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Creating agency in Aboriginal health
PAT ANDERSON, chair of the Lowitja Institute, Australia's National Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Research, provides generous praise to the authors of this work for their valuable contribution to research and practice of empowerment in Aboriginal health (http://www.lowitja.org.au/promoting-aboriginal-health-family-wellbeing-empowerment-approach). When you read this text you will find that the praise is well deserved. However, it would have been handy if it had also ...
Dameyon Bonson
A bowel cancer screening plan at last
Partnership with GPs is critical to improving uptake of screening, which has been unacceptably low
Paul B Grogan · Ian N Olver MB BS, MD, PhD
Standing at the crossroads in HIV management: implications for primary care practice from the AIDS 2014 conference
We need to increase testing and treatment and keep searching for a cure
Levinia Crooks BA(Hons), DipEd, MBA · Michael R Kidd AM, MD, FRACGP · Robert Lake DCOM · Edwina J Wright MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Edward Reis BA
Cancer health inequality persists in regional and remote Australia
A call for ongoing government commitment to rural oncology care
Peter Fox BSc(Med), MB BS, FRACP · Adam Boyce MB BS, FRACP
The hidden issues of anticipatory medications in community palliative care
Keeping the doctor’s bag relevant to needs
Gerard F Gill
Use of advance directives by South Australians: results from the Health Omnibus Survey Spring 2012
South Australians are more likely to settle their financial affairs than their health care and lifestyle advance directives
Sandra L Bradley BSc, BN, MSc · Richard J Woodman PhD · Jennifer J Tieman BSc(Hons), MBA, PhD · Paddy A Phillips MB BS, DPhil, FRACP
Splenic rupture: a rare complication of infectious mononucleosis
This complication is rare, but potentially disastrous
Eugene Ng MB BS · Michelle Lee MB BS
Evaluation of legal capacity by doctors and lawyers: the need for collaborative assessment
Assessing capacity to make legally binding decisions requires doctors and lawyers to work together
Kelly J Purser BA LLB(Hons), PhD · Tuly Rosenfeld MB BS, FAAG, FRACP
Honey, I shrunk the kids (but it was probably worth it)
The latest on corticosteroids, bariatric surgery, antifungals and how to stay awake
Steve McDonald · Tari Turner
New TGA warning label for use of NSAIDs in fluid-depleted children
The recent TGA warning that NSAIDs can cause harm in fluid-depleted kids should also apply to adults at risk
Ronald P Batagol
First do no harm: a real need to deprescribe in older patients
The scale of polypharmacy-related harm is underappreciated
Ian A Scott FRACP, MHA, MEd · Kristen Anderson BPharm · Christopher R Freeman BPharm, PhD, BCACP · Danielle A Stowasser PhD, BPharm, PGDipClinHospPharm
Identified health concerns and changes in management resulting from the Healthy Kids Check in two Queensland practices
The check appears to be making a difference in child health management
Rae Thomas PhD · Jennifer A Doust BM BS, PhD, FRACGP · Kartik Vasan · Bianca Rajapakse · Leanne McGregor PhD · Evan Ackermann MB BS, FRACGP · Christopher B Del Mar MD, FRACGP, FAFPHM
Markers of hepatitis B infection and immunity in patients attending Aboriginal community controlled health services
High levels of active infection and susceptibility suggest routine HBV testing and vaccination could be beneficial in this population
Mary E Harrod PhD · Sophia Couzos FRACGP, FACRRM, FAFPHM · Dea Delaney-Thiele MPH · Gregory J Dore MPH, PhD, FRACP · Belinda Hammond · Mark Saunders · Mary Belfrage MB BS, DRANZCOG, MRACGP · Sidney Williams AdvDipMgt · John M Kaldor PhD · James Ward BA
Broken doctor–patient relationships: why won't they listen?
How to manage challenging doctor–patient relationships
Michael Jefford MB BS, PhD, FRACP · John R Zalcberg MB BS, PhD, FRACP
Legal issues when a doctor's relationship with a “difficult” patient breaks down
Obligations don’t end at the last consultation
Loane L C Skene LLB, LLM, LLD
Australians are living longer, but chronic diseases are taking a toll
Australians are living on average 25 years longer than a century ago, but are doing it with more chronic diseases
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
Content analysis of Australian direct-to-consumer websites for emerging breast cancer imaging devices
Websites promoting emerging breast imaging devices overpromise on safety and effectiveness
Thomas D Vreugdenburg BHSc(Hons) · Caroline O Laurence BA(Hons), MHSM, PhD · Cameron D Willis BPhysio(Hons), PhD · Linda Mundy BSc, MPH · Janet E Hiller BA, MPH, PhD
Weight loss options in general practice
The 5As: ask, assess, advise, assist, arrange
Mark F Harris MB BS, FRACGP, MD · Catherine J Spooner BA, MPH, PhD
Are high coronary risk patients missing out on lipid-lowering drugs in Australia?
Middle-aged patients with multiple risk factors appear to be well managed, but other age groups may be missing out
Leon A Simons MD, FRACP · Eric Chung BE(Comp), MBA
Excessive occupational sitting is not a "safe system of work": time for doctors to get chatting with patients
Why workers need to sit less, move more and move more often
Leon Straker PhD, MSc, BAppSc · Genevieve N Healy PhD, MPH · Rohan Atherton LLB(Hons), BA(Hons) · David W Dunstan BAppSci(Hons), PhD
Role of the medical community in detecting and managing child abuse
Children in out-of-home placements have complex health needs
Klaus Martin Beckmann
A systematic approach to chronic heart failure care: a consensus statement
Recommendations to reduce emergency presentations, hospitalisations and premature death from CHF
Karen Page RN, DN, BEd · Thomas H Marwick MB BS, PhD, MPH · Rebecca Lee BPharm, MPH · Robert Grenfell MB BS, MPH, FAFPHM · Walter P Abhayaratna FRACP, FACC, DrPH · Anu Aggarwal MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Tom G Briffa PhD · Jan Cameron PhD, MHSc(HealthProm · Patricia M Davidson RN, PhD · Andrea Driscoll PhD · Jacquie Garton-Smith MB BS, FRACGP · Debra J Gascard BN, MNP, NP · Annabel Hickey MMSc(ClinEpi), BApp(OT) · Dariusz Korczyk FRACP, FCSANZ · Julie-Anne Mitchell MPH, BA, RN · Rhonda Sanders RN, MNSt · Deborah Spicer MNg(NP), GradDip(CVNursing), BN · Simon Stewart PhD · Vicki Wade DipAppSci, BHS, MN
Should general practitioners order troponin tests?
GPs should use troponin tests cautiously, aware of sensitivity and predictive value
George A Marshall MB ChB, FRCPA · Nilika G Wijeratne MB BS, FRCPA, FAACB · Devika Thomas MB BS, MSurg, FRCPA,
