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Perspectives

Providing Australian children and adolescents with equitable access to new and emerging therapies through clinical trials: a call to action

Michelle S Lorentzos, David Metz, Andrew S Moore, Laura K Fawcett, Paula Bray, Lani Attwood, Craig F Munns and Andrew Davidson

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (3): 121-125 Free

Reflection

Brain injury community: seeking action on Royal Commission findings

Bruce Powell and Joshua Powell

Med J Aust 2024; 220 (1): 20-21 Free

Perspectives

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

Research

The value of maternity care in Queensland, 2012–18, based on an analysis of administrative data: a retrospective observational study

Emily J Callander, Joanne C Enticott, Bonnie Eklom, Jenny Gamble and Helena J Teede

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 535-541 Free

Editorials

The Future Healthy Countdown 2030: holding us to account for children's and young people's health and wellbeing

Sandro Demaio, Sharon R Goldfeld and Susan Maury

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 465-466 Free

Letters

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Velandai Srikanth

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 503-503 Free

Letters

Hospital utilisation in Australia, 1993–2020, with a focus on use by people over 75 years of age: a review of AIHW data

Natasha Reid and Leonard C Gray

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 503-503 Free

Perspective

A framework for the Future Healthy Countdown 2030: tracking the health and wellbeing of children and young people to hold Australia to account

Kate Lycett, Joyce Cleary, Rosemary Calder, Georgie Frykberg, Anne Hollonds, Penny Dakin, Samantha Russell, Sandro Demaio and Sharon Goldfeld

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): S3-S10 Free

Perspectives

Setting the policy agenda for cancer control reform: Australia's first national cancer control plan

Daniel Chaji, Anna Boltong, Carolyn Der Vartanian, Adam Lambert, Cindy Toms, Vivienne Milch, Claire Howlett and Dorothy Keefe

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 451-454 Free

Editorials

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia a world leader in neglecting its responsibilities

Paul J Beggs and Ying Zhang

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (11): 528-529 Free

Editorials

Diagnosing gestational diabetes during the COVID‐19 pandemic: a glimpse into the future?

Dev AS Kevat

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 462-463 Free

Perspectives

The complex impact of COVID‐19 on cancer outcomes in Australia

Karen Canfell, Karen Chiam, Carolyn Nickson and G Bruce Mann

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 402-404 Free

Letters

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Thomas Cueni and Elizabeth Somer

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 439-439 Free

Letters

Proposals to waive intellectual property rights for pandemic response products in the World Health Organization pandemic accord need Australia's support

Deborah Gleeson, James Scheibner and Dianne Nicol

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 439-439 Free

Narrative review

Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in Australia: current and future perspectives

Samuel Hui, Sally Bell, Suong Le and Anouk Dev

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 432-438 Free

Consensus statement

Routine ear health and hearing checks for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged under 6 years attending primary care: a national consensus statement

Samantha Harkus, Vivienne Marnane, Isabel O'Keeffe, Carmen Kung, Meagan Ward, Neil Orr, John Skinner, Kelvin Kong, Lose Fonua, Michelle Kennedy and Mary Belfrage

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 386-392 Free

Perspective

Advancing accessible kidney transplantation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: the National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Katie Cundale, Kelli J Owen and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S3-S6 Free

Perspective

Improving equity in access to kidney transplantation: implementing targeted models of care focused on improving timely access to waitlisting

Katie Cundale, Stephen P McDonald, Ashley Irish, Matthew D Jose, Jillian Diack, Matilda D'Antoine, Kelli J Owen and Jaquelyne T Hughes

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S7-S10 Free

Perspective

Cultural bias in kidney care and transplantation: review and recommendations to improve kidney care for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Jaquelyne T Hughes, Kelli J Owen, Janet Kelly, Katie Cundale, Sandawana William Majoni, Matilda D'Antoine and Stephen P McDonald

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S11-S14 Free

Study protocol

Psychosocial outcomes and health service use after notifying women participating in population breast screening when they have dense breasts: a BreastScreen Queensland randomised controlled trial

Brooke Nickel, Nick Ormiston‐Smith, Lisa Hammerton, Erin Cvejic, Paul Vardon, Zoe Mcinally, Paula Legerton, Karen Baker, Jennifer Isautier, Emma Larsen, Michelle Giles, Meagan E Brennan, Kirsten J McCaffery and Nehmat Houssami

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 423-428 Free

Perspective

From talk to action: Indigenous Reference Groups drive practice change in kidney transplantation care

Kelli J Owen, Katie Cundale, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Stephen P McDonald, Matilda D'Antoine and Shilpanjali Jesudason

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S15-S18 Free

Guideline summary

Recommendations for culturally safe clinical kidney care for First Nations Australians: a guideline summary

David J Tunnicliffe, Samantha Bateman, Melissa Arnold‐Chamney, Karen M Dwyer, Martin Howell, Azaria Gebadi, Shilpa Jesudason, Janet Kelly, Kelly Lambert, Sandawan William Majoni, Dora Oliva, Kelli J Owen, Odette Pearson, Elizabeth Rix, Ieyesha Roberts, Ro‐Anne Stirling‐Kelly, Kimberly Taylor, Gary A Wittert, Katherine Widders, Adela Yip, Jonathan Craig and Richard K Phoon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 374-385 Free

Editorials

Child abuse and premature mortality: disrupting the harm cascade

Leonie Segal and Harriet Hiscock

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (7): 301-302

Perspectives

The rise of direct‐to‐consumer telemedicine services in Australia: implications for primary care and future research

Darran Foo, Samantha Spanos, Genevieve Dammery, Louise A Ellis, Simon M Willcock and Jeffrey Braithwaite

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 344-347 Free

Research letter

Preventive health checks in Australian general practice for women during mid‐life

Louise F Wilson, Annette J Dobson, Gita D Mishra and Jenny A Doust

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 429-431 Free