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Perspectives

The 2021 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia increasingly out on a limb

Paul J Beggs, Ying Zhang, Alice McGushin, Stefan Trueck, Martina K Linnenluecke, Hilary Bambrick, Helen L Berry, Ollie Jay, Lucie Rychetnik, Ivan C Hanigan, Geoffrey G Morgan, Yuming Guo, Arunima Malik, Mark Stevenson, Donna Green, Fay H Johnston, Celia McMichael, Ian Hamilton and Anthony G Capon

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 390-392.e22 Free

Perspectives

Climate, extreme heat and human health: risks and lessons for Australia

Tarun S Weeramanthri, Simon Quilty and Sharon L Campbell

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 393-395

Editorials

Increasing access to women’s sexual and reproductive health services: telehealth is only the start

Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 352-353

Research

Early medical abortion services provided in Australian primary care

Asvini K Subasinghe, Kevin McGeechan, Jessica E Moulton, Luke E Grzeskowiak and Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 366-370 Free

Research

The impact of re‐opening the international border on COVID‐19 hospitalisations in Australia: a modelling study

Mark J Hanly, Timothy Churches, Oisin Fitzgerald, Jeffrey J Post, C Raina MacIntyre and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 39-42 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

Perspectives

Collaborative Commissioning: regional funding models to support value‐based care in New South Wales

Elizabeth Koff, Susan Pearce and David P Peiris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 297-301.e1 Free

Perspectives

Reforming our health care system: time to rip off the band‐aid?

Claire L Jackson and Diana O’Halloran

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 301-303.e1

Research letter

The clinical value of “exception item” colonoscopy (MBS item 32228)

Michelle Lee See, Antonio Lee, Roderick Roberts, Richard A Friedman, David G Hewett and Daniel L Worthley

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 94-95 Free

Research letters

Telehealth sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID‐19 pandemic

Yan Cheng, Clare Boerma, Lucy Peck, Jessica R Botfield, Jane Estoesta and Kevin McGeechan

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 371-372 Free

Research

Modelling direct and herd protection effects of vaccination against the SARS‐CoV‐2 Delta variant in Australia

Emma S McBryde, Michael T Meehan, Jamie M Caldwell, Adeshina I Adekunle, Samson T Ogunlade, MD Abdul Kuddus, Romain Ragonnet, Pavithra Jayasundara, James M Trauer and Robert C Cope

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 427-432 Free

Editorials

Excessive PSA testing in general practice

Justin J Coleman

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

Perspectives

Renewable energy use in Australian public hospitals

Hayden Burch, Matthew H Anstey and Forbes McGain

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (4): 160-163.e1

Editorials

COVID‐19 in children: time for a new strategy

Mary‐Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (5): 212-213 Free

Letters

Beyond the black stump: rapid reviews of health research issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia

Marianne H Gillam, Martin Jones and Esther May

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 141-141.e1

Letters

Voluntary assisted dying in Victoria: a snapshot

Kate Furness, Donna Markham, Tamica Sturgess and Margaret O’Connor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 142-142.e1

Letters

Research translators: powering the MRFF to save lives and create jobs

John Savill, Christopher Levi and Gary Geelhoed

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 142-142.e1 Free

Letters

Beyond the black stump: rapid reviews of health research issues affecting regional, rural and remote Australia

Vincent L Versace, Tony Smith and Keith Sutton

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 141-141.e1

Research

Public mental health service use by people with intellectual disability in New South Wales and its costs

Preeyaporn Srasuebkul, Rachael Cvejic, Theresa Heintze, Simone Reppermund and Julian N Trollor

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 325-331 Free

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

Perspectives

Low value care is a health hazard that calls for patient empowerment

Ian A Scott, Adam G Elshaug and Melissa Fox

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (3): 101-103.e1

Editorials

The road less travelled: supporting physicians to practice rurally

Jennifer A May and Anthony Scott

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 29-30 Free

Perspectives

Communicating with patients and the public about COVID‐19 vaccine safety: recommendations from the Collaboration on Social Science and Immunisation

Julie Leask, Samantha J Carlson, Katie Attwell, Katrina K Clark, Jessica Kaufman, Catherine Hughes, Jane Frawley, Patrick Cashman, Holly Seal, Kerrie Wiley, Katarzyna Bolsewicz, Maryke Steffens and Margie H Danchin

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 9-12.e1 Free

Perspectives

Increasing health assessments for people living with an intellectual disability: lessons from experience of Indigenous‐specific health assessments

Jodie Bailie, Alison Laycock, Veronica Matthews and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 16-18.e1 Free

Ethics and law

Medico‐legal considerations of mandatory COVID‐19 vaccination for high risk workers

Dev AS Kevat, Danielle CA Panaccio, Sam C Pang, Jessica M Dean, Caitlin C Farmer and Patrick D Mahar

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (1): 22-24.e1 Free