General medicine

Nursing home-acquired pneumonia can be well treated without moving the resident to hospital

Michael Montalto MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Man Yee Chu MRCP, FHKAM · Irani Ratnam MB BS, FRACP · Tim Spelman MB BS · Karin Thursky MB BS, BSc, FRACP

Shaken but not deterred: James Bond helps make psychiatry so much simpler

Anna Stowe Alrutz MA · Bridget Kool PhD, MPH, RGON · Tom Robinson MB ChB, MPH(Hons), FNZCPHM · Simon Moyes BSc · Peter Huggard EdD, MPH, MEd(Couns) · Karen Hoare PhD, MSc · Bruce Arroll MB ChB, PhD, FRNZCGP

Medical television dramas exercise a growing influence on the practice of junior doctors

Hasan N Haboubi MB BS, BSc(Hons), MRCP · Holly Morgan MB BCh · Omar Aldalati MD, MRCP

Palliative care not only requires access to quality services but also physicians’ willingness to have difficult conversations with patients

Jennifer Philip PhD, FAChPM, MMed · Anna Collins MHealthPsych, BSci(Psych)

Managing missed opportunities when most cancer symptoms are only weakly predictive

Jon D Emery MB BCh, FRACGP, DPhil

Positive early findings suggest further investigation of the potential of interprofessional student-led clinics to improve health care management for patients with chronic disease is warranted

Francis Yi Xing Lai MB BS(Hons) · Fiona Kent BPhty, GradCertEBP, MHPE · Miodrag Dodic MB BS, FRACGP, PhD

Government expenditure is not commensurate with the substantially greater and more complex health needs of Indigenous Australians

Katrina A Alford BA, BEd, PhD

Advising patients with cancer about life expectancy must be tailored to their individual desire for information

Alison C Zucca BA(Hons), MMedSc · Rob W Sanson-Fisher BPsych(Hons), MPsych, PhD · Amy Waller BA(Hons), PhD · Mariko Carey DPsych(Health), BSc(Hons) · Alice Grady BPsych · Lisa Mackenzie BPsych(Hons), PhD

High-quality cancer care can be provided at rural centres by teleoncology models

Bryan A Chan BPharm(Hons), MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Sarah L Larkins MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Rebecca Evans BSp · Kerrianne Watt PhD · Sabe Sabesan BM BS, FRACP, PhD

Encouraging evidence about expanding access to medications and reducing cardiovascular risk among Indigenous Australians

Amal N Trivedi MD, MPH · Allan J Pollack MB BS(Hons), FRACS(Orth), MPH(PP) · Helena C Britt BA, PhD · Graeme C Miller MB BS, PhD, FRACGP · Christopher Harrison BPsych(Hons), MSocHlth · Margaret A Kelaher PhD, BSc(Psych)

Harnessing the value of self-monitoring of blood glucose among people with non-insulin-treated type 2 diabetes

Jane Speight PhD, CPSychol, AFBPsS · Jessica L Browne BPsych(Hons), PhD · John S Furler MB BS, FRACGP, PhD

Continuous quality improvement initiatives contribute to improved pregnancy care for Indigenous Australians

Melanie E Gibson-Helm PhD, MRepSci, BSc(Hons) · Helena J Teede MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Alice R Rumbold PhD, MPH, BSc(Hons) · Sanjeeva Ranasinha MSc, MEpid · Ross S Bailie MD(CommHlth), FAFPHM, MB ChB · Jacqueline A Boyle MB BS, FRANZCOG, PhD

“without the signal that the HKC gives to parents … children will continue to miss out on preventive health activities”

Karyn E Alexander MB ChB, FRACGP, MPH · Danielle Mazza MD, FRACGP, DRANZCOG

Attitudes to what men should be told before undergoing a PSA test were examined

Chris Degeling PhD, BVSc · Lucie Rychetnik PhD, MPH · Kristen Pickles MPH · Rae Thomas PhD · Jennifer A Doust BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Robert A Gardiner MD, FRCS, FRACS · Paul Glasziou BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Ainsley J Newson PhD, LLB(Hons), BSc(Hons) · Stacy M Carter PhD, MPH(Hons)

Cardiac troponin is a useful biomarker for acute coronary syndromes, but caution in primary care contexts is needed

Helen M Wilcox MB BS (Hons), FRACGP, DCH · Alistair W Vickery MB BS, FRACGP · Jon D Emery MB BCh, FRACGP, DPhil

The work as a doctor on the RFDS base in Port Hedland is often strenuous but extremely varied

Catarina Widing MD

Can we provide a service for rural hospitals that combines the benefits of both centralised and specialist telemedicine systems?

Tim Baker MB BS(Hons), BMedSc(Hons), FACEM

Metronidazole is a known neurotoxic antibiotic that can be ototoxic, if only rarely

Anthony Rotman MB BS · Philip Michael FRCSEd(ORL-HNS), DLO, MA(ODE) · Michael Tykocinski MD, FRACS · Stephen J O’Leary MB BS, PhD, FRACS

The Aboriginal Maternity Group Practice Program significantly improved neonatal outcomes for babies in south metropolitan Perth

Christina Bertilone MB BS, FRACGP, MPH · Suzanne McEvoy FAFPHM, MAppEpid, PhD

There is room for improvement in mental health training opportunities for GPs in rural areas

Malcolm P Forbes MB BS · David B King MB BS, FRACGP, MPH

Every day, psychiatrists work closely with GPs

Malcolm J Hopwood FRANZCP, MPM, MD

Clinical indicators have been widely adopted as a measure of health system performance and quality of care provided to patients

Gillian E Caughey BSc(Hons), PhD · Lisa M Kalisch Ellett BPharm, PhD · Stan Goldstein MB BS, MHA · Elizabeth E Roughead BPharm, MAppSci, PhD

Responsibility for health care in detention must be transferred from the Department of Immigration and Border Protection to an independent body

Peter Young MB BS, FRANZCP

Parents have little difficulty getting same-day GP appointments for their mildly ill children

Gary L Freed BA, MD, MPH · Amie Bingham MPH, BSc, BA · Amy R Allen BSc(Hons), GradDipAlcohol OtherDrugStudies · Michele Freed · Lena A Sanci MB BS, FRACGP, PhD · Neil Spike MB BS, FRACGP

Patient care is compromised by GPs not understanding abbreviations used in hospital discharge letters

Mark Chemali MB BS, BPharm(Hons) · Emily J Hibbert MB BS(Hons), MClinEd, FRACP · Adrian Sheen MB BS, DipObstRACOG, FRACGP · Mark Chemali MB BS, BPharm(Hons) · Emily J Hibbert MB BS(Hons), MClinEd, FRACP · Adrian Sheen MB BS, DipObstRACOG, FRACGP