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Health Services Administration

Supplement

Clinical handover: critical communications

Christine M Jorm, Sarah White and Tamsin Kaneen

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S108-S109 Free

Supplement

SHARED maternity care: enhancing clinical communication in a private maternity hospital setting

Sara J Hatten-Masterson and Marnie L Griffiths

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S150 Free

Supplement

Teams communicating through STEPPS

Karen Stead, Saravana Kumar, Timothy J Schultz, Sue Tiver, Christy J Pirone, Robert J Adams and Conrad A Wareham

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S128 Free

Supplement

Patient care handovers: what will it take to ensure quality and safety during times of transition?

Julie K Johnson and Paul Barach

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (11): S110 Free

Mind the Gap

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 532-536 Free

Mind the Gap

“Closing the gap” by 2030: aspiration versus reality in Indigenous health

Wendy E Hoy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 542-544 Free

Capacity to care

Improving Indigenous patients’ access to mainstream health services: the Inala experience

Noel E Hayman, Nola E White and Geoffrey K Spurling

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 604-606 Free

Research

Self-reported adverse events in health care that cause harm: a population-based survey

Robert J Adams, Graeme Tucker, Kay Price, Catherine L Hill, Sarah L Appleton, David H Wilson, Anne W Taylor and Richard E Ruffin

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 484-488 Free

Matters arising

Abolishing mixed-sex hospital wards: a good first step

Judith R Kennedy and Michael C Kennedy

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 516

For debate

Back pain: a National Health Priority Area in Australia?

Andrew M Briggs and Rachelle Buchbinder

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 499-502 Free

Matters arising

Feasibility of implementation is not yet clear

William Coote, Graeme J Stewart and John M Dwyer

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 516-518

Matters arising

Implement hospital reforms now: no more inquiries

Michael (Taffy) R Jones

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 514

Matters arising

Health reform: reinventing the wheel

John S Wright

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 514-515

Matters arising

Reforming NSW Health: the importance of using credible data

Sue M Evans, Peter A Cameron and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 515

Research

Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in Australia

Andrew N Page, Sarah Swannell, Graham Martin, Samantha Hollingworth, Ian B Hickie and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 479-483 Free

Matters arising

Reforms must rid hospitals of bullying

Alan E O’Connor

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 515-516

Editorials

Doctors and the pharmaceutical industry: time for a national policy?

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 407-408

Letters

Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative?

Peter M Brooks and Charles A Mitchell

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 396-397

Letters

Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative?

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 396-397

Letters

What is the health service for?

Amanda E James

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 399

Postcard from New York

The high cost of drugs in the United States

Jeffrey D Zajac

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 352

Access block

Interventions to circumvent intensive care access block: a retrospective 2-year study across metropolitan Melbourne

Graeme J Duke, Michael D Buist, David Pilcher, Carlos D Scheinkestel, John D Santamaria, Geoff A Gutteridge, Peter J Cranswick, David Ernest, Craig French and John A Botha

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 375-378 Free

Letters

Doctor displacement: a political agenda or a health care imperative?

Guy L Ludbrook and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 396-397

Letters

Rediscovering university teaching hospitals for Australia

Leon Piterman

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 285-286

Letters

Rediscovering university teaching hospitals for Australia

Rachel F Dear and Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 285-286