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Research

Safety of opioid patch initiation in Australian residential aged care

Svetla Gadzhanova, Elizabeth E Roughead and Lisa G Pont

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 298 Free

Reflections

Every year eventually becomes the year for the older person

John B Best

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 305-306

Reflections / Poem

Longitudinal

Michael J Leach

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 307 Free

Corrections

Firearms, mental illness, dementia and the clinician

Anne P F Wand, Carmelle Peisah, Julie-Anne Strukovski and Henry Brodaty

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (7): 362 Free

Research

Polypharmacy among inpatients aged 70 years or older in Australia

Ruth E Hubbard, Nancye M Peel, Ian A Scott, Jennifer H Martin, Alesha Smith, Peter I Pillans, Arjun Poudel and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (7): 373-377 Free

Reflections / MJA Dr Eric Dark Creative Writing Prize

Jack

Patrick Russell

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (7): 389-390 Free

Case reports / Snapshot

An incidentaloma not to be missed

Michael Braude and Peter Choong

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (6): 308 Free

Research

Tolerability and outcomes of curative radiotherapy in patients aged 85 or more years

Richard C Khor, Mathias Bressel, Jo Tedesco, Keen Hun Tai, David L Ball, Gillian M Duchesne, Helen Farrugia, Wai Kuan Yip and Farshad Foroudi

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (3): 153-155 Free

Clinical focus

Financial capacity in older adults: a growing concern for clinicians

Paul A Gardiner, Gerard J Byrne, Leander K Mitchell and Nancy A Pachana

Med J Aust 2015; 202 (2): 82-85 Free

Reflections

Riding the buses

Alexander K Cohen

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 689

Ethics and law

Firearms, mental illness, dementia and the clinician

Anne P F Wand, Carmelle Peisah, Julie-Anne Strukovski and Henry Brodaty

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (11): 674-678 Free

Corrections

Antibiotic prescribing practice in residential aged care facilities — health care providers' perspectives

Ching Jou Lim, Megan W-L Kwong, Rhonda L Stuart, Kirsty L Buising, N Deborah Friedman, Noleen J Bennett, Allen C Cheng, Anton Y Peleg, Caroline Marshall and David C M Kong

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (10): 574 Free

Research

Use of advance directives by South Australians: results from the Health Omnibus Survey Spring 2012

Sandra L Bradley, Richard J Woodman, Jennifer J Tieman and Paddy A Phillips

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (8): 467-469 Free

Research

Orthogeriatric services associated with lower 30-day mortality for older patients who undergo surgery for hip fracture

Justin Zeltzer, Rebecca J Mitchell, Barbara Toson, Ian A Harris, Laura Ahmad and Jacqui Close

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 409-411 Free

Editorials

Hip fracture: the case for a funded national registry

Richard I Lindley

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 368-369 Free

Clinical focus

The benefits and harms of deprescribing

Emily Reeve, Sepehr Shakib, Ivanka Hendrix, Michael S Roberts and Michael D Wiese

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 386-389 Free

Clinical focus

First do no harm: a real need to deprescribe in older patients

Ian A Scott, Kristen Anderson, Christopher R Freeman and Danielle A Stowasser

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 390-392 Free

Letters

Impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in people aged 65 years or older

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (4): 199-200

Letters

Impact of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in people aged 65 years or older

Robert I Menzies, Vicki L Krause and Peter B McIntyre

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (4): 200

Research

Antibiotic prescribing practice in residential aged care facilities - health care providers' perspectives

Ching Jou Lim, Megan W-L Kwong, Rhonda L Stuart, Kirsty L Buising, N Deborah Friedman, Noleen J Bennett, Allen C Cheng, Anton Y Peleg, Caroline Marshall and David C M Kong

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (2): 101-105 Free

Letters

Difficult but necessary conversations - the case for advance care planning

Liz Marles

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578

Research

Dementia prevalence and incidence among the Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations of the Northern Territory

Shu Qin Li, Steven L Guthridge, Padmasiri Eswara Aratchige, Michael P Lowe, Zhiqiang Wang, Yuejen Zhao and Vicki Krause

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (8): 465-469 Free

Letters

Psychotropic drug use in aged care facilities: a reflection of a systemic problem?

Ian Maddocks

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 319

Research

Outcomes of older people receiving intensive care in Victoria

Graeme J Duke, Anna Barker, Cameron I Knott and John D Santamaria

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 323-326 Free

Reflections / Poem

Why old people talk about their operations

Lisa Jacobson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 346 Free