Letters

The potential for unwarranted terminations being contemplated is concerning

Ronald P Batagol

Natural therapies may be neither natural nor therapeutic

Natalie C Ong · Eric Sham · Brandon M Adams

Government should take the lead in trialling and evaluating new strategies for tackling disease prevention

Roger S Magnusson

Government should take the lead in trialling and evaluating new strategies for tackling disease prevention

Jane M Young · David Currow · Sally Dunlop

Arguments drawing attention to this serious problem must be backed up by the most current and accurate evidence

Richard A Lemen · Arthur L Frank · Colin L Soskolne · Stanley H Weiss · Barry I Castleman

Arguments drawing attention to this serious problem must be backed up by the most current and accurate evidence

Anthony R Johnson · Deborah H Yates

Supportive evidence for routine use of this simple infection prevention measure

Michael J Loftus · Cosmin J Florescu · Rhonda L Stuart

The key to accessible and comprehensive aged care is to base general practices in aged care facilities

Ian Maddocks

Media reports suggest alarming contrast between care available to asylum seekers and that available to Australian nationals

Nigel R Armfield · Anthony C Smith

Why can television broadcast dubious scientific material without disclosing the experts’ conflicts of interest?

Daniel D L Bernal · Luke R E Bereznicki · Gregory M Peterson

Assessing groups of doctors likely to be performing poorly would be better than wholesale assessment

Peter C Arnold

Can safety evidence for tranexamic acid in elective surgery support its use in trauma?

James Jarman · Andrew Brier

Can safety evidence for tranexamic acid in elective surgery support its use in trauma?

Ian Roberts

Can safety evidence for tranexamic acid in elective surgery support its use in trauma?

Russell L Gruen · Ian G Jacobs · Michael C Reade

We need better data before we stop inserting “just in case” catheters in the ED

Peter Lewindon

However rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia are reported, the aim should be to reduce them

Diane E Watson

However rates of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia are reported, the aim should be to reduce them

Allen C Cheng · Leon J Worth

Consider differential diagnoses of lymphocytic meningitis in the immune competent individual

Ohide Otome · Michael Bullen · Adrian R Tramontana

Steroid injections in the spine are effective, but only if given in the acute phase of the inflammatory reaction

Thomas K F Taylor · Stephen J Ruff

Risks of radiation exposure in CT scans are considerable for children and young adults, and MRI scans are preferable

Lynton G F Giles

Travel from remote areas to access health care could be contributing significantly to carbon emissions

Colleen Cheek · Timothy Skinner · Isabelle Ellis

Revalidation for doctors working in the UK is complex, and its implications on the workforce remain to be seen

Heinz Tilenius

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Susan J MacCallum · Antoinette C Anazodo

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Sandra L Neate · Lyndal C Bugeja · George A Jelinek

Can our strained forensic pathologist workforce manage a clinically driven increase in reporting?

Stephen M Cordner