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Editorials

Alcohol and other drug treatment policy in Australia

Alison Ritter and Mark Stoove

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 138 Free

Short reports

Trends in drug use among adolescents admitted to residential treatment in Australia

Sally Nathan, Anna Bethmont, Patrick R Rawstorne, Mark Ferry and Andrew Hayen

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (4): 149-150

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

Editorials

“Ice” (crystal methamphetamine): concerns and responses

Margaret Hamilton and Adrian J Dunlop

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

Perspectives

The value of consultant-led ward rounds for patient safety

E Leslie Bokey, Pierre H Chapuis and Owen F Dent

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 100-101

Perspectives

Lessons from Wales — how to embed sustainability and prevention in health care

Ruth Hussey and Cathy Weatherup

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 102-103

Research

Socio-demographic and structural barriers to being tested for chlamydia in general practice

Andrew Lau, Simone Spark, Jane Tomnay, Meredith Temple-Smith, Christopher K Fairley, Rebecca J Guy, Basil Donovan and Jane S Hocking

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 112 Free

Research

Acute heart failure admissions in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory: the NSW HF Snapshot Study

Phillip J Newton, Patricia M Davidson, Christopher M Reid, Henry Krum*, Christopher Hayward, David W Sibbritt, Emily Banks and Peter S MacDonald

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 113 Free

Editorials

Therapeutic advances and risk factor management: our best chance to tackle dementia?

Terence WH Chong, Samantha M Loi, Nicola T Lautenschlager and David Ames

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 91-92 Free

Perspectives

Non-reimbursement for preventable health care-acquired conditions

Christopher Davis

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (3): 98-99

Research

SEPSIS KILLS: early intervention saves lives

Anthony R Burrell, Mary-Louise McLaws, Mary Fullick, Rosemary B Sullivan and Doungkamol Sindhusake

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 73 Free

Research

A survey of Sydney general practitioners’ management of patients with chronic hepatitis B

Zeina Najjar, Leena Gupta, Janice Pritchard-Jones, Simone I Strasser, Miriam T Levy, Siaw-Teng Liaw and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 74 Free

Short reports

A multidisciplinary renal genetics clinic improves patient diagnosis

Andrew Mallett, Lindsay F Fowles, Julie McGaughran, Helen Healy and Chirag Patel

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 58-59

Research

Timeliness of lung cancer care in Victoria: a retrospective cohort study

Sue M Evans, Arul Earnest, Wendy Bower, Meera Senthuren, Peta McLaughlin and Rob Stirling

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 75 Free

For debate

Inappropriate care in medicine

Susannah Sherlock

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 70 Free

For debate

Vertebroplasty is not a do-not-do treatment

William A Clark

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 71 Free

For debate

Acting on potentially inappropriate care

Stephen J Duckett, Peter Breadon and Danielle Romanes

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 72 Free

Ethics and law

Compensated transnational surrogacy in Australia: time for a comprehensive review

Ainsley J Newson

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 33-35 Free

Perspectives

Cost-effectiveness of screening for bowel cancer

Terry D Bolin, Melvyn G Korman, Fiona Nicholson, Lynne Pezzullo, Jeffrey Engelman, Katherine Collings and David Gilchrist Creelman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 11-12

Reflections / Women in medicine

Priscilla Kincaid-Smith

Judith Whitworth

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 37-38

Short reports

Vitamin D testing: new targeted guidelines stem the overtesting tide

Steven C Boyages

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 18 Free

For debate

Pharmaceutical industry exposure in our hospitals: the final frontier

Jessica Dean, Erwin Loh and Justin J Coleman

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 20-22 Free

Research

Reporting of health practitioners by their treating practitioner under Australia’s national mandatory reporting law

Marie M Bismark, Matthew J Spittal, Jennifer M Morris and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 24 Free

Editorials

Lung cancer screening in Australia: progress or procrastination?

Fraser Brims, Annette McWilliams and Kwun Fong

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 4-5 Free

Research

“Sorry, I’m not a dentist”: perspectives of rural GPs on oral health in the bush

Tony Barnett, Ha Hoang, Jackie Stuart and Leonard Crocombe

Med J Aust 2016; 204 (1): 26 Free