MJA
MJA

General medicine

Research

Reducing cardiovascular disease risk in diabetes: a randomised controlled trial of a quality improvement initiative

Santhi Chalasani, David P Peiris, Tim Usherwood, Julie Redfern, Bruce C Neal, David R Sullivan, Stephen Colagiuri, Nicholas A Zwar, Qiang Li and Anushka Patel

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 436-441 Free

Editorials

Work-readiness and workforce numbers: the challenges

Richard B Murray and Andrew Wilson

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (10): 433-434

Perspectives

Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Sharon Wallace and Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 377

Perspectives

Australia’s Health Care Homes: laying the right foundations

Claire L Jackson and Steven J Hambleton

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 380-381 Free

Editorials

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Narrative review

Countering cognitive biases in minimising low value care

Ian A Scott, Jason Soon, Adam G Elshaug and Robyn Lindner

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 407-411

Letters

Should there be an MBS item number for advance care planning?

Amanda Pereira-Salgado and Jennifer J Watts

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 412

Medical education / Snapshot

Strategic lacunar infarction

Takeshi Kondo and Kazuhiko Terada

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 340

Editorials

Reducing the burden of neurological disease and mental illness

Kay L Double and Linda J Richards

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 341-342

Editorials

Assessing the outcome of stroke in Australia

Graeme J Hankey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 343-344

Letters

Pre-hospital thrombolysis in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction: a regional Australian experience

John K French, Derek P Chew, Richard W Harper and Philip EG Aylward

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (8): 369

Narrative review

Controversies in diagnosis and management of community-acquired pneumonia

Sarah Sparham and Patrick GP Charles

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 316-319

Short report

Treatment of latent tuberculosis infections in the Darwin region

Rowena Boyd, Vanessa Johnston, Belinda Farmer and Vicki L Krause

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 306-207

Short report

Clinical experience of patients with hepatitis C virus infection among Australian GP trainees

Joshua S Davis, Amanda Tapley, Simon Morgan, Mieke L van Driel and Parker J Magin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 308-309

Guideline summary

The Australasian Society for Infectious Diseases and Refugee Health Network of Australia recommendations for health assessment for people from refugee-like backgrounds: an abridged outline

Nadia J Chaves, Georgia A Paxton, Beverley-Ann Biggs, Aesen Thambiran, Joanne Gardiner, Jan Williams, Mitchell M Smith and Joshua S Davis

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (7): 310-315 Free

Perspectives

Using aggregated general practice data to evaluate primary care interventions

Michael Staff, Chris Roberts and Lynette M March

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (6): 242-243

Narrative review

Diagnostic triage for low back pain: a practical approach for primary care

Lynn D Bardin, Peter King and Chris G Maher

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (6): 268-273

Perspectives

Financing patient-centred health care homes through value capture

Stephen Jan

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (6): 240-241

Medical education / Clinical skills

Detecting the gallop: the third heart sound and its significance

Subha Ramani and Brittany N Weber

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (5): 198-199

Research

Professional and psychosocial factors affecting the intention to retire of Australian medical practitioners

Chanaka Wijeratne, Joanne K Earl, Carmelle Peisah, Georgina M Luscombe and Johanna Tibbertsma

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (5): 209-214 Free

Narrative review

Systemic lupus erythematosus: an update

Vera Golder and Alberta Hoi

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (5): 215-220

Perspectives

Holistic medicine provision in the outback

John T Wenham, Malcolm Moore and Zachary Pancer

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 155-156

Research

Understanding 30-day re-admission after hospitalisation of older patients for diabetes: identifying those at greatest risk

Gillian E Caughey, Nicole L Pratt, John D Barratt, Sepehr Shakib, Anna R Kemp-Casey and Elizabeth E Roughead

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 170-175 Free

Perspectives

Overcoming negative perceptions among Australian medical students about a career in general practice

David Townsend, Nicola Campbell and Claire Chandler

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (4): 149-150

Research

Daily step count and the need for hospital care in subsequent years in a community-based sample of older Australians

Ben D Ewald, Christopher Oldmeadow and John R Attia

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (3): 126-130 Free