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Perspectives
Controversies in medicine: redefining the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
Diagnosis of autoimmune ?-cell disorder before end-stage clinical type 1 diabetes is a key step towards the prevention of this disease
Jennifer J Couper · Leonard C Harrison
Antibiotic use in animals and humans in Australia
Developing strategies to reduce both the transmission of important pathogens and antimicrobial resistance is of paramount importance
Freya Langham · Allen C Cheng
Poliomyelitis outbreak in Papua New Guinea: health system and health security implications for PNG and Australia
To help PNG prevent and respond to infectious disease outbreaks of domestic and international concern, Australia must continue to provide high level technical and financial support
John J Hall · Tabian Ambang · Augustine Asante · Pili Mapira · Adam Craig · Elisabeth Schuele · Maha Pervaz Iqbal
Advancing women in medical leadership
Unconscious gender bias still contributes to unspoken barriers to career progression, which prevail despite increased qualifications and work performance among women; yet emerging evidence is paving the way for effective change
Helena J Teede
The WHO resolution on sepsis: what action is needed in Australia?
Australia needs a coordinated nationwide plan to reduce preventable deaths and disability from sepsis
Luregn J Schlapbach · Kelly Thompson · Simon R Finfer
The risk of resistance: what are the major antimicrobial resistance threats facing Australia?
Collaborative systems are required to combat the rising challenge of antimicrobial resistance in health care facilities and the community
Deborah A Williamson · Benjamin P Howden · David L Paterson
Australia's response to the global threat of antimicrobial resistance: past, present and future
Antimicrobial resistance is a global problem that needs long term solutions and major resource investments
Joshua S Davis · Cheryl A Jones · Allen C Cheng · Benjamin P Howden
The false dichotomy of viral versus bacterial aetiology in upper respiratory tract infections
It' s time to move away from the viral versus bacterial dichotomy and embrace an evidencebased syndromic approach
Joshua S Davis · Parker J Magin · Mieke L Driel
Australia's National Medicines Policy is outdated and in need of review
Australia was one of the first countries to drive the development of national medicines policies globally, but is now lagging behind
Brendan Shaw · Orin Chisholm
Improving the delivery of primary care for older people
The strengths of primary care should be harnessed to address complexities of the ageing population
C Dimity Pond · Catherine Regan
From locum‐led outposts to locally led continuous rural training networks: the National Rural Generalist Pathway
Training doctors through regional teaching health service networks may help deliver sustainable high quality health care closer to home for rural Australians
Paul S Worley · Belinda O'Sullivan · Rose Ellis
Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme restrictions on anti‐epileptic drug prescribing promote unsafe and outdated practice
The PBS urgently needs to update anti-epileptic drug prescribing restrictions that put patients and prescribers at risk
Christian A Gericke · Terence J O'Brien
Re‐framing the Indigenous kidney health workforce
A new taskforce of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander clinicians will address the needs of an Indigenous-led kidney health workforce in Northern Australia
Jaquelyne T Hughes · Gwendoline Lowah · Janet Kelly
Inclusion of Indigenous Australians in biobanks: a step to reducing inequity in health care
Without improved practices and policy to guide the engagement and inclusion of Indigenous Australians in biobanks, the full health benefits provided by the genomic era will not be shared equitably
Imogen Elsum · Callum McEwan · Emma E Kowal · Yvonne Cadet‐James · Margaret Kelaher · Lynn Woodward
An urgent need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous rural and remote primary health care
Infectious disease burden, antimicrobial use and resistance highlight the need for antimicrobial stewardship in Indigenous communities
Asha C Bowen · Kathryn Daveson · Lorraine Anderson · Steven YC Tong
Ending preventable stillbirths among migrant and refugee populations
There is an urgent need for stronger evidence to inform tailored health care strategies to address perinatal health disparities
Jane Yelland · Elisha Riggs · Josef Szwarc · Stephanie J Brown
A perfect storm: fear of litigation for end of life care
Should doctors fear legal sanction for using opioids at the end of life?
Geoffrey K Mitchell · Lindy Willmott · Ben P White · Donella Piper · David C Currow · Patsy M Yates
Scale‐up of hepatitis C treatment in prisons is key to national elimination
Prison-based antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis C is a critical element of the national elimination goal
Timothy Papaluca · Margaret E Hellard · Alexander J V Thompson · Andrew R Lloyd
Targeted physical activity for older adults with mild cognitive impairment and subjective cognitive decline
Tailored guidelines are needed to support strategies for dementia risk reduction
Emily You · Kathryn A Ellis · Kay Cox · Nicola T Lautenschlager
Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Safety: the key clinical issues
Modern care of older people requires better gathering and use of data, more robust governance structures, and innovative models of care
Joseph E Ibrahim
Perspectives on double‐blind peer review from collectivist cultural contexts
A preference for open peer review may reflect a historical, predominantly individualistic rather than collectivist cultural perspective
Jose Florencio F Lapeña · Peter L Munk · Aik Saw · Wilfred CG Peh
Early success with room for improvement: influenza vaccination of young Australian children
As the influenza vaccine is given annually within a relatively short time frame, there are unique challenges to achieving coverage similar to other childhood vaccines
Frank H Beard · Alexandra J Hendry · Kristine Macartney
Qualified privilege legislation to support clinician quality assurance: balancing professional and public interests
Lipid abnormalities are causally related to atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease; selected lipid interventions have been shown to improve this risk
Susannah Ahern · Ingrid Hopper · Erwin Loh
The importance of public health genomics for ensuring health security for Australia
Coordination is required to future-proof Australia’s capacity and leadership in public health genomics
Deborah A Williamson · Martyn D Kirk · Vitali Sintchenko · Benjamin P Howden
Primary care in disasters: opportunity to address a hidden burden of health care
General practitioners provide a flexible response to the changed needs of the disasteraffected population
Penelope L Burns · Kirsty A Douglas · Wendy Hu
