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Social Determinants of Health

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

Research

Serum vitamin C status of people in New South Wales: retrospective analysis of findings at a public referral hospital

Puja Bhattacharyya, Kathrin Schemann, San San Min, David R Sullivan and Stephen J Fuller

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (10): 475-481 Free

Research

Health care service use by people diagnosed with invasive melanoma in Queensland: a benefit incidence analysis

Daniel Lindsay, David C Whiteman, Catherine M Olsen and Louisa G Gordon

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 417-422 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

Perspective

Towards equity in kidney transplantation: the next steps

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

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): S19-S22 Free

Editorials

The National Indigenous Kidney Transplantation Taskforce: changing systems to achieve equitable access to kidney transplantation

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

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (8): 356-357 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

Research letter

Financial support provided to male and female physicians by pharmaceutical companies in New Zealand: a cross‐sectional study

Leah Jones

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (6): 275-277 Free

Perspectives

Lung cancer screening for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: an opportunity to address health inequities

Alison Brown, Gail Garvey, Nicole M Rankin, Claire Nightingale and Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (9): 398-401 Free

Letters

Geographic variation in out‐of‐pocket costs for radiation oncology services

Shyan Lii Goh

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 237-237

Letters

Ethical implications of changing the eligibility criteria for the proposed National Lung Cancer Screening Program

Jonathon B Ryan

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (4): 187-187

Perspectives

The pathway to more rural doctors: the role of universities

Matthew R McGrail, Zelda Doyle, Lara Fuller, Tarun Sen Gupta, Lizzi Shires and Lucie Walters

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (3): S8-S13 Free

Medical history

Treaties for “offshoring” hospital treatment of Asian patients from Christmas Island, 1963–1985: a racist chapter in the history of Australian medical care

Simon Barraclough, Alison Hughes and John Oldroyd

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (2): 57-59 Free

Research letters

Suboptimal experiences with out‐of‐pocket costs, financial disclosure, and support information among people treated for cancer

Victoria White, Karla Gough, Colin Wood, Raymond Chan and Michael Jefford

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 28-29 Free

Ethics and law

Feasibility of organ donation following voluntary assisted dying in Australia: lessons from international practice

Jan Bollen, Courtney Hempton, Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (5): 202-205 Free

Research

Organ donation by children in Australia, 2000–2019: impact of the 2009 National Reform Program. A population‐based registry data study

Tal T Klein, Michael J O'Leary, Lukas Staub and Elena Cavazzoni

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (11): 520-525 Free

Perspectives

Commercial determinants of human rights: for‐profit health care and housing

Jennifer Lacy‐Nichols, Rebecca Bentley and Adam G Elshaug

Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 4-8 Free

Perspectives

Centring equity in data‐driven public health: a call for guiding principles to support the equitable design and outcomes of Australia's data integration systems

Catherine Smith, Claire M Vajdic and Niamh Stephenson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (8): 341-343 Free

Perspectives

The NDIS at ten years: designing an equitable scheme for the next decade

Jennifer Smith‐Merry, John Gilroy and Annmaree Watharow

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (7): 291-294 Free

Perspectives

Mitigating the impacts of racism on Indigenous wellbeing through human rights, legislative and health policy reform

Pat Dudgeon, Abigail Bray and Roz Walker

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 203-205 Free

Consensus statement

Consensus recommendations on the management of hepatitis C in Australia's prisons

Rebecca J Winter, Yumi Sheehan, Timothy Papaluca, Graeme A Macdonald, Joy Rowland, Anton Colman, Mark Stoove, Andrew R Lloyd and Alexander J Thompson

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (5): 231-237 Free

Editor’s choice

Highlighting equity and inequity in Australia’s health system

Virginia Barbour

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 51-51

Editorials

Gender diversity of clinical practice guideline panels in Australia: important opportunities for progress

Cheryl Carcel and Mark Woodward

Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 73-74