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Perspectives
Restoring health after Typhoon Haiyan
MSF reflects on the emergency medical response in the wake of a disaster
Daniel Martinez Garcia MD · Alexandra L Brown BA
Singapore's health system: a model for Australia?
Singapore's model of health financing is complex, responsive and may hold lessons for Australia
Paul F Gross PhD
Will current health reforms in south and east Asia improve equity?
Universal health coverage in poorer nations may not reduce inequities in access to and outcomes from health care
David B Hipgrave MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Krishna Hort MB BS, MCH, FAFPHM
Consumers and copayments: implications for health and Medicare
A consumer perspective on why Australia should not introduce copayments to see a GP
Adam Stankevicius BArts
Evaluating the costs and benefits of using combination therapies
Fixed-dose combination therapy can improve compliance; but comes at a cost
Philip M Clarke BEc, MEc, PhD · Alex B Avery BSc(Hons)
Prescribing statins: the real issues
Reassessing the benefits, harms and risk levels of statin therapy
Ian R Hamilton-Craig PhD, FRACP, FCSANZ
The First 1000 Days: catalysing equity outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children
Champions needed to scale up childhood equity efforts, not short-term solutions in ill conceived policy
Kerry Arabena
Getting mental health reform back on track: a leadership challenge for the new Australian Government
It’s time for the federal government to step up to the challenges of mental health reform
Ian B Hickie AM, MD, FRANZCP, FASSA · Patrick D McGorry MD, PhD, FRANZCP · Tracey A Davenport BA(Hons), eMBA · Sebastian P Rosenberg BA, MPubAdmin · John A Mendoza BEd, GradDipHlthProm · Jane M Burns PhD · Jonathan Nicholas BA(Hons), MPH · Helen Christensen MPsych, PhD, FASSA
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and cardiovascular safety
Recent cardiovascular outcome trials confirm the safety of DPP-4 inhibitors, but new questions emerge
Timothy M E Davis DPhil, FRCP, FRACP
Doctors’ “judgements” and parents’ “wishes”: ethical implications in conflict situations
Through our language, we are unthinkingly privileging doctors’ views over those of parents
Rosalind J McDougall BSc/BA(Hons), BPhil, PhD · Lynn Gillam BA(Hons), MA, PhD
General practice: are we equipped for the future?
While fee-for-service is still important, other more flexible forms of funding are needed
Liz Marles BMed(Hons), BSc(Hons), FRACGP
The newer contraceptive pills and venous thromboembolism risk
There is still no consensus about the VTE risk with newer contraceptive pills
Therese M Foran MB BS, MClinEd, FAChSHM
Murray to the Mountains intern training program: involvement of small health services
A well organised, rurally based intern program delivers high-quality training and diverse experience
John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon) · Shane L Boyer BHlthSc (Health Promotion) · Craig J De Lacy RN, RM, BN · Jacque S Phillips MPA · Terrence M Welch BAppSc(Nursing), MBA, GAICD · Geoff J McColl MB BS, PhD, FRACP
The role of oncology nurse practitioners in current oncology practice and lessons for Australia
Adequately supervised oncology nurse practitioners may help meet the increasing need for cancer care
Samantha E Bowyer MB BCh, MRCP, FRACP · Deborah J Schofield BSpPath, GradDipCompSc, PhD
Integrating maternal and neonatal care in resource-poor settings
Better facility-based outcomes for mothers and newborns are within reach
Myrto M Schaefer MD, MSc · Alexandra L Brown BA
A new coalition for health reform?
In an era of active health reform, what might we expect from the new Australian Government?
Christine C Bennett AO, MB BS, MPaed, FRACP
Advance care directives are not always helpful
Universal advance care directives may not solve the current problems surrounding end-of-life discussions
Adrian M J Pokorny BMed
Changes in health financing
AMA president Steve Hambleton challenges doctors to accept that they have stewardship of the health system
Steven J Hambleton MB BS, FAMA
Partial foot amputation may not always be worth the risk of complications
Similarity in functionality with partial foot and transtibial amputation focuses attention on complication rates
Michael P Dillon BP · Stefania Fatone BP · Meg E Morris BAppSc(Physio), PhD, FACP
Self-regulation of autologous cell therapies
A first step for a virtually unregulated industry
Bernard E Tuch FRACP, PhD, GAICD · Dominic M Wall BSc(Hons), FFSc(RCPA), PhD
Lack of appropriate imaging before breast augmentation can have serious patient consequences
For women getting breast implants in Australia or overseas, preoperative screening should be routine
Kathy L Flitcroft BBSc, MA, PhD · Andrew J Spillane MD, FRACS · Rebecca L Read MB BS, DPhil, FRACS
Dear Minister, please save yourself from activity-based funding
As the states maintain control over public hospitals, the federal government needs a simple, outcomes-based funding model
Johannes U Stoelwinder MD, FRACMA, FAFPHM
Opting in for opt-out consent
Waiving the requirement for participant consent in low-risk research may provide important community benefits
Ian N Olver MD, PhD, FRACP
Time to recognise sexual orientation as a social determinant of health
A recent Senate Committee report makes for welcome reading for lesbian, gay and bisexual Australians
Jed Horner BA, BHSc(Hons) · Nick J Roberts BSc(Hons)Psych
Priorities for a new government: keeping the Medicare promise, thinking beyond services and getting governance right
Good health policy crosses multiple parliamentary terms, and acknowledges that there are no simple answers
Stephen J Duckett PhD, DSc, FASSA
