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Research

The treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia using a medically intensive Hospital in the Home service

Michael Montalto, Man Yee Chu, Irani Ratnam, Tim Spelman and Karin Thursky

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 441-442 Free

Christmas competition / Winner

The psychopathology of James Bond and its implications for the revision of the DSM-(00)7

Anna Stowe Alrutz, Bridget Kool, Tom Robinson, Simon Moyes, Peter Huggard, Karen Hoare and Bruce Arroll

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 452-456 Free

Christmas competition

Hospital doctors’ Opinions regarding educational Utility, public Sentiment and career Effects of Medical television Dramas: the HOUSE MD study

Hasan N Haboubi, Holly Morgan and Omar Aldalati

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 462-466 Free

Research

Do teleoncology models of care enable safe delivery of chemotherapy in rural towns?

Bryan A Chan, Sarah L Larkins, Rebecca Evans, Kerrianne Watt and Sabe Sabesan

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 406 Free

Editorials

Routine integration of palliative care: what will it take?

Jennifer Philip and Anna Collins

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 385 Free

Research

General practitioners’ prescribing of lipid-lowering medications for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2001–2013

Amal N Trivedi, Allan J Pollack, Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller, Christopher Harrison and Margaret A Kelaher

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 407 Free

Perspectives

The challenges of early diagnosis of cancer in general practice

Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 391-393 Free

Short reports

Exploring the value of interprofessional student-led clinics for chronic disease patients

Francis Yi Xing Lai, Fiona Kent and Miodrag Dodic

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 402

Short reports

Indigenous health expenditure deficits obscured in Closing the Gap reports

Katrina A Alford

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 403 Free

Research

Life expectancy discussions in a multisite sample of Australian medical oncology outpatients

Alison C Zucca, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Amy Waller, Mariko Carey, Alice Grady and Lisa Mackenzie

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 405 Free

Perspectives

Testing times! Choosing Wisely when it comes to monitoring type 2 diabetes

Jane Speight, Jessica L Browne and John S Furler

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 354-356 Free

Research

Continuous quality improvement and metabolic screening during pregnancy at primary health centres attended by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Melanie E Gibson-Helm, Helena J Teede, Alice R Rumbold, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Ross S Bailie and Jacqueline A Boyle

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 369-370 Free

Research

“What should happen before asymptomatic men decide whether or not to have a PSA test?” A report on three community juries

Chris Degeling, Lucie Rychetnik, Kristen Pickles, Rae Thomas, Jennifer A Doust, Robert A Gardiner, Paul Glasziou, Ainsley J Newson and Stacy M Carter

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 335 Free

Research

Cardiac troponin testing for diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in primary care

Helen M Wilcox, Alistair W Vickery and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 336 Free

Reflections / MJA “An IMG in Australia” competition

Dream job Down Under

Catarina Widing

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 340-341 Free

Short reports

Scrapping the Healthy Kids Check: a lost opportunity

Karyn E Alexander and Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 321-322 Free

Editorials

Providing a lifeline for rural doctors

Tim Baker

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 277 Free

Short reports

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss secondary to metronidazole ototoxicity

Anthony Rotman, Philip Michael, Michael Tykocinski and Stephen J O’Leary

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 253

Research

Success in Closing the Gap: favourable neonatal outcomes in a metropolitan Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program

Christina Bertilone and Suzanne McEvoy

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 262 Free

Letters

The need to upskill rural general practitioners in mental health care

Malcolm J Hopwood

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 214

Research

Suboptimal medication-related quality of care preceding hospitalisation of older patients

Gillian E Caughey, Lisa M Kalisch Ellett, Stan Goldstein and Elizabeth E Roughead

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 220 Free

Letters

The need to upskill rural general practitioners in mental health care

Malcolm P Forbes and David B King

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 211-214

Letters

Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention

Peter Young

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 172

Research

Actual availability of general practice appointments for mildly ill children

Gary L Freed, Amie Bingham, Amy R Allen, Michele Freed, Lena A Sanci and Neil Spike

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 145 Free

Research

General practitioner understanding of abbreviations used in hospital discharge letters

Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert, Adrian Sheen, Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert and Adrian Sheen

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 147 Free