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… Islander people. The primary cause of those 43 deaths was medical (49%), followed by suicide (33%), accident (2%), … social determinants (eg, homelessness, unemployment, poor education, low incomes). United Nations Mandela Rule 24.1 stipulates that prisoners are entitled to medical care that is equivalent to that which they could …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (6): 287-289 Free
Communication, culture and health
… type 2 diabetes status was determined by review of medical records or an indicative blood glucose level, … chart in conjunction with review of the participants’ medical history and adjustments for isolated extreme risk … collect self-reported data on primary place of residence, education, income, diet, physical activity and smoking …
Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 567-572 Free
Editorials
… differences in attitudes to hand hygiene between medical and non-medical hospital staff. 8 , 9 Non-medical staff often … 11 , 12 Compliance was also negatively correlated with educational level, being lower among senior doctors than …
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (9): 508-509 Free
Obituaries
… He was posted to Papua New Guinea, where he joined the Medical Corps. He resumed his studies in 1944 and won the … the Traffic Injury Committee of the National Health and Medical Research Council in 1960, John’s influence was soon …
Med J Aust 2003; 179 (8): 435 Free
Reflections
… when I moved to Randwick in February 2005 to begin my medical studies at the University of New South Wales. I … only thing I seemed to gain during the early years of my medical studies was 15 kg. At 11 o’clock one morning I … engaging with the material and taking responsibility for my medical career — although not without some bumps along the …
Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 205 Free
From the editor’s desk
… hell broke loose when the august Journal of the American Medical Association express-posted on its website the report … issue. Good grief! Has our understanding of grief been too “medicalised” over the years? Kellehear’s editorial (page … up to 1,500 with enough hearing handicap to impede their education? Maurice W Brown MJA 1975; 1: 83 [letter] … From …
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 170 Free
Review
… to an Australian hospital, notwithstanding occasional medical misadventures hitting the mainstream media, remain … sufficient, for improvement in health quality. However, the medical evidence to support public reporting as a means of … Prominent among these is the need for a “wide-ranging educational effort about the role and interpretation” of …
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (12): 658-660 Free
Perspectives
… to this impact, such as telehealth and electronic medical records (EMRs), consumer use of DHT applications for … and motivated to address these challenges through their own education and then educating and empowering their colleagues … processes to reduce CO 2 emissions 10 Electronic medical records (EMRs) Optimise EMR processes through health …
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (3): 106-110 Free
… and functional outcome than those treated in general medical wards. 1 , 2 The main difference in outcome occurs … 1 - 5 Dedicated stroke units differ from general medical wards in their care of patients with stroke, as they … medical management, rehabilitative therapy and stroke education, aimed at reaching defined medical and functional …
Med J Aust 2003; 178 (7): 318-323 Free
Research
… of a random sample of general practitioners who use Medical Director software. 14 Data from 348 GPs in NSW, QLD … promotion of safer injecting practices, and more proactive education for users regarding vein care and the associated … further restriction of capsule preparations, continued education of doctors and IDUs, and the examination of …
Med J Aust 2004; 181 (6): 300-304 Free
From the editor’s desk
… (Dose Adjustment for Normal Eating) program, a structured education program for people with type 1 diabetes, may ease … Human Variome Project We mark the Australian Society for Medical Research (ASMR) Medical Research Week with an editorial by Cotton and Macrae …
Med J Aust 2010; 192 (11): 626 Free
Perspectives
… Both lay people and experts often first learn about medical advances through the mainstream media, 5 and health … reward expert opinionmakers and fund the production of “educational” materials for professionals. Industries also … revenue, and the increasing reliance of health and medical research on private sources in the wake of declining …
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (7): 448-449 Free
Careers
… Pathology Update 2018 , Sydney, NSW 2-4 Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference , … NZ 9 Tri-Nation Alliance International Medical Symposium 2018 , Sydney, NSW 9-10 RANZCP … Branch , Adelaide, SA 15-16 AOA Continuing Orthopaedic Education: How I do it – an update for the generalist , …
Med J Aust 2018; 208 (2): C2 Free
Careers
… Pathology Update 2018 , Sydney, NSW 2-4 Medical Parents of Australia and New Zealand Conference , … NZ 9 Tri-Nation Alliance International Medical Symposium 2018 , Sydney, NSW 9-10 RANZCP … Branch , Adelaide, SA 15-16 AOA Continuing Orthopaedic Education: How I do it – an update for the generalist , …
Med J Aust 2018; 208 (1): C2 Free
Supplement
… of responses for sociodemographic variables and for chronic medical conditions (including depression). Expected … who are unemployed or students, people without any college education and people with lower incomes were more likely to … variables were included in our analysis: sex, age group, education level completed, working status and relative …
Med J Aust 2011; 195 (3): S22 Free
Careers
… Education Conference and the 2018 Asia-Pacific Knee, … 28 th ASM , Brisbane, QLD AUGUST 1-3 Medical Oncology Group of Australia ASM 2018 , Adelaide, SA … WA 10-17 2018 IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium and Medical Imaging Conference , Sydney, NSW 11-14 11th …
Med J Aust 2018; 208 (9): C2 Free
Research
… were determined by a review of the participants’ digital medical record by clinic staff at the time of risk factor … agents. The patient subsequently disengaged from medical treatment and ceased all medications. At 21‐month … of cardiovascular risk, but only in people who were offered education and counselling as well as notification of their …
Med J Aust 2021; 214 (6): 266-271 Free
Research
… for public comment, 9 after the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) had published information … 1 and 2 were socioculturally diverse but of above-average educational attainment; the all-male Jury 3 was also … PSA testing, as GPs were a more reliable point of access to medical advice; relying on other information sources would …
Med J Aust 2015; 203 (8): 335 Free
Complementary and alternative medicine
… base and genomic medicine opens a whole new approach to medical care, we are witnessing the rapid expansion of a … may be grouped within five major domains: alternative medical systems; mind-body interventions; biologically-based … other factors that affect the individual, such as higher education, poorer health, a transformational experience that …
Med J Aust 2004; 180 (11): 587-589 Free
Perspectives
… of health professionals. In February 2013, Carbal Medical Services (Carbal) and the University of Queensland … care and ensure that emerging health professionals, whether medical, nursing or allied health, were trained in the … women who presented for health assessments. The van as an education and research space One of the goals of the MOB van …
Med J Aust 2023; 218 (2): 65-67 Free
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