MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), FRACP · Tai-Juan Aw MB BS, FRACP

Understanding recent legal developments will help doctors negotiate the complexities of consent

Malcolm K Smith PhD, LLM, LLB(Hons) · Ben Mathews PhD, LLB, BA

Being involved in politics during the Whitlam era, even on the other side, was exhilarating

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)

An open letter to Ban Ki-moon, Secretary General of the United Nations

Alicia Jenkins MB BS, MD, FRACP

In the ward again, at fifteen, then sixteen

Jacinta Le Plastrier

Medical administrators are low-profile but highly effective influencers on Australian health care systems.

Cate Swannell

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Cate Swannell