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Perspectives

Where to next for rural general practice policy and research in Australia?

Lucie K Walters, Matthew R McGrail, Dean B Carson, Belinda G O'Sullivan, Deborah J Russell, Roger P Strasser, Richard B Hays and Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 56-58

Medical education / Clinical skills

How to perform the ankle brachial index test in clinical practice

Nicole M Organ and Catherine Harrison

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 60-61

Editorials

Can antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections be reduced?

Martin Gulliford and Mark Ashworth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 62-63

Editorials

Educating general practitioners: are we preparing them for cost-conscious care?

Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 63-64

Research

Antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in general practice: comparison of prescribing rates with guideline recommendations

Amanda R McCullough, Allan J Pollack, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Paul P Glasziou, David FM Looke, Helena C Britt and Christopher B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 65-69 Free

Research

Changes in pathology test ordering by early career general practitioners: a longitudinal study

Parker J Magin, Amanda Tapley, Simon Morgan, Kim Henderson, Elizabeth G Holliday, Andrew R Davey, Jean Ball, Nigel F Catzikiris, Katie J Mulquiney and Mieke L van Driel

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 70-74 Free

Perspectives

Hepatitis C in Australia — a role for general practitioners?

Mieke L van Driel, David Lim and Paul J Clark

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 53

Perspectives

Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care

Robert Amery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 13-15 Free

Perspectives

Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales

Kim Sutherland, Diane Hindmarsh, Katinka Moran and Jean-Frederic Levesque

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 17-18 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Medical education / Snapshot

High-pressure injection injury: benign appearance belies potentially devastating consequences

Anna T Ryan and Bruce R Johnstone

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 477

Reflection

The medical coalface of the heroin epidemic

Ines M Rio and Jonathan Epstein

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 484-485

Letters

Suicide by health professionals: a retrospective mortality study in Australia, 2001–2012

Allison J Milner, Matthew J Spittal and Marie M Bismark

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (11): 506

Editorials

Work-readiness and workforce numbers: the challenges

Richard B Murray and Andrew Wilson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 433-434

Research

Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement initiative

Santhi Chalasani, David P Peiris, Tim Usherwood, Julie Redfern, Bruce C Neal, David R Sullivan, Stephen Colagiuri, Nicholas A Zwar, Qiang Li and Anushka Patel

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 436-441 Free

Letters

Should there be an MBS item number for advance care planning?

Amanda Pereira-Salgado and Jennifer J Watts

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 412

Perspectives

Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Sharon Wallace and Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 377

Perspectives

Australia’s Health Care Homes: laying the right foundations

Claire L Jackson and Steven J Hambleton

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 380-381 Free

Editorials

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Narrative review

Countering cognitive biases in minimising low value care

Ian A Scott, Jason Soon, Adam G Elshaug and Robyn Lindner

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 407-411

Letters

Pre-hospital thrombolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a regional Australian experience

John K French, Derek P Chew, Richard W Harper and Philip EG Aylward

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 369

Medical education / Snapshot

Strategic lacunar infarction

Takeshi Kondo and Kazuhiko Terada

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 340

Editorials

Reducing the burden of neurological disease and mental illness

Kay L Double and Linda J Richards

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 341-342

Editorials

Assessing the outcome of stroke in Australia

Graeme J Hankey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 343-344

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free