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Perspectives 19 Feb 2024

Medical students: a potentially sustainable solution for our workforce crisis and future reforms in health care

Rebecca Goodall, Emily Matejin, Sean Fabri and Paul Eleftheriou

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 176-179 Free

Research 19 Feb 2024

The views of parents and carers on managing acute otitis media in urban Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children: a qualitative study

Jennifer S Reath, Sarah O'Brien, Letitia Campbell, Hasantha Gunasekera, Claudette A Tyson, Deborah A Askew, Wendy Hu, Tim Usherwood, Kelvin Kong, Peter Morris, Amanda J Leach, Robyn Walsh and Penelope A Abbott

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 202-207 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 19 Feb 2024

Toxigenic cutaneous diphtheria without recent travel, Sydney, Australia, 2022

Caitlin Swift, Anthea L Katelaris, Thea Briggen Tiqui, Julie Smith, Tracey Papa, Estella Janz‐Robinson, Trang Nguyen, Qinning Wang, Jenny Draper, Vitali Sintchenko, Debbie JE Marriott and Vicky Sheppeard

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 126-128

Editorials 19 Feb 2024

Reaching everyone: tobacco control must remain a health priority

Becky Freeman and Mike Daube

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 136-137 Free

Perspectives 5 Feb 2024

Baby steps in lobbying reform: opportunities and challenges in Queensland

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols and Katherine B Cullerton

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 60-64 Free

Research 5 Feb 2024

Bronchiectasis among Indigenous adults in the Top End of the Northern Territory, 2011–2020: a retrospective cohort study

Claire Gibbs, Timothy Howarth, Adriana Ticoalu, Winnie Chen, Payi L Ford, Asanga Abeyaratne, Lata Jayaram, Gabrielle McCallum and Subash S Heraganahally

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 188-195 Free

Perspectives 22 Jan 2024

The Australian Government's new vaping policy should be part of a larger plan towards a tobacco endgame

Samantha Howe, Driss Ait Ouakrim, Tony Blakely and Coral E Gartner

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (4): 180-183 Free

Research 22 Jan 2024

Socio‐economic status and access to fluoridated water in Queensland: an ecological data linkage study

Christopher T Sexton, Diep H Ha, Thu Le, Ratilal Lalloo, Pauline Ford, Loc G Do and Nicole Stormon

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 74-79 Free

Perspective 15 Jan 2024

The importance of cultural humility and cultural safety in health care

Neda So, Karen Price, Peter O'Mara and Michelle A Rodrigues

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 12-13 Free

Research 15 Jan 2024

Wood heater smoke and mortality in the Australian Capital Territory: a rapid health impact assessment

Sotiris Vardoulakis, Fay H Johnston, Nigel Goodman, Geoffrey G Morgan and Dorothy L Robinson

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 29-34 Free

Letters 15 Jan 2024

The NDIS at ten years: designing an equitable scheme for the next decade

Eleanor Malbon, Ariella Meltzer and Gemma Carey

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 55-55 Free

Perspectives 15 Jan 2024

Rationale and plan for a focus on First Nations urban health research in Australia

Janet Stajic, Adrian Carson and James Ward

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 64-66 Free

Systematic review 11 Dec 2023

COVID‐19 rapid antigen tests approved for self‐testing in Australia: published diagnostic test accuracy studies and manufacturer‐supplied information. A systematic review

Katy JL Bell, Yuyang Li, Ellie Medcalf and Deonna Ackermann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 551-558 Free

Letters 11 Dec 2023

It's time for Australian hospitals to be all‐electric (and powered by 100% renewable energy)

Ben Dunne, Michael Forrester and Eugenie Kayak

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 559-559 Free

Letters 11 Dec 2023

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Alain Braillon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 559-560 Free

Perspectives 11 Dec 2023

Planetary health: a new standard for medical education

Catherine GA Pendrey, Sonia Chanchlani, Laura J Beaton and Diana L Madden

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 512-515 Free

Letters 11 Dec 2023

A brief intervention for improving alcohol literacy and reducing harmful alcohol use by women attending a breast screening service: a randomised controlled trial

Jasmin Grigg, Victoria Manning and Dan I Lubman

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 560-560 Free

Medical education / Lessons from practice 11 Dec 2023

A thorny case of spastic paralysis

Travis Lines, Aadith Ashok, Sadid F Khan and Michael J Loftus

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 526-527

Research 11 Dec 2023

The burden of occupational injury attributable to high temperatures in Australia, 2014–19: a retrospective observational study

Blesson M Varghese, Alana Hansen, Nick Mann, Jingwen Liu, Ying Zhang, Tim R Driscoll, Geoffrey G Morgan, Keith Dear, Anthony Capon, Michelle Gourley, Vanessa Prescott, Vergil Dolar and Peng Bi

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 542-548 Free

Research letter 4 Dec 2023

COVID‐19 vaccination of children with refugee backgrounds in Western Australia: a retrospective observational study

Thomas Volkman, Roisin Clarke, Jack Anstey and Sarah Cherian

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 549-550 Free

Editorials 27 Nov 2023

Advancing the Australian global health community's commitment to climate change and global health

Angie Bone, Prabhleen Kaur, Anthony Capon, Vivian Kwang‐wen Lin, Sione Tu'itahi, Kathryn Bowen, Nick Watts, Jane RW Fisher, Paul J Stewart, Helen Evans and Selina Namchee Lo

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 533-534 Free

Position statement summary 27 Nov 2023

Updated National Health and Medical Research Council statement on electronic cigarettes

Becky Freeman, Matthew J Peters, Renee Bittoun, Richard Brightwell, Dallas R English, David P Thomas, Margaret FA Otlowski, Nicholas A Zwar and Catherine Chamberlain

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (2): 100-106 Free

Perspectives 20 Nov 2023