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General medicine

Perspectives

Towards an integrated model for child and family services in central Australia

Donna Ah Chee, John D Boffa and Edward Tilton

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 8 Free

Medical education / Clinical skills

Clinical examination: evidence and eminence

Balakrishnan (Kichu) R Nair and Simon O’Connor

Med J Aust 2016; 205 (1): 13

Editorials

Financial toxicity in clinical care today: a “menu without prices”1

David Currow and Sanchia Aranda

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (11): 397 Free

Editorials

Strengthening primary health care to improve Indigenous health outcomes

John Wakerman and Cindy Shannon

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (10): 363-364

Editorials

How can we ensure that people with lung cancer living in rural and remote areas are treated surgically when appropriate?

Elizabeth Tracey, Brian C McCaughan, Jane M Young and Bruce K Armstrong

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (9): 330 Free

Editorials

To screen for depression or not?

Malcolm J Hopwood and Gin Malhi

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (9): 329 Free

Clinical focus

Using opioids in general practice for chronic non-cancer pain: an overview of current evidence

David C Currow, Jane Phillips and Katherine Clark

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 305-309 Free

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Acute pain management: scientific evidence, fourth edition, 2015

Stephan A Schug, Greta M Palmer, David A Scott, Richard Halliwell and Jane Trinca

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 315-317 Free

Research

Absolute risk of cardiovascular disease events, and blood pressure- and lipid-lowering therapy in Australia

Emily Banks, Simon R Crouch, Rosemary J Korda, Bill Stavreski, Karen Page, Katherine A Thurber and Robert Grenfell

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (8): 320 Free

Research

Old but not forgotten: Antibiotic allergies in General Medicine (the AGM Study)

Jason A Trubiano, Rekha Pai Mangalore, Yi-Wei Baey, Duy Le, Linda V Graudins, Patrick GP Charles, Douglas F Johnson and Ar Kar Aung

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 273 Free

Reflections / Women in medicine

Aileen Joy Plant

Moira McKinnon

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 279-281

News / From Cancer Australia

Healthy lifestyles and the primary prevention of cancer summed up

Helen Zorbas

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 255 Free

Short reports

Polymerase chain reaction testing for faecal parasites: risks and alternatives

Asha C Bowen, Harsha Sheorey, Penelope A Bryant, Jennifer Robson and David P Burgner

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (7): 262

Editorials

Improving health outcomes for linguistically diverse patients

Christine B Phillips

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 209-210

For debate

Primary Health Networks and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health

Sophia Couzos, Dea Delaney-Thiele and Priscilla Page

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (6): 234-237

Research

Economic evaluation of Indigenous health worker management of poorly controlled type 2 diabetes in north Queensland

Leonie Segal, Ha Nguyen, Barbara Schmidt, Mark Wenitong and Robyn A McDermott

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 196 Free

Perspectives

Recording consultations: a win–win situation for physicians and patients

Kimberley Benson and Ralph Nanan

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 175-176

Perspectives

Identifying low-value care: the Royal Australasian College of Physicians’ EVOLVE initiative

Jason Soon, Rachelle Buchbinder, Jacqui Close, Catherine Hill, Simon Allan and Caroline Turnour

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 180-181

Clinical focus / Guidelines

Clinical practice guidelines for dementia in Australia

Kate Laver, Robert G Cumming, Suzanne M Dyer, Meera R Agar, Kaarin J Anstey, Elizabeth Beattie, Henry Brodaty, Tony Broe, Lindy Clemson, Maria Crotty, Margaret Dietz, Brian M Draper, Leon Flicker, Margeret Friel, Louise Mary Heuzenroeder, Susan Koch, Susan Kurrle, Rhonda Nay, C Dimity Pond, Jane Thompson, Yvonne Santalucia, Craig Whitehead and Mark W Yates

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 191-193 Free

Research

Impact of HPV sample self-collection for underscreened women in the renewed Cervical Screening Program

Megan Smith, Jie Bin Lew, Kate Simms and Karen Canfell

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (5): 194 Free

Reflections

The acute care conveyor belt: a personal experience

Kimberley D Ivory

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 162-163 Free

Editorials

“Ice” (crystal methamphetamine): concerns and responses

Margaret Hamilton and Adrian J Dunlop

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 136-137 Free

Editorials

ADHD and psychostimulants — overdiagnosis and overprescription

Adrian J Dunlop and Louise K Newman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 139 Free

Perspectives

Managing legal and medical complexities in caring for people with drug and alcohol problems: a call for change

Ian W Webster

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 141-142

Research

Perceptions of Australasian emergency department staff of the impact of alcohol-related presentations

Diana Egerton-Warburton, Andrew Gosbell, Angela Wadsworth, Katie Moore, Drew B Richardson and Daniel M Fatovich

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 155 Free