Letters

Keeping the doctor’s bag relevant to needs

Gerard F Gill

Research consistently finds there is no association between abortion and risk of breast cancer

Kelly-Anne Phillips · Fiona J Bruinsma · Roger L Milne

The recent TGA warning that NSAIDs can cause harm in fluid-depleted kids should also apply to adults at risk

Ronald P Batagol

Dietary changes that follow economic development will increase the risks of non-communicable disease among the poor

Rohan Jayasuriya

In reply: Attention to non-communicable diseases is only one part of improving health equity

David B Hipgrave · Krishna P Hort

DXA body composition estimation is being inappropriately used in weight loss and exercise programs

Nicholas A Pocock · Weiwen Chen

Practice doesn’t necessarily make perfect on multiple mini interview performance

Malathi Raghavan · Bruce D Martin

A lack of demonstrable harms means HIV professionals should be allowed to practise

Sean R Atkinson

An expression of support for Bruce Hall and his significant contributions to the field of transplantation

Jeremy R Chapman · Geoffrey W McCaughan · Philip J O’Connell

Was mental health reform ever really “on track”?

Paul Dignam

In reply: More work is needed, but there is sufficient evidence for action now

Ian B Hickie · Patrick D McGorry · Helen Christensen

Underfunding of pain research limits evidence for effective therapies

Michael J Cousins · Lesley Brydon

In reply: Patients need help confronting reality after treatment “failures”

Michael A Ashby

Study failed to acknowledge its own limitations and the hand hygiene advances already made

Andrew J Stewardson · Philip Russo · M Lindsay Grayson

In reply: Any concerns that our finding may undermine the HHA program should be redirected to addressing doctors’ underperformance

Mary-Louise McLaws · Syed Azim

Does doctors’ non-compliance result from a flaw in the protocol?

Sara L Barnes

In reply: The protocol is not flawed or unreasonable, but it is difficult to put into practice

Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Seeking reassurance for consumers and health professionals

Debra S Kennedy

In reply: The emergency principle may be applied legally without any prior approval or documentation

Kerri Eagle · Christopher J Ryan

One thing is clear: what is considered teaching is not agreed on

Shyan L L Goh

Much more is involved in intern training than the formal and informal teaching measured

R Kim Oates · Kerry J Goulston

Consider all the evidence to ensure safe stewardship of PIVCs

Diana Egerton-Warburton · George Braitberg · Anthony Kambourakis

Prompt use of replacement glucocorticoids is crucial

Sunita M C De Sousa · Georgina V Long · Katherine T Tonks

Often recommended, but do they work?

Peter J Collignon