Volume 214, Issue 8 | The Medical Journal of Australia

News

News briefs

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 340-342

Perspectives

Implementing voluntary assisted dying in a major public health service

Sarah Booth, Paul Eleftheriou and Claire Moody

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 343-346.e1

Electronic alerts for early detection of acute kidney injury: considering their implementation in Australian hospitals

Anna C Bendall, Sven‐Jean Tan, Emily J See and Nigel D Toussaint

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 347-349.e1

Vaccinations in patients with multiple sclerosis: review and recommendations

Cassie Nesbitt, Louise Rath, Michael Zhong, Allen C Cheng, Helmut Butzkueven, Robb Wesselingh, Olga Skibina, Mastura Monif, Wei Yeh, Julia ML Brotherton, Stephen Reddel and Anneke Van Der Walt

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 350-354.e1

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Epipericardial fat necrosis: chest pain in a young pregnant woman

Rohan V Navani, Claudia Ashkar and Harry Gibbs

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 355-356.e1

Snapshot

Recurrent vanishing lung tumour: the phantom tumour

Jeet Ram Kashyap and Aayushi Gupta

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 356-356.e1

Ethics and law

Medico‐legal implications of audiovisual recordings of telehealth encounters

Caitlin C Farmer, Sam C Pang, Dev Kevat, Jessica Dean, Danielle Panaccio and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 357-359.e1

Editorials

Lack of efficacy of cannabidiol for relieving back pain: time to re‐set expectations?

Chris Hayes and Jennifer H Martin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 360-361

The increasing burden of inflammatory bowel disease

Edward V Loftus

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 361-362

Health for all by 2030 is within our grasp: we must act now

Sandro Demaio

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 363-364 Free

Research

High prevalence of Crohn disease and ulcerative colitis among older people in Sydney

Aviv Pudipeddi, Jeffrey Liu, Viraj Kariyawasam, Thomas J Borody, James L Cowlishaw, Charles McDonald, Peter Katelaris, Grace Chapman, Crispin Corte, Daniel A Lemberg, Cheng H Lee, Anil Keshava, John Napoli, Robert Clancy, Webber Chan, Sudarshan Paramsothy and Rupert Leong

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 365-370 Free

The CANBACK trial: a randomised, controlled clinical trial of oral cannabidiol for people presenting to the emergency department with acute low back pain

Bronwyn Bebee, David M Taylor, Elyssia Bourke, Kimberley Pollack, Lian Foster, Michael Ching and Anselm Wong

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 370-375 Free

Research letters

Changes in the proportions of authors in Australian medical journals who were women, 2005–2018

Matthew J Lennon, Rose Kennedy, Hannah Ryan, Dennis R Neuen and Melissa Godwin

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 376-377 Free

The influence of travelling to hospital by ambulance on reperfusion time and outcomes for patients with STEMI

Eleanor Redwood, Karice Hyun, John K French, Leonard Kritharides, Mark Ryan, Derek P Chew, Mario D'Souza and David B Brieger

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 377-378 Free

Meta‐analysis

Surgical outcomes for people with serious mental illness are poorer than for other patients: a systematic review and meta‐analysis

Kate E McBride, Michael J Solomon, Paul G Bannon, Nicholas Glozier and Daniel Steffens

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): 379-385 Free

Supplement

Australia in 2030: what is our path to health for all?

Med J Aust 2021; 214 (8): Open Access

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