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Should voluntary assisted dying in Victoria be extended to encompass people with dementia?
Voluntary assisted dying for people with dementia would require a new framework, presenting social, ethical and clinical challenges
Paul A Komesaroff · Michael Chapman · Geetanjali Lamba · Ian H Kerridge · Cameron L Stewart · Alex Holmes · Sophie Lewis · Jennifer Philip
Psychological safety in medicine: what is it, and who cares?
Psychological safety has remained on the periphery of the health care world
Mina Sarofim
Towards national paediatric clinical practice guidelines
We are almost at the point of having truly national paediatric guidelines in Australia
Mike Starr
Medicare‐funded reproductive genetic carrier screening in Australia has arrived: are we ready?
Reproductive genetic carrier screening publicly available for cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy and fragile X syndrome
Alice P Rogers · Lara Fitzgerald · Jan Liebelt · Christopher Barnett
Response to the ASHM 2023 statement on the use of doxy‐PEP in Australia: considerations and recommendations
Use of prophylactic doxycycline for STI prevention requires urgent implementation of comprehensive monitoring systems
Sara FE Bell · Emma L Sweeney · Fabian YS Kong · David M Whiley · Catriona S Bradshaw · Jacob A Tickner
The 2023 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: sustainability needed in Australia's health care sector
There are signs of progress, but a greater sense of urgency is still required
Paul J Beggs · Stefan Trueck · Martina K Linnenluecke · Hilary Bambrick · Anthony G Capon · Ivan C Hanigan · Nicolas Borchers Arriagada · Troy J Cross · Sharon Friel · Donna Green · Maddie Heenan · Ollie Jay · Harry Kennard · Arunima Malik · Celia McMichael · Mark Stevenson · Sotiris Vardoulakis · Tran N Dang · Gail Garvey · Raymond Lovett · Veronica Matthews · Dung Phung · Alistair J Woodward · Marina B Romanello · Ying Zhang
Australia's mental health commissions: evaluating a natural experiment
Australia’s experiment with commissions requires urgent overhaul to prevent waste and to ensure the key challenge of improving accountability is fulfilled
Sebastian P Rosenberg
Call to end shackling of hospitalised palliative prisoner patients
It is essential that the practice of restraining dying prisoner patients is reviewed and overhauled so that prisoners can be granted the fundamental human right of a dignified death
Lara Pemberton · Stacey Panozzo · Jennifer Philip
Women in medical leadership: has the COVID‐19 crisis heightened the glass cliff?
Organisation level interventions are needed to better support prospective women medical leaders
Melissa A Wheeler · Laksmi S Govindasamy
The role of medical colleges and member organisations in advancing women in health care leadership
Member organisations, such as medical colleges, can influence organisational and system change to advance women in medical leadership
Jenny Proimos · Jacqueline A Boyle · Belinda Garth · Erwin Loh · Helena J Teede
Artificial intelligence for surgical services in Australia and New Zealand: opportunities, challenges and recommendations
Artificial intelligence is being rapidly taken up by health care services, presenting opportunities and challenges for its use in the surgical services of Australia and New Zealand
Joshua G Kovoor · Stephen Bacchi · Prakriti Sharma · Srishti Sharma · Medhir Kumawat · Brandon Stretton · Aashray K Gupta · WengOnn Chan · Amal Abou‐Hamden · Guy J Maddern
Prosthetic joint infection diagnosis in an age of changing clinical patterns of infection and new technologies
Prosthetic joint infection diagnostic criteria have been progressively refined in recent decades, and novel approaches are emerging
Joshua S Davis · David Dewar · Laurens Manning
Enhanced recovery after surgery: an update for the generalist
ERAS peri-operative care protocols have been as impactful as minimal access techniques in improving outcomes following major surgery
Andrew G Hill · James Jin
Who should get the last TAVI valve? Public versus private access to disruptive technologies in the Australian health care system
The failure of health technology assessments to bridge the federal–state divide contributes to public–private access gaps
Jonathon B Ryan
Medical students: a potentially sustainable solution for our workforce crisis and future reforms in health care
An agile and dynamic workforce of medical students can address critical workforce shortages in the health care system and facilitate future reforms
Rebecca Goodall · Emily Matejin · Sean Fabri · Paul Eleftheriou
Australia's rheumatic fever strategy three years on
The strategy represents a powerful shift to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community controlled policy and practice
Dawn Casey · Patricia Turner
Inflammation: the next target for secondary prevention in coronary artery disease
Anti-inflammatory drugs can reduce cardiovascular events, but risks, benefits and mediating mechanisms are still uncertain
Samia Kazi · James J H Chong · Clara K Chow
Contemporary management of advanced colorectal cancer: the Australian experience
The treatment of colorectal cancer has evolved dramatically in the 21st century, particularly for patients with advanced disease
Kilian GM Brown · Nabila Ansari · Michael J Solomon
Why clinical artificial intelligence is (almost) non‐existent in Australian hospitals and how to fix it
Why is the clinical AI uptake in Australian hospitals very low compared with overseas and how do we fix it?
Anton van der Vegt · Victoria Campbell · Guido Zuccon
Baby steps in lobbying reform: opportunities and challenges in Queensland
Making information about commercial political activities more transparent is a first step in challenging undue influence
Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols · Katherine B Cullerton
Too much versus too little: looking for the “sweet spot” in optimal use of diagnostic investigations
A balance must be found between underuse and overuse of pathology and radiology investigations
Ian A Scott · Carmel Crock · Matthew Twining
Sexual and reproductive health and rights in Australia: we have much to celebrate but must not be complacent
The Australian health system has the potential to evolve and advance sexual and reproductive health care so that all people can choose if, how and when to parent
Catriona Melville · Bonney Corbin
The Australian Government's new vaping policy should be part of a larger plan towards a tobacco endgame
New vaping regulations offer an opportunity to commit to an equity-focused tobacco endgame strategy in Australia
Samantha Howe · Driss Ait Ouakrim · Tony Blakely · Coral E Gartner
Rationale and plan for a focus on First Nations urban health research in Australia
Governments and research funders should should focus greater attention on urban First Nations health research
Janet Stajic · Adrian Carson · James Ward
Providing Australian children and adolescents with equitable access to new and emerging therapies through clinical trials: a call to action
Investment and a coordinated national approach are needed to prevent Australian children falling behind their international peers
Michelle S Lorentzos · David Metz · Andrew S Moore · Laura K Fawcett · Paula Bray · Lani Attwood · Craig F Munns · Andrew Davidson
