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General medicine

Letters

A guide for medical practitioners transitioning to an encore career or retirement

Geoffrey Hawson

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 105-105

Letters

A guide for medical practitioners transitioning to an encore career or retirement

Chanaka Wijeratne and Joanne Earl

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (2): 106-106

Letters

Improving knowledge and data about the medical workforce underpins healthy communities and doctors

Helen I Keen, Claire Barrett and Catherine Hill

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 53-53

Medical education / Lessons from practice

Infective discitis with concurrent calcific discitis masquerading as renal colic

Roland Z White, Hemant Vanmali and Matthew Sampson

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 17-19

Reflection

Living through a pandemic as an MJA editor and a general practitioner

Aajuli Shukla

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 507-508

Christmas competition / Winner

A guide to the management of atrial fibrillation in Santa Claus

Mark T Mills and David R Warriner

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 529-531 Free

Ethics and law

Consent for treatment of gender dysphoria in minors: evolving clinical and legal frameworks

Calina Ouliaris

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 230-233 Free

Perspectives

Patient‐reported outcome measures (PROMs) to guide clinical care: recommendations and challenges

Anupriya Agarwal, Tilley Pain, Jean‐Frederic Levesque, Afaf Girgis, Anna Hoffman, Jonathan Karnon, Madeleine T King, Karan K Shah and Rachael L Morton, For the HSRAANZ PROMs Special Interest Group *

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 9-11 Free

Guideline summary

Care of older people and people requiring palliative care with COVID‐19: guidance from the Australian National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Saskia Cheyne, Richard I Lindley, Natasha Smallwood, Britta Tendal, Michael Chapman, David Fraile Navarro, Phillip D Good, Peter Jenkin, Steve McDonald, Deidre Morgan, Melissa Murano, Tanya Millard, Vasi Naganathan, Velandai Srikanth, Penelope Tuffin, Joshua Vogel, Heath White, Samantha P Chakraborty, Elizabeth Whiting, Leeroy William, Patsy M Yates, Mandy Callary, Julian Elliott and Meera R Agar, for the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (4): 203-208 Free

Guideline summary

Revision of the Australian guidelines to reduce health risks from drinking alcohol

Katherine M Conigrave, Robert L Ali, Rebecca Armstrong, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Peter d’Abbs, Mark F Harris, Nicole Hewlett, Michael Livingston, Dan I Lubman, Anne McKenzie, Colleen O’Leary, Alison Ritter, Scott Wilson, Melanie Grimmond and Emily Banks

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (11): 518-524 Free

Perspectives

What doctors should consider before prescribing e‐liquids for e‐cigarettes

Miranda P Ween, David G Chapman and Alexander N Larcombe

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (1): 14-16

Research letters

Lifestyle risks for chronic disease among Australian adolescents: a cross‐sectional survey

Katrina E Champion, Cath Chapman, Lauren A Gardner, Matthew Sunderland, Nicola C Newton, Scarlett Smout, Louise K Thornton, Leanne Hides, Nyanda McBride, Steve J Allsop, Katherine Mills, Frances Kay‐Lambkin, Maree Teesson and Tim Slade, the Heath4Life team †

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (3): 156-157 Free

Letters

Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic

James A Black, James E Sharman and Thomas H Marwick

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 486-486

Perspectives

Universal genetic testing of patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer — ready for prime time?

Dilanka L De Silva, Paul A James, G Bruce Mann and Geoffrey J Lindeman

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 449-453

Letters

Absolute risk assessment for guiding cardiovascular risk management in a chest pain clinic

Penni L Blazak and Kim Greaves

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 486-486

Guideline summary

Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID‐19: recommendations from the National COVID‐19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

David Fraile Navarro, Britta Tendal, David Tingay, Nan Vasilunas, Lorraine Anderson, James Best, Penelope Burns, Saskia Cheyne, Simon S Craig, Simon J Erickson, Nicholas SS Fancourt, Zoy Goff, Vimbai Kapuya, Catherine Keyte, Lorelle Malyon, Steve McDonald, Heath White, Danielle Wurzel, Asha C Bowen and Brendan McMullan, Clinical care of children and adolescents with COVID-19: recommendations from the National COVID-19 Clinical Evidence Taskforce

Med J Aust 2022; 216 (5): 255-263 Free

Consensus statement summaries

Cancer Australia consensus statement on COVID‐19 and cancer care: embedding high value changes in practice

Vivienne Milch, Rhona Wang, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Melissa Austen, Debra Hector, Cleola Anderiesz and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 479-484 Free

Editorials

Abortion care in the 21st century

Caroline M Costa and Kirsten I Black

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 349-350

Reflections

The silence around miscarriage hurts health care and bereaved parents

Melanie Keep

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (8): 343-344.e1

Perspectives

Screening for post‐stroke depression: who, when and how?

Katherine Sewell, Tamara Tse, Geoffrey A Donnan and Leeanne M Carey

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 305-307.e1

Editorials

Treatment of alcohol problems: current status and future directions

Paul S Haber, Benjamin C Riordan and Kirsten C Morley

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 315-316 Free

Research

OPTIMISE: a pragmatic stepped wedge cluster randomised trial of an intervention to improve primary care for refugees in Australia

Grant M Russell, Katrina Long, Virginia Lewis, Joanne C Enticott, Nilakshi Gunatillaka, I‐Hao Cheng, Geraldine Marsh, Shiva Vasi, Jenny Advocat, Shoko Saito, Hyun Song, Sue Casey, Mitchell Smith and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (9): 420-426 Free

Editorials

Eliminating hepatitis C in Australia needs informed patients and enabled GPs

Paul J Clark

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (7): 318-319

Research

Adding saliva testing to oropharyngeal and deep nasal swab testing increases PCR detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 in primary care and children

Jane Oliver, Shidan Tosif, Lai‐yang Lee, Anna‐Maria Costa, Chelsea Bartel, Katherine Last, Vanessa Clifford, Andrew Daley, Nicole Allard, Catherine Orr, Ashley Nind, Karyn Alexander, Niamh Meagher, Michelle Sait, Susan A Ballard, Eloise Williams, Katherine Bond, Deborah A Williamson, Nigel W Crawford and Katherine B Gibney

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 273-278 Free

Perspectives

Why we should and how we can increase medical school admissions for persons with disabilities

Liz Fitzmaurice, Kenneth Donald, Carl Wet and Dinesh Palipana

Med J Aust 2021; 215 (6): 249-251.e1