Mental health crisis looms without funding reform
Before we reinvest blindly in Medicare or hospital care, we really need to map out the service landscape of community mental health care, writes Dr Sebastian Rosenberg.
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From 'short wind' to 'good wind': fighting chronic lung disease in Indigenous Australians
We suggest a “back to basics” approach to treating lung disease in Indigenous people in the Top End by making best use of limited resources, as shown in our recent study that used a simple chest x-ray and spirometry.
Future of health care threatened by declining population
Declining fertility may help our damaged environments, but will create hugely complex social and economic problems and threaten health care as we know it, writes Dr Will Cairns in Part Two of this two-part series.
Rural health overhaul needed for equitable care
Rural and regional Australia continues to suffer reduced access to general surgery and emergency care, prompting calls for greater focus on retaining and upskilling rural health care workforces.
Shackling prisoners in palliative care 'must stop'
There are urgent calls to abandon the restraining of prisoners receiving palliative care, with the ongoing practice blamed on the Australian justice and health systems colliding.
GPs play 'vital role' in helping Australians quit nicotine
New provisional guidance from the RACGP on the use of e-cigarettes to help Australians quit smoking provides a balanced approach for GPs, according to tobacco control experts.
Amplifying the voices of children and young people in Australian health care
Australia needs to embrace a “rights lens” in health care delivery to promote the inherent human rights of Australia’s children and young people.
Spotlight on a rare kidney disease this World Kidney Day
This World Kidney Day, we highlight Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD), which affects about one in 1,000 people. New Australian guidelines have been developed to diagnose and manage this disease, with support available through PKD Australia.
Reducing seclusion and restraint in Australian mental health services
A project to tackle seclusion and restraint in one Local Health District in New South Wales not only reduced these practices, but improved leadership and collaboration in the mental health units.
