Volume 199, Issue 1 | The Medical Journal of Australia

In this issue

A time and a place

Ruth Armstrong

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Editorials

Partnership and leadership: key to improving health outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Tammy M Kimpton

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Improving the health of First Nations children in Australia

Sandra J Eades and Fiona J Stanley

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 12-13 Free

Beyond cultural security; towards sanctuary

Helen M Milroy

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In brief

From the Lowitja Institute

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News

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Perspectives

Social media: new links for Indigenous health

Melissa A Sweet

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Can sleep contribute to “closing the gap” for Indigenous children?

Sarah L Blunden and Danny Camfferman

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Seeing clearly for better health

Stephen R Leeder

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Future initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Kerry Arabena

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Letters

Outcomes for Indigenous and non-Indigenous patients who access treatment for hepatitis C in the Top End of the Northern Territory

Joshua S Davis, Anuja C Kulatunga and Krispin Hajkowicz

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Telehealth in Australia: an evolution in health care services

Sven-Erik Bursell, Alicia J Jenkins, Laima Brazionis, Kevin G Rowley and Alex D Brown

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 23-24 Free

Interpreting the Coroners Act at the bedside: how do junior doctors know they are doing it correctly?

Alison J Dwyer, Philip Visser and Lynette Russell

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 25-26 Free

Locally acquired severe non-O1 and non-O139 Vibrio cholerae infection associated with ingestion of imported seafood

Chiao-Yun Hsu, Simon Pollett, Patricia Ferguson, Brenden J McMullan, Vicki Sheppeard and Suzanne E Mahady

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 26-27 Free

Lymphogranuloma venereum presenting as genital ulceration and inguinal syndrome

Phillip J Read and Anna McNulty

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Conflicting information from TGA versus FDA may undermine compliance with use of medication

Klaus Martin Beckmann

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Polypharmacy in the terminally ill

Ross P Cruikshank, Bruce Stafford and Lee Jones

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Clinical focus

The approach to patients with possible cardiac chest pain

William A Parsonage, Louise Cullen and John F Younger

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 30-34 Free

For debate

Refining the concept of cultural competence: building on decades of progress

Rosalie D Thackrah and Sandra C Thompson

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 35-38 Free

How will we close the gap in smoking rates for pregnant Indigenous women?

Megan E Passey, Jamie Bryant, Alix E Hall and Robert W Sanson-Fisher

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 39-41 Free

Research

Urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children’s exposure to stressful events: a cross-sectional study

Deborah A Askew, Philip J Schluter, Geoffrey K P Spurling, Chelsea J R Bond and Alex D H Brown

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 42-45 Free

Health outcomes of a subsidised fruit and vegetable program for Aboriginal children in northern New South Wales

Andrew P Black, Hassan Vally, Peter S Morris, Mark Daniel, Adrian J Esterman, Fiona E Smith and Kerin O’Dea

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Impact of swimming on chronic suppurative otitis media in Aboriginal children: a randomised controlled trial

Anna T N Stephen, Amanda J Leach and Peter S Morris

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 51-55 Free

Systematic reviews

The quality of health research for young Indigenous Australians: systematic review

Peter S Azzopardi, Elissa C Kennedy, George C Patton, Robert Power, Robert D Roseby, Susan M Sawyer and Alex D Brown

Med J Aust 2013; 199 (1): 57-63 Free

Reflections

History of the LIME Network and the development of Indigenous health in medical education

Timothy M Haynes, Margo E Collins, Odette Mazel, Louise M A Lawler, Caitlin Ryan and Shaun C Ewen

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Sharing Place, Learning Together: the birthplace of new ways?

Jessie C Webb, Sally C Godinho, Marilyn F Woolley and Kenneth D Winkel

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Traditional healers help close the gap

Robert M Parker

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Corrections

Correction: Public reporting of surgeons’ performance

Guy J Maddern

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Correction: Financial incentives for childhood immunisation — a unique but changing Australian initiative

Kirsten Ward, Brynley P Hull and Julie Leask

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Careers

Reaching out

Annabel McGilvray

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Good sport in charge

Cate Swannell

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Interplast celebrates 30 years of aid