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Volume 200 Issue 11

16 June 2014

Highlights from our archives

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In this issue

Health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: handle with care

Noel Hayman and Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 613 Free

Editorials

Racism, health and constitutional recognition

Tammy M Kimpton

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 614-615 Free

The imperative for investment in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Brad Murphy and Jennifer S Reath

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 615-616 Free

In brief

From the Lowitja Institute

The shape of things to come: visions for the future of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health research

Mary Guthrie

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 618 Free

News

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 619

Perspectives

Indigenous health: radical hope or groundhog day?

Ernest M Hunter

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 621-622 Free

From vision to reality: a centre of excellence for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care

Noel E Hayman, Deborah A Askew and Geoffrey K Spurling

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 623-624 Free

Decolonising practices: can journalism learn from health care to improve Indigenous health outcomes?

Melissa A Sweet, Patricia Dudgeon, Kerry McCallum and Matthew D Ricketson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 626-627 Free

Conference report

2014 Australian Medical Association National Conference

Christine Gee

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 627

Can we sustain health spending?

Jeffrey R Richardson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 629-631 Free

Letters

Reports indicate that changes are needed to close the gap for Indigenous health

Pasqualina M Coffey, Alex Hope and John D Boffa

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 632 Free

Reports indicate that changes are needed to close the gap for Indigenous health

Lesley M Russell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 632 Free

Engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men in primary care settings

Mark Wenitong, Michael Adams and Carol A Holden

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 632-633 Free

Crusted scabies: a clinical marker of human T-lymphotropic virus type 1 infection in central Australia

Lloyd J Einsiedel, Clinton Pepperill and Kim Wilson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 633-634 Free

Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications

Paul E Norman, Deborah E Schoen and Lee Nedkoff

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 634-636

Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications

Peter A Lazzarini, Matthew Malone and Paul R Wraight

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 636

Partial foot amputations may not always be worth the risk of complications

Michael P Dillon, Stefania Fatone and Meg E Morris

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 636-637

Off-label prescribing

Madlen Gazarian and Steve Morris

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 637 Free

Clinical focus

A framework for overcoming disparities in management of acute coronary syndromes in the Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population. A consensus statement from the National Heart Foundation of Australia

Marcus K Ilton, Warren F Walsh, Alex D H Brown, Philip A Tideman, Christopher J Zeitz and Jinty Wilson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 639-643 Free

Crusted scabies in remote Australia, a new way forward: lessons and outcomes from the East Arnhem Scabies Control Program

Buddhi Lokuge, Alex Kopczynski, Angela Woltmann, Faye Alvoen, Christine Connors, Terrence Guyula, Eddie Mulholland, Samantha Cran, Tim Foster, Kamalini Lokuge, Tanya Burke and Sam Prince

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 644-648 Free

For debate

Aboriginal community controlled health services: leading the way in primary care

Kathryn S Panaretto, Mark Wenitong, Selwyn Button and Ian T Ring

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 649-652 Free

Research

Follow-up of Indigenous-specific health assessments - a socioecological analysis

Jodie Bailie, Gill H Schierhout, Margaret A Kelaher, Alison F Laycock, Nikki A Percival, Lynette R O’Donoghue, Tracy L McNeair, Amal Chakraborty, Barbara D Beacham and Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 653-657 Free

The cost-effectiveness of primary care for Indigenous Australians with diabetes living in remote Northern Territory communities

Susan L Thomas, Yuejen Zhao, Steven L Guthridge and John Wakerman

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 658-662 Free

Cost of best-practice primary care management of chronic disease in a remote Aboriginal community

Andrew P Gador-Whyte, John Wakerman, David Campbell, Sue Lenthall, Janet Struber, Alex Hope and Colin Watson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 663-666 Free

Temporal trends in weight and current weight-related behaviour of Australian Aboriginal school-aged children

Louise L Hardy, Blythe J O’Hara, Debra Hector, Lina Engelen and Sandra J Eades

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 667-671 Free

Case reports

Lessons from practice

Spiralling into the nephrotic syndrome

Andrea K Viecelli, Daniel D Wong, Andrew P McLean-Tooke and Aron Chakera

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 673-674 Free

Reflections

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

What can circle sentencing courts tell us about drug and alcohol problems affecting Aboriginal communities?

Gail P Wallace

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 675-677 Free

Centenary reflections

Should Aboriginals in the "Top End" of the Northern Territory be vaccinated against hepatitis A?

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 678-679

Careers

Cultural brokers

Annabel McGilvray

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): C1 Free

Rejecting low expectations

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): C3 Free