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Clinical focus 6 Oct 2014

First do no harm: a real need to deprescribe in older patients

Ian A Scott, Kristen Anderson, Christopher R Freeman and Danielle A Stowasser

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 390-392 Free

Research 6 Oct 2014

Identified health concerns and changes in management resulting from the Healthy Kids Check in two Queensland practices

Rae Thomas, Jennifer A Doust, Kartik Vasan, Bianca Rajapakse, Leanne McGregor, Evan Ackermann and Christopher B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 404-408 Free

In brief / From The Cochrane Library 6 Oct 2014

Honey, I shrunk the kids (but it was probably worth it)

Steve McDonald and Tari Turner

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 372 Free

Letters 6 Oct 2014

New TGA warning label for use of NSAIDs in fluid-depleted children

Ronald P Batagol

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (7): 381-382

Ethics and law / Ethics series — 5 15 Sep 2014

Legal issues when a doctor's relationship with a “difficult” patient breaks down

Loane L C Skene

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 350-351 Free

Reflections / Obituaries 15 Sep 2014

John Prior MB BS, OAM

Michael C StJ Prior and Elizabeth Prior Jonson

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 357 Free

Reflections / Obituaries 15 Sep 2014

Les Hemingway MB BS

Verna Hemingway and Patricia A Hemingway

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 357 Free

Research 15 Sep 2014

Markers of hepatitis B infection and immunity in patients attending Aboriginal community controlled health services

Mary E Harrod, Sophia Couzos, Dea Delaney-Thiele, Gregory J Dore, Belinda Hammond, Mark Saunders, Mary Belfrage, Sidney Williams, John M Kaldor and James Ward

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 339-342 Free

Ethics and law / Ethics series — 5 15 Sep 2014

Broken doctor–patient relationships: why won't they listen?

Michael Jefford and John R Zalcberg

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (6): 347-349 Free

In brief / From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 1 Sep 2014

Australians are living longer, but chronic diseases are taking a toll

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (5): 250 Free

Research 1 Sep 2014

Content analysis of Australian direct-to-consumer websites for emerging breast cancer imaging devices

Thomas D Vreugdenburg, Caroline O Laurence, Cameron D Willis, Linda Mundy and Janet E Hiller

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (5): 289-294 Free

Editorials 18 Aug 2014

Weight loss options in general practice

Mark F Harris and Catherine J Spooner

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (4): 184-185 Free

Research 18 Aug 2014

Are high coronary risk patients missing out on lipid-lowering drugs in Australia?

Leon A Simons and Eric Chung

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (4): 213-216 Free

Perspectives 4 Aug 2014

Excessive occupational sitting is not a "safe system of work": time for doctors to get chatting with patients

Leon Straker, Genevieve N Healy, Rohan Atherton and David W Dunstan

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): 138-140 Free

Letters 4 Aug 2014

Role of the medical community in detecting and managing child abuse

Klaus Martin Beckmann

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): 143

Clinical focus / Guidelines 4 Aug 2014

A systematic approach to chronic heart failure care: a consensus statement

Karen Page, Thomas H Marwick, Rebecca Lee, Robert Grenfell, Walter P Abhayaratna, Anu Aggarwal, Tom G Briffa, Jan Cameron, Patricia M Davidson, Andrea Driscoll, Jacquie Garton-Smith, Debra J Gascard, Annabel Hickey, Dariusz Korczyk, Julie-Anne Mitchell, Rhonda Sanders, Deborah Spicer, Simon Stewart and Vicki Wade

Med J Aust 2014; 201 (3): 146-150 Free

For debate 4 Aug 2014