Article Types
Perspectives
Compassion and evidence in prescribing cannabinoids: a perspective from the Royal Australasian College of Physicians
The RACP emphasises the need for caution until there is sufficient quality evidence to support the use of medicinal cannabis
Jennifer H Martin · Yvonne Bonomo · Adrian DB Reynolds
Disease prestige and the hierarchy of suffering
Suffering should not be hierarchical, and care should not be predicated on the prestige that a disease attracts
Louise Stone
Botulinum toxin for spasticity: a case for change to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
Current permissible use of botulinum toxin in Australia does not match newer understandings of human impairment and functioning
Anupam Datta Gupta · David H Wilson
Investing in men’s health in Australia
Building leadership, governance and evaluation capacity to improve men’s health outcomes
James A Smith · Mick Adams · Jason Bonson
Regulating e-cigarettes in Australia: implications for tobacco use by young people
Policy decisions surrounding the regulation of e-cigarettes need to account for their potential unintended harm on youth
Luke Wolfenden · Emily Stockings · Sze Lin Yoong
Australia urgently needs a quality improvement approach to emergency laparotomy
A prospective quality improvement register will reduce variations in outcomes and care following emergency laparotomy
Katherine J Broughton · Robert J Aitken
The future of health care in Australia
Our future health system must focus on overcoming health inequality
The Hon Catherine King
Challenging how tobacco is sold in Australia
Despite being addictive and deadly, tobacco is widely accessible in all communities
Becky Freeman
Legal does not mean unaccountable: suing tobacco companies to recover health care costs
The potential benefits of holding tobacco companies to account through litigation may affect future Australian tobacco control strategies.
Ross MacKenzie · Eric LeGresley · Mike Daube
The future of health care in Australia
Our plan is to provide long term, generational change that is evidence-based and able to make a real difference to people’s lives
The Hon Greg Hunt
Tackling antimicrobial resistance globally
There is an urgent need to translate high level commitments into concrete actions to protect future generations
Ruth Kelly · Sally C Davies
The kids are OK: it is discrimination not same-sex parents that harms children
An update on the evidence, and implications for the medical community
Ken W Knight* · Sarah EM Stephenson* · Sue West* · Martin B Delatycki · Cheryl A Jones · Melissa H Little · George C Patton · Susan M Sawyer · S Rachel Skinner · Michelle M Telfer · Melissa Wake · Kathryn N North · Frank Oberklaid
The rationale for action to end new cases of rheumatic heart disease in Australia
Closing the gap in cardiovascular health
Rosemary Wyber · Judith M Katzenellenbogen · Glenn Pearson · Michael Gannon
Health care variation: the next challenge for clinical colleges
Unwarranted variation in health care requires action from all players in health — including clinical colleges
Helen Francombe · Heather A Buchan · Anne Duggan
Vertebroplasty for acute painful osteoporotic fracture
A recent trial provides high quality new evidence
Paul Bird · Terrence Diamond · William A Clark
Understanding and managing the health impacts of poor air quality from landscape fires
Australians need to get better at dealing with episodic smoke events
Fay H Johnston
Public reporting of clinician-level data
There is much debate about public disclosure of individual doctors’ performance to increase hospital quality and safety, but research is lacking
Rachel Canaway · Marie M Bismark · David Dunt · Margaret A Kelaher
Extreme heat threatens the health of Australians
Heatwaves have serious health impacts and we need a better approach to prevention and management
Marion G Carey · Mark P Monaghan · Fiona J Stanley
Thunderstorm asthma outbreak of November 2016: a natural disaster requiring planning
Learning from a tragedy to increase public awareness and improve responses in future thunderstorm asthma events
Steven J Lindstrom · Jeremy D Silver · Michael F Sutherland · Andrew BA Treloar · Ed Newbigin · Christine F McDonald · Jo A Douglass
Improving the safety of breast implants: implant-associated lymphoma
A likely causal link between breast implants and lymphoma highlights the importance of a prospective registry
Ingrid Hopper · Susannah Ahern · John J McNeil · Anand K Deva · Elisabeth Elder · Colin Moore · Rodney Cooter
Computed tomography colonography: underutilised in Australia
CTC is a safe and accurate cancer detection technique widely used overseas but underused here
Abdominal Radiology Group of Australia and New Zealand
No smoker left behind: it’s time to tackle tobacco in Australian priority populations
A truly comprehensive approach to tobacco control should include interventions targeting high risk groups
Billie Bonevski · Ron Borland · Christine L Paul · Robyn L Richmond · Michael Farrell · Amanda Baker · Coral E Gartner · Sharon Lawn · David P Thomas · Natalie Walker
The doctor as an expert: apprentice, journeyman or master
A commitment to understanding and improving medical expertise is fundamental to training, practice and evaluation of doctors’ performance
Jeffrey CL Looi · Choong-Siew Yong
Specialist outreach services in regional and remote Australia: key drivers and policy implications
Promoting the supply, distribution and sustainability of rural outreach services requires multilevel policy development and regional service planning
Belinda G O'Sullivan · Johannes U Stoelwinder · Matthew R McGrail
Performance data and informed consent: a duty to disclose?
Evidence mounts for a legal duty to disclose performance data as part of informed consent
Rebekah E McWhirter
