Formulating a medical response to a deadly disease of disordered thinking
Introduction by Croakey: As much of the rest of the world wakes up to the climate crisis, Australia... Read more
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Introduction by Croakey: Evidence that there is a crisis in Australia’s aged care sector has been unfolding over the past year, courtesy of an ongoing Royal Commission – which has now been extended in... Read more
Holistic primary health care at Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service is not just about providing the full suite of services to people. It is also being an employer and advocate, a voice for the communit... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: When the Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel signed his last will and testament in 1895, a Prize for Public Health was not among the prizes he establishe... Read more
In 2017 the World Health Organization launched a global challenge to reduce severe, avoidable harm related to medications, by fifty percent within the next five years. Each participating country will... Read more
(This post has been updated with tweets and commentary from the report’s launch) The medical specialty dedicated to women’s health is taking steps to tackle male dominance in leadership position... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: As much of the rest of the world wakes up to the climate crisis, Australia continues to be “a kingpin” of global fossil fuel dealership. We have systems to weigh up the risks... Read more
Introduction by Croakey: Back in September, soon after National RUOK day prompted Australians to check in with each other’s mental health, Australasian College for Emergency Medicine President Dr Simo... Read more
Amy Coopes writes: Sex is an integral part of wellbeing and should be normalised in discussions about patient health, a summit of Australian and New Zealand obstetricians and gynaecologists heard Mond... Read more
Do the glossy supermarket brochures that land in your mailbox or get pushed through the fence land straight in the bin? Like many of us, public health practitioner and #Journalwatch correspondent, Dr... Read more
It is up to non-Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health professionals and policy makers to “share the load” in creating a culturally safe health system for Indigenous patients and hea... Read more
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