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… levels needs to be balanced against the risks of over-medicalisation and diversion of resources away from those most in need. The concern of how our medical system will cope has already been aired in the … remains high ( doi: 10.5694/mja11.11351 ). They encourage education to improve early recognition and diagnosis of …
Med J Aust 2012; 197 (4): 195 Free
Perspectives
… One Health in clinical training and continuing professional education would build workforce capacity of frontline … approaches to research and development and regulation of medical products are not new (emulated by the fields of “One … is supported by the Labor government, the Australian Medical Association, the Public Health Association of …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (9): 459-463 Free
Research
… of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write … source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au/>". … for offering treatment, further investigation and safe-sex education to infected men and their sexual partners. …
Med J Aust 1997; 166 (9): 468-471 Free
Medicine and the law
… costs, billing for services or procedures not performed or medically unnecessary, hiding improper financial … from corporations in the health service, pharmaceutical, education, defence, and oil and gas sectors. 12 In 2010, recoveries from pharmaceutical and medical device companies accounted for 65% of the …
Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 474-478 Free
Perspectives
… a multisectoral response is needed to avert catastrophe. Medical professionals have a key role to play. The Northern … solutions have been lacking ( Box 2 ). The role of the medical profession Health care practitioners need to be … particularly revealing. Beyond individual patient care, the medical profession can engage with pharmaceutical and health …
Med J Aust 2022; 217 (1): 9-12 Free
Perspectives
… goods and services linked to human rights, such as housing, education, and health care. Unlike tobacco or other … of his [sic] family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services”. 10 Australia is … many people lack the resources to move somewhere better. Education and counselling initiatives to inform people about …
Med J Aust 2023; 219 (1): 4-8 Free
Research
… at random so that the number of schools selected in each education sector (government, Catholic and independent) was … Human Research Ethics Committee, the NSW Department of Education and Training and the NSW Catholic Education Commission. The Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council Ethics Committee approved this …
Med J Aust 2014; 200 (11): 667-671 Free
Health care
… of the publisher. For permission, contact the Australasian Medical Publishing Company Journalists are welcome to write … source as "an article published on the Internet by The Medical Journal of Australia <http://www.mja.com.au/>". … specific training, qualifications and commitment to ongoing education; it is no longer a career default option. …
Med J Aust 1996; 164 (4): 212-215 Free
Narrative review
… in utero and in early life. 2 , 3 One of the greatest medical threats to the wellbeing of Indigenous children is … determinants of health, including income, employment, education, and access to goods, services and health care. 6 … women the best care, they largely reflect modern western medical values and perceptions of health, risk and safety. …
Med J Aust 2016; 205 (8): 374-379 Free
Research letter
… first three categories correspond to National Health and Medical Research Council risk levels. 5 Approval to access …
Med J Aust 2019; 210 (1): 38-39 Free
Research
… to quit smoking. 6 , 7 The Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) position statement on … (d) somewhere else. Covariates Data on sex, age and education (low = did not complete high school; moderate = … high school diploma or vocational college; high = tertiary education) were included. Postcodes were used to code …
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (9): 355 Free
Research
… this problem will need to be addressed by policy makers and medical educators. A framework that provides GPs with the … necessary to confirm this assumption and to thereby inform educational programs and service planning. As the CHB burden …
Med J Aust 2016; 204 (2): 74 Free
Public health
… and sanitation facilities, and limited access to health and education services. 1 Consequently, when the Australian … Health Questionnaire”. Designed to be administered by non-medical personnel and an interpreter, it aims to identify … mask until their formal health assessments with a CDC medical officer. 6 The TB component of the formal assessment …
Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 144-147 Free
MJA Practice Essentials: Infectious Diseases
… While home-based medical treatment is age-old, its use for serious medical conditions is relatively new to Australia. Usually … Monitoring of complications Patients and their carers need education to recognise complications of HITH therapy. Most …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (7): 440-445 Free
Supplement
… in older patients, 10 or be seen as side effects of medical illness. 11 However, even when major depression is … recent bereavement, other stressful life events, chronic medical conditions, social isolation, and prior history of … how not to treat it. An essential adjunct, given that GP educational efforts have variable success, 25 would be a …
Med J Aust 2002; 177 (7): S107 Free
Review
… workplaces, by a dedicated service that provided pre-test education, administered the test and communicated the … exercise the type of agency they routinely use outside the medical clinic, for example, when deliberating over an … over testing rather than compliantly accepting “another medical test” from their doctor. Having the test in a …
Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 157-160 Free
Supplement: Depression and the community
… mental health awareness programs; and widespread educational depression programs for primary care physicians … opinion. When all responses were ranked in terms of medical and mental disorders only ( Box 1 ), the gap between traditional medical problems and mental health problems in terms of …
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 63 Free
Careers
… diseases. “I found it was as challenging as many medical specialties in terms of the clinical acumen … neurosurgeons are also actively involved in research (see “Medical mentor”, page C5) and the specialty enables doctors … (RACS) in neurosurgery, by completing the 6-year surgical education and training program in neurosurgery. Applications …
Med J Aust 2012; 196 (8): C1 Free
Research
… established cardiovascular disease) National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III (2001, …
Med J Aust 2006; 185 (6): 305-309 Free
Careers
… not a lot of kids from my area were going on to tertiary education. There wasn’t a university in the northwest of … Territory, and it was to there she returned as a resident medical officer. “It was fabulous,” she says. “It was more … the teachers were really excited about it and helped.” Don Medical is now a three-doctor practice, including a location …
Med J Aust 2017; 206 (6): Free
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