Article Types
Perspectives
Three-dimensional printing in medicine
Three-dimensional printing could revolutionise the way we practise medicine
Jasamine Coles-Black · Ian Chao · Jason Chuen
Hepatitis C in Australia — a role for general practitioners?
The availability of new antiviral agents opens the way for increasing GP involvement in the management of hepatitis C
Mieke L van Driel · David Lim · Paul J Clark
Lessons from Medicare Locals for Primary Health Networks
Learning from the past to ensure effectiveness, efficiency and equity in primary health care
Sara Javanparast · Fran Baum · Toby Freeman · Ronald Labonte · Anna M Ziersch · Michael R Kidd · Tamara Mackean
Where to next for rural general practice policy and research in Australia?
The available evidence from the past 20 years of government interventions can inform future priorities
Lucie K Walters · Matthew R McGrail · Dean B Carson · Belinda G O'Sullivan · Deborah J Russell · Roger P Strasser · Richard B Hays · Max Kamien
Improving Indigenous health through education
Better education may close the life expectancy gap by up to 12 years
Michael B Hart · Michael J Moore · Martin Laverty
Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
Investment in caring for country may help close the gaps in education, employment and health
Rosalie Schultz · Sheree Cairney
Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care
Improving shared understandings between health professionals and remote Indigenous people
Robert Amery
Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards
Accreditation with nationally consistent standards for culturally safe clinical care will improve Indigenous health outcomes
Martin Laverty · Dennis R McDermott · Tom Calma
Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales
Differences exist between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patient experiences, but are not universal
Kim Sutherland · Diane Hindmarsh · Katinka Moran · Jean-Frederic Levesque
Psilocybin-assisted therapy for anxiety and depression: implications for euthanasia
Contemporary research suggests potential benefits of psychedelic drugs in treatment-resistant depression and terminally ill patients
Nigel Strauss
Ultrasound as a treatment modality for neurological diseases
Neurological disorders are a particular challenge for therapeutic intervention — ultrasound has emerged as a novel approach with a broad range of applications
Gerhard Leinenga · Rebecca M Nisbet · Jürgen Götz
Why medically unexplained symptoms and health anxiety don’t need to make your heart sink
Cognitive behaviour therapy is an effective strategy for overcoming the challenges of health anxiety
Jill M Newby · Gavin Andrews
Primum non nocere: rethinking our policies on out-of-home care in Australia
Are our child protection policies causing more harm to our most vulnerable children?
Peter D Jones
Hip arthroscopy for femoroacetabular impingement: use escalating beyond the evidence
There is a concerning lack of data comparing surgical with non-surgical management of femoroacetabular impingement
Flavia M Cicuttini · Andrew J Teichtahl · Yuanyuan Wang
Clinical quality registries for clinician-level reporting: strengths and limitations
Australia should learn from overseas experience of reporting clinician outcomes before considering a similar program
Susannah Ahern · Ingrid Hopper · Susan M Evans
Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End
Advance care directives can enable Aboriginal people to fulfil their end-of-life wishes to die in their community
Eswaran Waran · Sharon Wallace · Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey
Changes in medical education to help physicians meet future health care needs
Generalist training may be a solution for responding to future population health needs
Judith N Hudson · Kathryn M Weston · Elizabeth A Farmer
Australia’s Health Care Homes: laying the right foundations
The Health Care Home is a central component of our national health reforms, and refining the model for broader implementation is essential
Claire L Jackson · Steven J Hambleton
No Jab, No Pay and vaccine refusal in Australia: the jury is out
High immunisation rates in Australia mean that the threat of disease transmission posed by vaccine refusal is low — policy responses should be proportionate
Frank H Beard · Julie Leask · Peter B McIntyre
Clot retrieval and acute stroke care
Resource distribution in stroke care must be rational and evidence-based, not driven by media coverage
Yun Tae Hwang · Yash Gawarikar
Regenerative neurology: meeting the need of patients with disability after stroke
If regenerative neurology restores function, it will meet a huge unmet need and change dogma
Simon A Koblar · Anjali Nagpal · Fong Chan Choy · Monica Anne Hamilton-Bruce · Susan L Hillier
Undetected and underserved: the untold story of patients who had a minor stroke
Equity of access is particularly concerning for minor stroke
Emma C Finch · Michele M Foster · Jennifer Fleming · Philip D Aitken · Ian Williams · Tegan Cruwys · Linda Worrall
Euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide: focus on the data
We should aim at improving the care of dying patients
Ezekiel Emanuel
Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases: low value interventions
The challenge will be changing the way doctors practice so that low value intervention use decreases
Denis Spelman · Adam W Jenney · David P Burgner
Is Australia prepared for the next pandemic?
Pieces of the plan are in place, but we must continue to strengthen preparedness research capacity
Jodie McVernon · Tania C Sorrell · Jenny Firman · Brendan Murphy · Sharon R Lewin
