Editorials

More is not always better when it comes to using oxygen for patients in acute care

E Walters FRCP, FRACP, DM · Greg King PhD, FRACP

Important advances in screening for genetic abnormalities have major ethical implications

Jan E Dickinson MD, FRANZCOG, DDU · Caroline M de Costa PhD, MPH, FRANZCOG

How should we redesign our stroke services in light of neurointerventional advances?

Richard I Lindley MD, FRCP(Edin), FRACP · Christopher R Levi BMedSci, MB BS, FRACP

Closing the gap by growing the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander medical workforce

Tammy Kimpton BMed, FRACGP · Peter J Smith MD, FRACP, FRCPA

A different approach may provide more effective early detection of diabetes

Stephen Colagiuri MB BS, FRACP

In violating children’s basic rights, we seriously compromise their mental and emotional health and normal development

Gillian Triggs LLB, LLM, PhD

The detention of asylum seeker children must stop now

Nicholas J Talley MD, PhD, FRACP · Karen J Zwi FRACP, MRCP, MSc

Reducing smoking rates is essential to closing the health gap between Indigenous and other Australians

Sandra J Eades BMed, PhD, FAHMS · Catherine Chamberlain PhD

Ensuring that cigarettes become so last century

E Haydn Walters DM, FRCP, FRACP · Kathryn Barnsley BA, GradDip(SocSci)

A tobacco-free world is attainable — if we are prepared to work for it

Robert Beaglehole DSc · Ruth Bonita MPH, PhD, ONZM

Doing better, but we still need to sort out who is responsible for what and strengthen primary care

John Wakerman MTH, FAFPHM, FACRRM

How can we best protect patients while making progress?

Guy J Maddern MD, PhD, FRACS

Pancreatic cancer is likely to become one of the leading causes of cancer death in Australia

Freddy Sitas MSc(Med), MSc(Epidemiol), DPhil · Rachel E Neale BA(Hons), PhD · Marianne F Weber BA(Hons), PhD · Qingwei Luo BSc, MAppStats

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

The main aim is to maintain quality of life throughout the illness

Victor S C Fung MB BS, PhD, FRACP

False-positive diagnosis causes important harms

Katy Bell MB ChB, MMed(ClinEpi), PhD · Kirsten J McCaffery PhD, BSc(Hons) · Les Irwig MB BCh, PhD

Combating antimicrobial resistance through global strategies and diagnostic advances

David F M Looke FRACP, FRCPA, MMedSci(ClinEpidemiol) · Thomas Gottlieb MB BS, FRACP, FRCPA · Cheryl A Jones MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRACP

World Kidney Day highlights the global inequalities in treating renal disease

David C Harris MD, BS, FRACP

The pressing matters now are maximising outcomes, recruiting to clinical trials and being able to afford these drugs

Georgina V Long PhD, MB BS, FRACP

Systematic delivery of multidisciplinary, patient-centred care is crucial

Tiew-Hwa K Teng MPH, PhD · Joseph Hung FRACP, FACC, FCSANZ · Judith M Katzenellenbogen PhD · Dawn C Bessarab PhD, BSW(Hons) · Sandra C Thompson PhD, MPH, FAFPHM

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)

There must be a balanced investment portfolio in cancer control

David C Currow MPH, PhD, FRACP · Sanchia Aranda PhD, RN, GAICD

Adapting the peer-review process to the increasing complexity of medical research

Warwick P Anderson PhD

Meeting the challenge of increasing allergy rates through improved models of care and education

Raymond J Mullins PhD, FRACP, FRCPA · Richard K S Loh FRACP