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Social determinants of health

Perspective

Improving equity in access to kidney transplantation: implementing targeted models of care focused on improving timely access to waitlisting

Katie Cundale, Stephen P McDonald, Ashley Irish, Matthew D Jose, Jillian Diack, Matilda D'Antoine, Kelli J Owen and Jaquelyne T Hughes

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S7-S10 Free

Perspective

Cultural bias in kidney care and transplantation: review and recommendations to improve kidney care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Kelli J Owen, Janet Kelly, Katie Cundale, Sandawana William Majoni, Matilda D'Antoine and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S11-S14 Free

Perspective

From talk to action: Indigenous Reference Groups drive practice change in kidney transplantation care

Kelli J Owen, Katie Cundale, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Stephen P McDonald, Matilda D'Antoine and Shilpanjali Jesudason

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S15-S18 Free

Research letter

Financial support provided to male and female physicians by pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand: a cross‐sectional study

Leah Jones

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 275-277 Free

Perspectives

Lung cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an opportunity to address health inequities

Alison Brown, Gail Garvey, Nicole M Rankin, Claire Nightingale and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 398-401 Free

Letters

Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services

Shyan Lii Goh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 237-237

Letters

Ethical implications of changing the eligibility criteria for the proposed National Lung Cancer Screening Program

Jonathon B Ryan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 187-187

Perspectives

The pathway to more rural doctors: the role of universities

Matthew R McGrail, Zelda Doyle, Lara Fuller, Tarun Sen Gupta, Lizzi Shires and Lucie Walters

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): S8-S13 Free

Medical history

Treaties for “offshoring” hospital treatment of Asian patients from Christmas Island, 1963–1985: a racist chapter in the history of Australian medical care

Simon Barraclough, Alison Hughes and John Oldroyd

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 57-59 Free

Ethics and law

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Free

Research letters

Suboptimal experiences with out‐of‐pocket costs, financial disclosure, and support information among people treated for cancer

Victoria White, Karla Gough, Colin Wood, Raymond Chan and Michael Jefford

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 28-29 Free

Research

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

Perspectives

Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols, Rebecca Bentley and Adam G Elshaug

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 4-8 Free

Perspectives

Centring equity in data‐driven public health: a call for guiding principles to support the equitable design and outcomes of Australia's data integration systems

Catherine Smith, Claire M Vajdic and Niamh Stephenson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 341-343 Free

Perspectives

The NDIS at ten years: designing an equitable scheme for the next decade

Jennifer Smith‐Merry, John Gilroy and Annmaree Watharow

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 291-294 Free

Perspectives

Mitigating the impacts of racism on Indigenous wellbeing through human rights, legislative and health policy reform

Pat Dudgeon, Abigail Bray and Roz Walker

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 203-205 Free

Consensus statement

Consensus recommendations on the management of hepatitis C in Australia's prisons

Rebecca J Winter, Yumi Sheehan, Timothy Papaluca, Graeme A Macdonald, Joy Rowland, Anton Colman, Mark Stoove, Andrew R Lloyd and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 231-237 Free

Editor’s choice

Highlighting equity and inequity in Australia’s health system

Virginia Barbour

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 51-51

Editorials

Gender diversity of clinical practice guideline panels in Australia: important opportunities for progress

Cheryl Carcel and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 73-74

Perspectives

Supporting Indigenous health equity strategic planning: a Queensland perspective

Maree R Toombs, Caitlin Curtis and Claire E Brolan

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (1): 5-8 Free

Research letter

Non‐fatal opioid overdose after release from prison among men who injected drugs prior to their imprisonment: a prospective data linkage study

Michael Curtis, Paul Dietze, Rebecca J Winter, Kasun Rathnayake, Karen Smith and Mark Stoove

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 94-95 Free

Research

Twelve‐month mortality outcomes for Indigenous and non‐Indigenous people admitted to intensive care units in Australia: a registry‐based data linkage study

Paul J Secombe, Alex Brown, Michael J Bailey, Sue Huckson, Shaila Chavan, Edward Litton and David Pilcher

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 77-83 Free

Perspectives

Health care in police watch‐houses: a challenge and an opportunity

Julia L Crilly, Caitlin Brandenburg, Stuart A Kinner, Ed Heffernan, Joshua Byrnes, Cathy Lincoln, Paul Gardiner, Peter Davidson, Annabel Somerville, Daniel Wilson, David Green and Stuart Thomas

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 287-289 Free

Perspectives

Surviving and thriving after breast cancer treatment

Christobel M Saunders, Lesley Stafford and Martha Hickey

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (5): 225-227 Free

Editorials

Striving for gender equity at the Medical Journal of Australia

Alisha Dorrigan, Elizabeth Zuccala and Nicholas J Talley

Med J Aust 2022; 217 (3): 138-139 Free