Issues
Volume 205 Issue 6
News
New method for harvesting stem cells could improve donor-patient treatment
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Susan Nilsson · Benjamin Cao
Perspectives
When an elder is the abuser
Improving the recognition and management of domestic violence among elderly couples
Chanaka Wijeratne · Sharon Reutens
Eliciting and responding to patient histories of abuse and trauma: challenges for medical education
Toward trauma-informed medical education
Gabrielle Matta · Robyn E Woodward-Kron · Sandra Petty · Michael R Salzberg
Medical education
Severe GHB withdrawal delirium managed with dexmedetomidine
An alternative to benzodiazepines offers a less invasive and safer approach to the management of withdrawal
Emma MY Tay · Robert I Graham · Richard O Day
Fleischner sign with pulmonary hypertension complicated by thrombosis
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Hashrul NZ Rashid · Kenneth KP Lau
Reflection
Voluntary euthanasia laws in Australia: are we really better off dead?
Ethical and moral implications make euthanasia a complex question
Briony J Murphy
Teaching approaches in medicine made easier
Teaching professional attitudes and basic clinical skills to medical students: a practical guide
Zsuzsoka Kecskes
Editorials
Suicide by health care professionals
Health professionals are human beings — and therefore not immune to mental health problems
Robert D Goldney
New developments in coronary stent technology
Current performance standards are high and promising new technologies are finding it difficult to compete
Ahmad Farshid · Simon O'Connor
Research
Suicide by health professionals: a retrospective mortality study in Australia, 2001–2012
Suicide prevention initiatives should focus on workplace factors and differential risks for men and women employed as health professionals
Allison J Milner · Humaira Maheen · Marie M Bismark · Matthew J Spittal
The economic benefits of eliminating Indigenous health inequality in the Northern Territory
Closing the Indigenous gap could have far-reaching benefits for the economic future of the Territory
Yuejen Zhao · Siva R Vemuri · Dinesh Arya
Short report
Airline policies for passengers with nut allergies flying from Melbourne Airport
Air travel passengers with allergies need to be cautious when planning their flight
Stephanie Stojanovic · Celia Mary Zubrinich · Robyn O'Hehir · Mark Hew
Narrative review
Update on pharmacotherapy for pulmonary hypertension
New pharmacological treatment options have improved the prognosis for those with this rare disease
David L Prior · Heath Adams · Trevor J Williams
Coronary stent technology: a narrative review
The ongoing quest for optimal efficacy without compromising long term patient safety
Daniel Chen · Nigel Jepson
Letters
Integrative medicine: more than the promotion of unproven treatments?
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Alan Bensoussan · Kerryn Phelps · Vicki Kotsirilos · Penny Caldicott · Jennifer Hunter
Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012
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Leon J Worth · Ann L Bull · Michael J Richards
Characterising health care-associated bloodstream infections in public hospitals in Queensland, 2008–2012
In reply
Naomi Runnegar · Damin Si · John Marquess
Medication overuse headache in Australia: a call for multidisciplinary efforts at prevention and treatment
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Richard J Stark · Treasure McGuire · Mieke L van Driel
Closing the Gap in Indigenous health: why section 19(2) of the Health Insurance Act matters
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Craig Cumming · Stuart A Kinner · David B Preen
Careers
Chasing E. coli
Dr Makrina Totsika has just been named Queensland’s Young Tall Poppy of the Year for her research on disarming drug resistant bacteria …
Cate Swannell
Solving the puzzles
As forensic pathologist Dr Linda Iles heads a team of dedicated problem-solvers at the Victorian Institute of Forensic Medicine …
Cate Swannell
Diabetes management — keeping up to date
Lynn M Weekes
News briefs
Cate Swannell
The possible risks of proton pump inhibitors
David J Gracie · Alexander C Ford
Biosimilars in inflammatory bowel disease
Gregory T Moore
Feel better by planting trees and taking up yoga
Steve McDonald · Tari Turner
News briefs
Cate Swannell
Streamlining ethics review for multisite quality and safety initiatives: national bariatric surgery registry experience
Wendy A Brown · Brittany R Smith · Melissa Boglis · Dianne L Brown · Margaret Anderson · Paul E O'Brien · John J McNeil · Ian D Caterson
The inequitable burden of group A streptococcal diseases in Indigenous Australians
Philippa J May · Asha C Bowen · Jonathan R Carapetis