Volume 202 Issue 3

The pressing matters now are maximising outcomes, recruiting to clinical trials and being able to afford these drugs

Georgina V Long PhD, MB BS, FRACP

Systematic delivery of multidisciplinary, patient-centred care is crucial

Tiew-Hwa K Teng MPH, PhD · Joseph Hung FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ · Judith M Katzenellenbogen PhD · Dawn C Bessarab PhD, BSW(Hons) · Sandra C Thompson PhD, MPH, FAFPHM

Advancing the state of the art

John E Barnes

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Empirical antibiotic therapy that turns out to be unnecessary, on review, can (and should) be stopped immediately

Gwendolyn L Gilbert MD, FRACP, MBioethics

While Australia already conducts world-class research, future global leadership requires a major funding investment

Anthony L Cunningham AO, MD, FRACP, FRCPA · Teresa Anderson BAppSc, PhD · Christine C Bennett AO, MB BS, MPaed, FRACP · Brendan S Crabb AC, PhD · Gareth Goodier MB ChB, FRACMA, FAFPHM · Douglas Hilton PhD, BSc(Hons), BSc · Elizabeth Koff BSc, DipNutr · Joe Trapani MB BS, FRACP, PhD

New South Wales data highlight areas for improvement in asthma management

Peter van Asperen MD, FRACP, FThorSoc

Health authorities need to review recommendations on how to choose and use mosquito repellents

Cameron E Webb PhD, BSc(Hons)

A more flexible approach than that currently mandated by the PBS is recommended

Craig Gedye MB ChB, FRACP, PhD · Frances M Boyle MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Consequences of the recent resignation of the main termination of pregnancy provider in the Top End

Suzanne Belton PhD, BSocSc(Hons) · Caroline M de Costa PhD, MPH, FRANZCOG · Andrea Whittaker PhD, BA(Hons)

Drug company marketing strategies are not benign

Elizabeth Ann Sturgiss FRACGP, FFCFM(RCPA), MPH · Kirsty Douglas MD, FRACGP, DipRACOG · Stephen Craig Trumble MD, FRACGP, DipRACOG

Adverse effects of medication and therapeutic failure are possibilities in patients who are fasting

Gina McLachlan BPharm, MClinPharm · The-Phung To BPharm, MClinPharm

International consensus in treatment for gestational diabetes is the way forward

Leonie K Callaway FRACP, PhD, GCELead · Aidan McElduff FRACP, FRACP, PhD

New criteria will increase the prevalence of gestational diabetes but will improve obstetric outcomes

Anna S Y Zheng MB BS · Tony O’Leary FCII, FAMS, Fellow(ALUCA) · Robert G Moses MD, FRACP, MSc(Hons)

Existing data can be used to improve the diagnosis of gestational diabetes

Michael C d’Emden MD, PhD, FRACP

Lack of education and personnel are major barriers to effective antimicrobial stewardship

on behalf of the Australasian Stewardship of Antimicrobials in Paediatrics group

Limited use of aggressive treatment, but late referrals to palliative care and high numbers dying in acute hospitals after lengthy stays

Jennifer Philip PhD, FAChPM, MMed · Peter Hudson PhD, BN(Hons), DipAppSc · Adam Bostanci PhD, MPhil, MSc · Annette Street BEd(Hons), PhD · Dell E Horey PhD, MMedSc(ClinEpidemiol), BAppSc · Sanchia Aranda PhD, MN · Rachel Zordan PhD, BSc(Psych), BSc(Health) · Bruce D Rumbold PhD, MA, MSc · Gaye Moore PhD, MPD, BN(Hons) · Vijaya Sundararajan MD, MPH, FACP

Peer review of multidisciplinary teams can improve cancer care, but needs fine-tuning

Neli S Slavova-Azmanova MD, PhD · Claire E Johnson PhD · Cameron Platell MB BS, PhD, FRACS · Sean Bydder MB ChB, MBA, FRANZCR · Christobel M Saunders MB BS, FRCS, FRACS

A statewide coaching program overcomes obstacles of distance and limited access to health services

Chantal F Ski BA(Hons), PhD · Margarite J Vale PhD, FCSANZ · Gary R Bennett MN · Victoria L Chalmers ExecMPublicAdmin, GradDipLibInfoStud, BCom · Kim McFarlane MB BS, FRACGP · V Michael Jelinek MB BS, MD, FCSANZ · Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · David R Thompson MA, MBA, PhD

Advanced age should not be the major factor in considering a patient for curative radiotherapy

Richard C Khor BMedSc, MB BS, FRANZCR · Mathias Bressel BSc, MSc · Jo Tedesco MBIT · Keen Hun Tai MB BS, FRANZCR · David L Ball MB BS, MD, FRANZCR · Gillian M Duchesne MB ChB, MD, FRANZCR · Helen Farrugia BAppSc(HIM), GradDip(BIT) · Wai Kuan Yip PhD, GradDipAppStats · Farshad Foroudi MB BS, MPA, FRANZCR

There is growing evidence that medications with anti-TNF-alpha activity may have a role in immunocompetent individuals

James S Molton MB BS, BSc, FRACP · Paul J Huggan BSc(Hons), MB ChB · Sophia Archuleta MD

A fearless and innovative tobacco control campaigner

Mike Daube AO, BA(Hons), HonDSci · Todd Harper BEc, PostGradDip Health Prom, MHealthEcon · David J Hill AO, PhD, HonMD

I just don’t want to have to tell my mother I have heart disease at twenty-eight …

Katie Herman MFA

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and the extended voting group

General practitioners, surgeons, specialists, administrators, researchers and policymakers — medical professionals were well represented in the Australia Day Honours list

Cate Swannell