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Perspectives

Recording consultations: a win–win situation for physicians and patients

Kimberley Benson and Ralph Nanan

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 175-176

Perspectives

Identifying low-value care: the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ EVOLVE initiative

Jason Soon, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jacqui Close, Catherine Hill, Simon Allan and Caroline Turnour

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 180-181

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines for dementia in Australia

Kate Laver, Robert G Cumming, Suzanne M Dyer, Meera R Agar, Kaarin J Anstey, Elizabeth Beattie, Henry Brodaty, Tony Broe, Lindy Clemson, Maria Crotty, Margaret Dietz, Brian M Draper, Leon Flicker, Margeret Friel, Louise Mary Heuzenroeder, Susan Koch, Susan Kurrle, Rhonda Nay, C Dimity Pond, Jane Thompson, Yvonne Santalucia, Craig Whitehead and Mark W Yates

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 191-193 Free

Research

Impact of HPV sample self-collection for underscreened women in the renewed Cervical Screening Program

Megan Smith, Jie Bin Lew, Kate Simms and Karen Canfell

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 194 Free

Reflections

The acute care conveyor belt: a personal experience

Kimberley D Ivory

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 162-163 Free

Editorials

“Ice” (crystal methamphetamine): concerns and responses

Margaret Hamilton and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 136-137 Free

Editorials

ADHD and psychostimulants — overdiagnosis and overprescription

Adrian J Dunlop and Louise K Newman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 139 Free

Perspectives

Managing legal and medical complexities in caring for people with drug and alcohol problems: a call for change

Ian W Webster

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 141-142

Research

Perceptions of Australasian emergency department staff of the impact of alcohol-related presentations

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Andrew Gosbell, Angela Wadsworth, Katie Moore, Drew B Richardson and Daniel M Fatovich

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 155 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Necrotising myositis presenting as multiple limb myalgia

Henrique Nicola and David JR Morgan

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 157-158

Reflections / Book/media/app

Assessing and treating functional disorders

Catherine Yelland

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 128

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Shiitake dermatitis: the tale of an under-recognised, undercooked fungus

Ashling McNally, Christopher Ross and Jeffrey Wayte

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 124-126

Research

Socio-demographic and structural barriers to being tested for chlamydia in general practice

Andrew Lau, Simone Spark, Jane Tomnay, Meredith Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Rebecca J Guy, Basil Donovan and Jane S Hocking

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 112 Free

Research

Emergency department presentations with mammalian bite injuries: risk factors for admission and surgery

Jeannette WC Ting, Brian Yin Ting Yue, Howard Ho Fung Tang, Alexandra Rizzitelli, Ramin Shayan, Frank Raiola, Warren M Rozen and David Hunter-Smith

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 114 Free

Research

A survey of Sydney general practitioners’ management of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Zeina Najjar, Leena Gupta, Janice Pritchard-Jones, Simone I Strasser, Miriam T Levy, Siaw-Teng Liaw and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 74 Free

Case reports / Snapshot

Severe ulcerative herpes zoster

Andrew DK Nguyen and Gabriela Strey

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 61

Perspectives

Cost-effectiveness of screening for bowel cancer

Terry D Bolin, Melvyn G Korman, Fiona Nicholson, Lynne Pezzullo, Jeffrey Engelman, Katherine Collings and David Gilchrist Creelman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 11-12

Research

Are general practice characteristics predictors of good glycaemic control in patients with diabetes? A cross-sectional study

Adrian J Esterman, Tim Fountaine and Robyn McDermott

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 23 Free

Research

The treatment of nursing home-acquired pneumonia using a medically intensive Hospital in the Home service

Michael Montalto, Man Yee Chu, Irani Ratnam, Tim Spelman and Karin Thursky

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 441-442 Free

Christmas competition / Winner

The psychopathology of James Bond and its implications for the revision of the DSM-(00)7

Anna Stowe Alrutz, Bridget Kool, Tom Robinson, Simon Moyes, Peter Huggard, Karen Hoare and Bruce Arroll

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 452-456 Free

Christmas competition

Hospital doctors’ Opinions regarding educational Utility, public Sentiment and career Effects of Medical television Dramas: the HOUSE MD study

Hasan N Haboubi, Holly Morgan and Omar Aldalati

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (11): 462-466 Free

Perspectives

The challenges of early diagnosis of cancer in general practice

Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 391-393 Free

Short reports

Exploring the value of interprofessional student-led clinics for chronic disease patients

Francis Yi Xing Lai, Fiona Kent and Miodrag Dodic

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 402

Short reports

Indigenous health expenditure deficits obscured in Closing the Gap reports

Katrina A Alford

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 403 Free

Research

Life expectancy discussions in a multisite sample of Australian medical oncology outpatients

Alison C Zucca, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Amy Waller, Mariko Carey, Alice Grady and Lisa Mackenzie

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 405 Free