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Indigenous health

Research

Cataract surgery coverage rates for Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians: the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Jing Xie, Stuart Keel, Peter van Wijngaarden, Jonathan Crowston, Hugh R Taylor and Mohamed Dirani

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (6): 256-261 Free

Research

Testing for type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians: guideline recommendations and current practice

Christine L Paul, Paul Ishiguchi, Catherine A D'Este, Jonathan E Shaw, Rob W Sanson-Fisher, Kristy Forshaw, Alessandra Bisquera, Jennifer Robinson, Claudia Koller and Sandra J Eades

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (5): 206-210 Free

Research

Fall-related hospitalisations of older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and other Australians

Caroline Lukaszyk, Lara A Harvey, Catherine Sherrington, Jacqueline CT Close, Julieann Coombes, Rebecca J Mitchell, Robyn Moore and Rebecca Ivers

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 31-35 Free

Editorials

The health of Indigenous Australians

Geoff Thompson, Nicholas J Talley and Kelvin M Kong

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 19-20 Free

Perspectives

Caring for country and the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Rosalie Schultz and Sheree Cairney

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 8-10 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Luregn J Schlapbach, Justyna A Ostrowski and Graeme MacLaren

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45-46 Free

Short reports

The general health of a cohort of Aboriginal children (0–7 years) in Sydney

Elizabeth J Comino, Emma Elcombe, Bin B Jalaludin, Lynn A Kemp, Darryl Wright and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 37-38 Free

Editorials

Dignity, social investment and the Indigenous health gap

Michael G Marmot

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 20-21 Free

Perspectives

Recognising the communication gap in Indigenous health care

Robert Amery

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 13-15 Free

Letters

Trends in cancer incidence and survival for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory

Robyn Hopkins and Kate A Dolan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 46 Free

Short reports

The gap reversed: a review of site of death in the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Mohammad Y Zubair and Niamh O'Connor

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 39 Free

Editorials

Including minority populations in research: we must do better

Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Odette R Gibson, for the CREATE Methods Group

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 22-23 Free

Perspectives

Embedding cultural safety in Australia’s main health care standards

Martin Laverty, Dennis R McDermott and Tom Calma

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 15-16 Free

Narrative review

Cardiac care for Indigenous Australians: practical considerations from a clinical perspective

Warren F Walsh and Nadarajah Kangaharan

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 40-45 Free

Editorials

“Has he eaten salt?”: communication difficulties in health care

Alison Phipps

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 23-24 Free

Perspectives

Disparities in experiences and outcomes of hospital care between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal patients in New South Wales

Kim Sutherland, Diane Hindmarsh, Katinka Moran and Jean-Frederic Levesque

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 17-18 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Rosalie Schultz

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

Research

Progress in closing the gap in life expectancy at birth for Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory, 1967–2012

Nick Georges, Steven L Guthridge, Shu Qin Li, John R Condon, Tony Barnes and Yuejen Zhao

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 25-30 Free

Book/media/app review

Perspectives on the complexity of Indigenous child health

James P Fitzpatrick

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 18 Free

Perspectives

Improving Indigenous health through education

Michael B Hart, Michael J Moore and Martin Laverty

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 11-12 Free

Letters

The excess burden of severe sepsis in Indigenous Australian children: can anything be done?

Pamela Palasanthiran and Asha C Bowen

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (1): 45 Free

Perspectives

Failing to plan is planning to fail: advance care directives and the Aboriginal people of the Top End

Eswaran Waran, Sharon Wallace and Jonathan Dodson-Jauncey

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 377

Editorials

Reducing the incidence of burn injuries to Indigenous Australian children

Roy M Kimble and Bronwyn R Griffin

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 389-390

Research

Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian children hospitalised for burn injuries: a population data linkage study

Holger Möller, Lara Harvey, Kathleen Falster, Rebecca Ivers, Kathleen F Clapham and Louisa Jorm

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 392-397 Free

Research

Adherence to diabetic eye examination guidelines in Australia: the National Eye Health Survey

Joshua Foreman, Stuart Keel, Jing Xie, Peter Van Wijngaarden, Hugh R Taylor and Mohamed Dirani

Med J Aust 2017; 206 (9): 402-406 Free