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Health services administration
Tossing a Snowball at the tip of the iceberg
Too many licensing authorities, not enough accountability or power to enforce standards
John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)
A personal reflection on staff experiences after critical incidents
Patients and families are not the only ones who need support after adverse iatrogenic events
Cameron I Knott MB BS(Hons), FRACP, FCICM
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
Evaluating the costs and benefits of using combination therapies
Combination therapies can help overcome treatment inertia and poor adherence in chronic disease management
Anthony Rodgers · Tracey-Lea Laba · Stephen Jan
The cost-effectiveness of primary care for Indigenous Australians with diabetes living in remote Northern Territory communities
For a realistic analysis, all primary care use and all known associations must be taken into account
David J Whyatt · Alistair Vickery · Matthew Yap
Goals of care: a clinical framework for limitation of medical treatment
A three-phase model designed to replace not-for-resuscitation orders
Robyn L Thomas MB BS, FRACGP, FRAChPM · Mohamed Y Zubair MB BS, FRACP · Barbara Hayes MB BS, FAChPM, PhD · Michael A Ashby MD, FRACP, FFPMANZCA
Hip fracture: the case for a funded national registry
Let’s implement what we know and avoid deaths from hip fracture
Richard I Lindley MD, FRCP(Edin), 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
Will current health reforms in south and east Asia improve equity?
Dietary changes that follow economic development will increase the risks of non-communicable disease among the poor
Rohan Jayasuriya
Will current health reforms in south and east Asia improve equity?
In reply: Attention to non-communicable diseases is only one part of improving health equity
David B Hipgrave · Krishna P Hort
Time to end the ban on HIV-positive proceduralists and dentists
A lack of demonstrable harms means HIV professionals should be allowed to practise
Sean R Atkinson
Orthogeriatric services associated with lower 30-day mortality for older patients who undergo surgery for hip fracture
A promising model of collaboration between orthopaedic teams and geriatricians
Justin Zeltzer BCom(Econometrics), LLB · Rebecca J Mitchell MA(Psych), MOHS, PhD · Barbara Toson BStatEc · Ian A Harris MB BS, MMed(ClinEpi), PhD · Laura Ahmad MD, PhD, FRACP · Jacqui Close MD, FRCP, FRACP
How do you keep them down on the farm?
Specialist training in the first two postgraduate years must be made available in both large and small rural hospitals
John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)
The high burden of inpatient diabetes mellitus: the Melbourne Public Hospitals Diabetes Inpatient Audit
Appropriate identification and management of diabetes and its comorbid conditions can reduce costs of preventable complications
Leon A Bach MB BS, PhD, FRACP · Elif I Ekinci MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Dennis Engler MD, FRACP · Chris Gilfillan MB BS, PhD, FRACP · P Shane Hamblin MB BS(Hons), FRACP · Richard J MacIsaac PhD, MB BS, FRACP · Georgia Soldatos MB BS, FRACP, PhD · Cheryl Steele RN, RM, CDE · Glenn M Ward MB BS, FRACP, DPhil(Oxon) · Sue Wyatt RN, GradCertDiabEd
Ethical challenges for doctors working in immigration detention
Asylum seekers are not receiving acceptable standards of medical care. Should doctors boycott the system?
John-Paul Sanggaran MB BS, MHMed, BHSc · Grant M Ferguson BSc(Hons), MB BS · Bridget G Haire PhD, MBioethics
Mandatory reports of concerns about the health, performance and conduct of health practitioners
A first step towards understanding how Australia’s notifiable conduct law is working
Marie M Bismark MB ChB, LLB, MBHL · Matthew J Spittal PhD, MBio · Tessa M Plueckhahn BA(Hons), JD · David M Studdert LLB, ScD, MPH
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
Doctor, do you have a moment? National Hand Hygiene Initiative compliance in Australian hospitals
In reply: Any concerns that our finding may undermine the HHA program should be redirected to addressing doctors’ underperformance
Mary-Louise McLaws · Syed Azim
One moment doctor! Have you forgotten hand hygiene?
Does doctors’ non-compliance result from a flaw in the protocol?
Sara L Barnes
One moment doctor! Have you forgotten hand hygiene?
In reply: The protocol is not flawed or unreasonable, but it is difficult to put into practice
Gwendolyn L Gilbert
Potentially incapable patients objecting to treatment: doctors' powers and duties
In reply: The emergency principle may be applied legally without any prior approval or documentation
Kerri Eagle · Christopher J Ryan
There is a lot of punch in this Judy
What is urgent research, and how should we support it without excessive bureaucracy?
John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon)
