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All levels of government could be doing more to help protect medically vulnerable people in Australia from COVID-19.

Rebecca Ryan, Louisa Walsh

New guidelines are needed to enable organ donation from people who have participated in voluntary assisted dying to bring Australia in line with several other countries.

Sam Hunt

There is still a long way to go to ensure that we are delivering equitable access to specialist surgical services in Australia, especially in the field of complex head and neck surgery, where expertise and outreach services in regional areas are generally lacking, writes Dr Rebecca Venchiarutti.

Rebecca L Venchiarutti

We need to change the narrative of a career in general practice to ensure it is more respected, and more medical students choose to pursue this vital role

Tish Sivagnanan

Ahead of NAIDOC celebrations next week, we speak to Indigenous researchers and the CEO of an Aboriginal community-controlled health organisation about the importance of the celebration.  

Becca Whitehead

New evidence-based clinical guidelines for opioid deprescribing have been published in the Medical Journal of Australia. 

Sam Hunt

Researchers writing in the Medical Journal of Australia have highlighted the importance of person-centred care in treating eating disorders.

Annika Howells

An escalation in the rhetoric over the Australian Government’s 60-day prescribing policy has led to calls for Australians to “find the facts”.

Sam Hunt

There are major barriers for the ADHD community to overcome before the new Australian clinical guidelines for ADHD can be properly implemented, writes Dr Alison Poulton.

Alison Poulton