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Perspectives

Universal genetic testing of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer — ready for prime time?

Dilanka L De Silva, Paul A James, G Bruce Mann and Geoffrey J Lindeman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 449-453

Letters

Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic

Penni L Blazak and Kim Greaves

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 486-486

Guideline summary

Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID‐19: recommendations from the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

David Fraile Navarro, Britta Tendal, David Tingay, Nan Vasilunas, Lorraine Anderson, James Best, Penelope Burns, Saskia Cheyne, Simon S Craig, Simon J Erickson, Nicholas SS Fancourt, Zoy Goff, Vimbai Kapuya, Catherine Keyte, Lorelle Malyon, Steve McDonald, Heath White, Danielle Wurzel, Asha C Bowen and Brendan McMullan, Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19: recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 255-263 Free

Consensus statement summaries

Cancer Australia consensus statement on COVID‐19 and cancer care: embedding high value changes in practice

Vivienne Milch, Rhona Wang, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Melissa Austen, Debra Hector, Cleola Anderiesz and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 479-484 Free

Editorials

Abortion care in the 21st century

Caroline M Costa and Kirsten I Black

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 349-350

Reflections

The silence around miscarriage hurts health care and bereaved parents

Melanie Keep

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 343-344.e1

Perspectives

Screening for post‐stroke depression: who, when and how?

Katherine Sewell, Tamara Tse, Geoffrey A Donnan and Leeanne M Carey

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 305-307.e1

Editorials

Treatment of alcohol problems: current status and future directions

Paul S Haber, Benjamin C Riordan and Kirsten C Morley

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 315-316 Free

Research

OPTIMISE: a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of an intervention to improve primary care for refugees in Australia

Grant M Russell, Katrina Long, Virginia Lewis, Joanne C Enticott, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, I‐Hao Cheng, Geraldine Marsh, Shiva Vasi, Jenny Advocat, Shoko Saito, Hyun Song, Sue Casey, Mitchell Smith and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 420-426 Free

Editorials

Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia needs informed patients and enabled GPs

Paul J Clark

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 318-319

Research

Adding saliva testing to oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab testing increases PCR detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in primary care and children

Jane Oliver, Shidan Tosif, Lai‐yang Lee, Anna‐Maria Costa, Chelsea Bartel, Katherine Last, Vanessa Clifford, Andrew Daley, Nicole Allard, Catherine Orr, Ashley Nind, Karyn Alexander, Niamh Meagher, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Deborah A Williamson, Nigel W Crawford and Katherine B Gibney

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 273-278 Free

Perspectives

Why we should and how we can increase medical school admissions for persons with disabilities

Liz Fitzmaurice, Kenneth Donald, Carl Wet and Dinesh Palipana

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 249-251.e1

Perspectives

Updated Australian guidance for health care providers about “undetectable = untransmittable” for HIV

James H McMahon, Brent Allan, Daniel Grace and Nic Holas

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 201-202.e1

Medical education / Snapshot

Chalky urate in a patient with bullous tophi

Hsi Yen, Hsing‐Jou Su and Wei‐Ti Chen

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 209-209.e1

Editorials

What is the role of general practice in the Chain of Survival for treating people with cardiac arrest?

Siobhán Masterson and Tomás Barry

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 214-215

Editorials

Excessive PSA testing in general practice

Justin J Coleman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 215-216

Perspectives

Regulating complementary, unconventional and emerging treatments in Australia: a missed opportunity

Miriam Wiersma, Ian H Kerridge, Cameron L Stewart and Wendy L Lipworth

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 199-201.e1

Perspectives

Medico‐legal risks associated with fragmented care in general practice

Jack Marjot, Georgie Haysom and Penny Browne

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 203-205.e1

Research letter

Prescribing of direct‐acting antiviral therapy by general practitioners for people with hepatitis C in an unrestricted treatment program

Fergus Stafford, Gregory J Dore, Shawn Clackett, Marianne Martinello, Gail V Matthews, Jason Grebely, Anne C Balcomb and Behzad Hajarizadeh

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 332-333 Free

Letters

Implementing cardiovascular disease preventive care guidelines in general practice: an opportunity missed

Joachim P Sturmberg and Carmel M Martin

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 189-189.e1

Letters

Implementing cardiovascular disease preventive care guidelines in general practice: an opportunity missed

Charlotte M Hespe, Mark F Harris and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 189-189.e1

Narrative review

Co‐occurring depression and insomnia in Australian primary care: recent scientific evidence

Alexander Sweetman, Leon Lack, Emer Van Ryswyk, Andrew Vakulin, Richard L Reed, Malcolm W Battersby, Nicole Lovato and Robert J Adams

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 230-236

Medical education / Snapshot

Isolated intrathoracic kidney

Jessica Phillips and Jonathan Foo

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 108-108.e1

Ethics and law

Terra pericolosa: medical student involvement in intimate patient examinations or procedures

Paul M McGurgan and Katrina L Calvert

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 167-168.e1

Ethics and law

Doctors’ criminal law duty to report consensual sexual activity between adolescents: legal and clinical issues

Ben Mathews and Lena A Sanci

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 109-113.e1