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Editorials

Routine integration of palliative care: what will it take?

Jennifer Philip and Anna Collins

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 385 Free

Research

General practitioners’ prescribing of lipid-lowering medications for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, 2001–2013

Amal N Trivedi, Allan J Pollack, Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller, Christopher Harrison and Margaret A Kelaher

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (10): 407 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

Perspectives

Testing times! Choosing Wisely when it comes to monitoring type 2 diabetes

Jane Speight, Jessica L Browne and John S Furler

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 354-356 Free

Research

Continuous quality improvement and metabolic screening during pregnancy at primary health centres attended by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women

Melanie E Gibson-Helm, Helena J Teede, Alice R Rumbold, Sanjeeva Ranasinha, Ross S Bailie and Jacqueline A Boyle

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (9): 369-370 Free

Reflections / MJA “An IMG in Australia” competition

Dream job Down Under

Catarina Widing

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 340-341 Free

Short reports

Scrapping the Healthy Kids Check: a lost opportunity

Karyn E Alexander and Danielle Mazza

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 321-322 Free

Research

“What should happen before asymptomatic men decide whether or not to have a PSA test?” A report on three community juries

Chris Degeling, Lucie Rychetnik, Kristen Pickles, Rae Thomas, Jennifer A Doust, Robert A Gardiner, Paul Glasziou, Ainsley J Newson and Stacy M Carter

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 335 Free

Research

Cardiac troponin testing for diagnosis of acute coronary syndromes in primary care

Helen M Wilcox, Alistair W Vickery and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 336 Free

Editorials

Providing a lifeline for rural doctors

Tim Baker

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (7): 277 Free

Research

Success in Closing the Gap: favourable neonatal outcomes in a metropolitan Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program

Christina Bertilone and Suzanne McEvoy

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 262 Free

Short reports

Sudden sensorineural hearing loss secondary to metronidazole ototoxicity

Anthony Rotman, Philip Michael, Michael Tykocinski and Stephen J O’Leary

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (6): 253

Letters

The need to upskill rural general practitioners in mental health care

Malcolm P Forbes and David B King

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 211-214

Letters

The need to upskill rural general practitioners in mental health care

Malcolm J Hopwood

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 214

Research

Suboptimal medication-related quality of care preceding hospitalisation of older patients

Gillian E Caughey, Lisa M Kalisch Ellett, Stan Goldstein and Elizabeth E Roughead

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (5): 220 Free

Letters

Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention

Peter Young

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (4): 172

Research

Actual availability of general practice appointments for mildly ill children

Gary L Freed, Amie Bingham, Amy R Allen, Michele Freed, Lena A Sanci and Neil Spike

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 145 Free

Research

General practitioner understanding of abbreviations used in hospital discharge letters

Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert, Adrian Sheen, Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert and Adrian Sheen

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 147 Free

Case reports / Lessons from practice

Splenic abscess complicating gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Virchow in an immunocompetent host

Jonathan R Sillar, Aiveen M Bannan and Leigh Dahlenburg

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 148-149 Free

Letters

Eight challenges faced by general practitioners caring for patients after an acute coronary syndrome

Peter L Thompson and Alistair W Vickery

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 80-81

Clinical focus

General practice after-hours incentive funding: a rationale for change

Amanda L Neil, Mark R Nelson, Tracy Richardson, Meghan Mann-Leonard and Andrew J Palmer

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 82-85 Free

Research

Geographical mobility of general practitioners in rural Australia

Matthew R McGrail and John S Humphreys

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 92-96 Free

Perspectives

State-based legal requirements for Schedule 8 prescriptions: why so complicated?

Andy C Hua, Finna Shen and Xiaoting Ge

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (2): 64-66 Free

Perspectives

Ensuring safe exercise participation in clinical populations: who is responsible?

Kade Davison and Christopher D Askew

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (1): 16-17