Volume 202 Issue 4

Doctors can protect public health by raising awareness of the health implications of trade policy

Anne Marie T Thow PhD, MPubPolicy, BSc(Hons) · Deborah H Gleeson PhD, MPH, GradDipHealthProm · Sharon Friel PhD, MSc, BSc(Hons)

Everyone shares in the responsibility of reporting adverse events

Lynn M Weekes

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An expansion of clinical infrastructure for early psychosis intervention offers new possibilities for research, treatment and service development

On behalf of the Australian Early Psychosis Research Network Writing Group

Paying attention to lessons already learned will improve mental health care for the future

Kathleen M Griffiths BSc(Hons), PhD · John Mendoza BEd, GradDipHealthEd · Bradley Carron-Arthur BChPsych(Hons)

Creating momentum for clinicians to avoid health practices of limited value

Gerry O’Callaghan MB BCh BAO, FFARCSI, FCICM · Hendrika Meyer MB ChB, FACEM, AFCHSM · Adam G Elshaug MPH, PhD

It is time to implement a clinical risk management system in general practices

Anish M Philip BPharm(Hons), GradCertPP

In reply: A new patient safety collaborative manual should help with capturing, analysing and preventing harm in general practice

Amr Abou Elnour MB BCh, PhD, GradDipPHC · Dale Ford MB BS, FRACGP, FACRRM · James A Dunbar MD, FRCPEdin, FRCGP

Medication reviews and multidisciplinary input prevent harm

Lisa Kouladjian BMedSc(Hons), MPharm, AACPA · Timothy F Chen PhD, DipHPharm, BPharm · Sarah N Hilmer MB BS(Hons), FRACP, PhD

Consumers can play a major part in antimicrobial stewardship

Georgina Kilroy BPharm, GradDipClinPharm

In reply: Our focus was the providers’ perspectives, but we acknowledge the importance of the consumer alongside

Ching Jou Lim BPharm(Hons), PhD · Megan W-L Kwong MB BS, BMedSci · David C M Kong PhD, BPharm, MPharm

General practice needs to be the pivot in the national screening program

Oliver R Frank PhD, FRACGP, FACHI · Nigel P Stocks DipPH, MD, FRACGP

There are few useful indications for groin ultrasounds

David Phillips MB BS, FRCS, FRACS

A case of irreversible vision loss resulting from insertion of cosmetic colour iris implants

Dominic McCall MB BS, BSc · Alex Hamilton BMed, MPHTM · John Grigg MD, FRANZCO, FRACS · Son Chau-Vo MB BS(Hons), FRANZCO

A consensus statement from Australian aeromedical retrieval services

Minh Le Cong MB BS, FRACGP, FACRRM · Emmeline Finn FACEM, MPH(AMR) · Cathrin S Parsch FACEM

Australians with affective and anxiety disorders are not all receiving evidence-based care

Meredith G Harris MPH · Megan J Hobbs PhD · Philip M Burgess PhD · Jane E Pirkis PhD · Sandra Diminic MPH · Dan J Siskind MB BS, PhD, FRANZCP · Gavin Andrews MD, FRANZCP · Harvey A Whiteford MB BS, MPH, FRANZCP

Disadvantaged areas are still missing out

Graham N Meadows MD, MPhil, FRANZCP · Joanne C Enticott PhD · Brett Inder BEc(Hons), PhD · Grant M Russell PhD, MFM, FRACGP · Roger Gurr DPM, MRCPsych, FRANZCP

Investigating the spread of cancer by cancer type among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in NSW

Alison Gibberd MStat · Rajah Supramaniam BSc, MPH(Hons) · Anthony Dillon PhD · Bruce K Armstrong DPhil, FRACP, FAFPHM · Dianne L O’Connell BMaths(Hons), PhD

A significant survival disparity remains between Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients receiving RRT

Paul D Lawton MB BS, FRACP · Joan Cunningham ScD, ALM, AB · Yuejen Zhao BM, MBiostat, PhD · Nicholas A Gray MB BS, FRACP · Mark D Chatfield MSc, MA · Peter D Baade BAppSc(Hons), MMedSc, PhD · Karumathil Murali FRACP · Matthew D Jose FRACP, PhD, FASN

Recruiting more potential organ donors would not result in a large increase in organ donor numbers

Jonathan J Gatward MB ChB, FRCA, FCICM · Michael J O’Leary MD, FRCA, FCICM · Myra Sgorbini MN(Hon) · Paul R Phipps PhD, FRACP, FCICM

Locally acquired hepatitis E treated successfully with ribavirin in the context of immunosuppression

David J Speers FRACP, FRCPA, FACTM · Michael Xiang Ma MB BS · Helen M Faddy BSc(Hons), PhD · Monica Nash GradDipManagement · Scott Bowden PhD · Bastiaan de Boer MB BS, BMedSci, FRCPA · Ross MacNicholas MB, MRCPI, MSc · Gerry MacQuillan MB BCh, FRACP, PhD · Leon Adams MB BS, PhD

In endemic areas, Q fever endocarditis can result in premature prosthetic valve dysfunction

Mohammad Paymard MD · Lisa Nicotra BN · Andrew Dettrick MB BS, FRCPA · Brendan Bell MB BS · Alex Chaudhuri MB BS, FRACP · David Cody MB BS, PhD, PhC · Peter Tesar MB BS, FRACS · Christian Hamilton-Craig MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Freezing the price of Medicare benefits will be more effective than the ill fated copayment

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

The winning entry in the Medical Student competition category is the moving story of an old Polish pilot

Genevieve Commins BA(Hons)

My dad in the neonatal ICU …

Sarah Green

Australia needs more clinician–researchers, backed by the Medical Research Future Fund and a less time-consuming and more secure funding process, says director and CEO of the Burnet Institute, Professor Brendan Crabb, AC

Cate Swannell

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Cate Swannell