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Volume 207 Issue 1

3 July 2017

News

News briefs

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 6

Perspectives

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Rosalie Schultz and Sheree Cairney

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 8-10 Free

Improving Indigenous health through education

Michael B Hart, Michael J Moore and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 11-12 Free

Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care

Robert Amery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 13-15 Free

Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards

Martin Laverty, Dennis R McDermott and Tom Calma

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 15-16 Free

Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales

Kim Sutherland, Diane Hindmarsh, Katinka Moran and Jean-Frederic Levesque

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 17-18 Free

Book/media/app review

Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health

James P Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 18 Free

Editorials

The health of Indigenous Australians

Geoff Thompson, Nicholas J Talley and Kelvin M Kong

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 19-20 Free

Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap

Michael G Marmot

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 20-21 Free

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

“Has he eaten salt?”: communication difficulties in health care

Alison Phipps

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 23-24 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians

Caroline Lukaszyk, Lara A Harvey, Catherine Sherrington, Jacqueline CT Close, Julieann Coombes, Rebecca J Mitchell, Robyn Moore and Rebecca Ivers

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 31-35 Free

Short reports

Exclusions from clinical trials in Australia based on proficiency in English

Fiona Stanaway, Robert G Cumming and Fiona Blyth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 36 Free

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Mohammad Y Zubair and Niamh O'Connor

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 39 Free

Narrative review

Cardiac care for Indigenous Australians: practical considerations from a clinical perspective

Warren F Walsh and Nadarajah Kangaharan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 40-45 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Pamela Palasanthiran and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Luregn J Schlapbach, Justyna A Ostrowski and Graeme MacLaren

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45-46 Free

Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory

Robyn Hopkins and Kate A Dolan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 46 Free

Careers

Indigenous champion honoured

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): C1-C2 Free