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Volume 220 Issue 9

20 May 2024

Editor's choice

Respecting the role of general practitioners

Aajuli Shukla

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 442-442 Free

Perspectives

The mental health crisis needs more than increased investment in the mental health system

Shuichi Suetani, Neeraj Gill and Luis Salvador‐Carulla

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 443-444 Free

Symptomatic cancer diagnosis in general practice: a critical perspective of current guidelines and risk assessment tools

Brent Venning and Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 446-450 Open Access

Should voluntary assisted dying in Victoria be extended to encompass people with dementia?

Paul A Komesaroff, Michael Chapman, Geetanjali Lamba, Ian H Kerridge, Cameron L Stewart, Alex Holmes, Sophie Lewis and Jennifer Philip

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 452-454 Open Access

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Measurement of digoxin levels falsely affected by enzalutamide

Noor Lammoza, Maria Hormiz, Cherie Chiang, Chris Stead, Mustafa Ayhan and Samuel C Hume

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 455-456 Free

Editorials

How can we attract more doctors to general practice training?

Belinda G O'Sullivan and Christie Rodda

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 457-458 Free

Ending the neglect of menstrual pain in adolescents is the key to improving outcomes for people with persistent pelvic pain

Courtney Munro and Sonia R Grover

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 459-460 Free

Research

Rescuing the profession we love: general practice training sector recommendations for improving the attractiveness of general practice training. A qualitative analysis

Nancy Sturman, Michael Tran and Sophie Vasiliadis

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 461-465 Open Access

Menstrual pain in Australian adolescent girls and its impact on regular activities: a population‐based cohort analysis based on Longitudinal Study of Australian Children survey data

Lauren Cameron, Antonina Mikocka‐Walus, Emma Sciberras, Marilla Druitt, Katherine Stanley and Subhadra Evans

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 466-471 Open Access

Age group‐specific changes in keratinocyte cancer treatment rates in Australia, 2012–2021: a retrospective cohort study based on MBS claims data

Catherine M Olsen, Nirmala Pandeya, Rachel E Neale and David C Whiteman

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 472-479 Open Access

Research letter

Lifestyle advice from general practitioners and changes in health‐related behaviour in Australia: secondary analysis of 2020–21 National Health Survey data

Loai Albarqouni, Hannah Greenwood, Caroline Dowsett and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 480-481 Open Access

Guideline summary

2023 Australian guideline for assessing and managing cardiovascular disease risk

Mark R Nelson, Emily Banks, Alex Brown, Clara K Chow, David P Peiris, Nigel P Stocks, Rebecca Davies AO, Natalie Raffoul, Lisa Kalman, Emily Bradburn and Garry Jennings

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 482-490 Open Access

Letters

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

David A Prentice

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 492-492 Free

Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis, Assessment and Management (CICADA). Summary of an updated position statement on chronic cough in Australia

Peter AB Wark and Julie M Marchant

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (9): 492-492 Open Access