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Volume 220 Issue 2

5 February 2024

Editor’s choice

Health in All Policies — as important now as ever

Virginia Barbour

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 59-59 Free

Perspectives

Baby steps in lobbying reform: opportunities and challenges in Queensland

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols and Katherine B Cullerton

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 60-64 Open Access

Rationale and plan for a focus on First Nations urban health research in Australia

Janet Stajic, Adrian Carson and James Ward

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 64-66 Open Access

Too much versus too little: looking for the “sweet spot” in optimal use of diagnostic investigations

Ian A Scott, Carmel Crock and Matthew Twining

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 67-70 Open Access

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Skin fragility disorder misdiagnosed as child abuse: a cautionary tale

Anneliese Willems, Lauren Weston and Susan Robertson

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 71-73 Open Access

Research

Socio‐economic status and access to fluoridated water in Queensland: an ecological data linkage study

Christopher T Sexton, Diep H Ha, Thu Le, Ratilal Lalloo, Pauline Ford, Loc G Do and Nicole Stormon

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 74-79 Open Access

Immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy for advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma in Australia: a retrospective real world cohort study

Luke S McLean, Annette M Lim, Mathias Bressel, Jenny Lee, Rahul Ladwa, Alexander D Guminski, Brett Hughes, Samantha Bowyer, Karen Briscoe, Samuel Harris, Craig Kukard, Rob Zielinski, Muhammad Alamgeer, Matteo Carlino, Jeremy Mo, John J Park, Muhammad A Khattak, Fiona Day and Danny Rischin

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 80-90 Open Access

The Alfred Health post‐COVID‐19 service, Melbourne, 2020–2022: an observational cohort study

Anne E Holland, Daniel Fineberg, Tunya Marceau, Melissa Chong, Jessica Beaman, Lisa Wilson, Jo‐Anne Buchanan, Jacqueline Uren, Simone Dal Corso, Natasha A Lannin, Mariana Hoffman, Christie R Mellerick, Kathya Fernando and Janet Bondarenko

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 91-96 Open Access

Research letter

Steatotic liver disease in rural and regional Victoria, according to the NAFLD and newer diagnostic criteria: retrospective cohort analyses of 2001–03 and 2016–18 data

Karl Vaz, William W Kemp, Ammar Majeed, John Lubel, Dianna Magliano, Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke, David Simmons and Stuart K Roberts

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 97-99 Open Access

Position statement summary

Updated National Health and Medical Research Council statement on electronic cigarettes

Becky Freeman, Matthew J Peters, Renee Bittoun, Richard Brightwell, Dallas R English, David P Thomas, Margaret FA Otlowski, Nicholas A Zwar and Catherine Chamberlain

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 100-106 Open Access

Letters

Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 107-107 Free

Clinical outcomes and health care costs of transferring rural Western Australians for invasive coronary angiography, and a cost‐effective alternative care model

Nick S R Lan, Mikhail Alexander and Abdul Rahman Ihdayhid

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 107-107 Free