Volume 202 Issue 7

Medical care for our wounded soldiers has improved dramatically since World War I

Robyn M Walker AM, MB BS, FRACMA · Michael C Reade DPhil, FANZCA, FCICM

The importance of science in combating prejudice

Alexander C McFarlane AO, MD, FRANZCP · David Forbes PhD, FAPS

Hormone therapy, personalised care and tools for assessing dementia

Steve McDonald · Tari Turner

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Edited extract of an article by surgeon Major John Corbin, first published in 1916

John Corbin MRCS(Eng), LRCP(Lond)

Nuclear weapons abolition is a medical imperative

Susan J Wareham OAM, MB BS

GPs, inevitably involved in disasters, should be appropriately engaged in response and recovery systems

Penelope L Burns BMed, MPHTM · Peter J Aitken MB BS, FACEM, EMDM · Beverley Raphael MB BS, MD, FRANZCP

Use of diversionary devices, such as the flash-bang grenades used in the Sydney siege, comes with risks to vision and hearing

Annette K Hoskin BOptom, MBA · Marcus D Atlas MB BS, FRACS · David A Mackey MD, FRANZCO

Tantalising possibility of nationwide elimination of malaria in Solomon Islands

Harin Karunajeewa MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Andreea Waltmann · Lyndes Wini · Ivo Mueller

Placement in rural general practices is a key part of medical student training

David Garne MB ChB, DCH, MIPH(Hons) · Ian G Wilson FRACGP, MAssessEval, PhD

There is a significant body of evidence demonstrating effectiveness of telemonitoring in improving CHF outcomes

Sally C Inglis PhD, BHSc(Hons), BN · Robyn A Clark PhD, FACN, FAHA

In reply: Further research on the benefits and application of telehealth would be welcomed

Karen Page RN, DN, BEd

Governments must strengthen regulations to break the nexus between alcohol advertising and sport

Brian Vandenberg MPH, BA(Hons), BAppSci · Kathryn E Chapman BSc, MNutrDiet

Firearms control in Australia is not the responsibility of the medical profession

Matthew M Large BSc(Med), MB BS, FRANZCP

In reply: Doctors will use their clinical judgement to identify patients whose access to firearms poses a risk

Anne P F Wand MB BS, MPsych, FRANZCP · Carmelle Peisah MB BS(Hons), MD, FRANZCP

A multimodal perioperative care pathway leads to shorter hospital stays

Nicholas Christelis FFPMRCA, FANZCA, FFPMANZCA · Sophie Wallace BHSc(Nurs), GradCertInfectCont, MPH · Claire E Sage BAppSci(Nurs), MNurs · Uate Babitu MB BS, FANZCA · Susan Liew MB BS(Hons), FRACS(Orth) · James Dugal MB BS, FRACS · Ibolya Nyulasi MSc, GradDipMgt · Nora Mutalima BSc, MB ChB, DPhil · Ton Tran MB BS, FRACS, FAOA · Paul S Myles MD, FRARCSI, FANZCA

Doctors should be encouraged to improve their documentation of measures of obesity

Lyle R Turner BSc(Hons), PhD · Mark F Harris FRACGP, DRACOG, MD · Danielle Mazza MD, FRACGP, DRANZCOG

Data reveal levels of polypharmacy that may suggest a lack of attempts to deprescribe when appropriate

Ruth E Hubbard MSc, MD, FRACP · Nancye M Peel PhD, MPH, BPhty · Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · Jennifer H Martin FRACP, MA, PhD · Alesha Smith PhD, MSc, BSc · Peter I Pillans MB BCh, FRACP, MD · Arjun Poudel MScPharm · Leonard C Gray PhD, FRACP, FACHSM

A potentially important option for patients with Huntington disease that warrants further study

Chris Tuckfield MB BS(Hons), MPhil

Need for vitamin D supplementation and prestatin counselling in high-risk groups

Leigh Haysom FRACP, PhD, MMed(ClinEpi) · Katherine Samaras MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Catherine Stapylton BBus · Jennifer Wines RN, WHN, SHN

A doctor considers the inner turmoil experienced when serving in a war zone

Robert K Likeman FRANZCOG, FACRRM, FACTM

Gastrointestinal diseases were epidemic in the trenches at Gallipoli

Milton J Lewis BA(Hons), MA, PhD · Stephen R Leeder MD, FRACP, PhD

Why the spirit of Anzac has captured the imagination of all Australians

Bruce P Waxman OAM, FRACS, FRCS

A doctor who founded a nation’s medical system and the many lives of his ship

Donald A Howarth BSc(Hons), MB BS, FACRRM

A highly commended entry in the Practising and retired doctors category

Patrick Russell MD, FRACP

Rural doctor, aviatrix and embodiment of the Australian pioneering spirit

Anthony R Herbert MB BS, FRACP, FAChPM · Paul J Mercer MB BS, DipRACOG, FRACGP · Rev Ronald W Herbert

A poem by Cameron Conaway

Cameron Conaway MFA(Creative Writing)

ANZAC surgeons of Gallipoli

Bruce P Waxman OAM, FRACS, FRCS

Jewish medical resistance in the Holocaust

Peter C Arnold BSc, MB BCh, BA

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Anne P F Wand MB BS, MPsychiatry, FRANZCP · Carmelle Peisah MB BS, MD, FRANZCP · Julie-Anne Strukovski RN · Henry Brodaty MD, DSc, FRANZCP

Wieland Meyer wanted to be a medical doctor but, in East Germany under the eyes of the Stasi, freedom of choice was not an option. Discrimination didn’t stop him forging an internationally renowned career in medicine, however

Cate Swannell