The importance of culturally appropriate health programs is vital to improving the health and wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, according to a traditional owner from Cape York.
Many medical organisations and health services are working diligently to reduce the enormous scale of burnout and mental injury in doctors, but further action is required to address its impact on doctors’ families, writes Dr Leanne Rowe in part one of this three-part series.
The Strengthening Medicare Report lays the foundation to redesign mental health care around a generalist approach, fundamentally helping reverse Australians’ poor mental health outcomes.
General practitioners are learning vital new skills and supporting hospitals in the General Practitioners with a Special Interest program, which has been running for five years across Queensland.
Nurse practitioners could play an integral part in addressing the rural health workforce shortage, write Rachel Rossiter, Katie Prior and Rosemary Phillips.
A trial to improve collaboration between GPs and pharmacists to reduce medication-related problems in patients is under way in Queensland.
Clinicians must ensure they follow the Australian guidelines for the treatment of early breast cancer to ensure treatment intervals are adhered to, researchers say.
With a hot summer expected in Australia, only global action by governments can achieve the society-level change required to tackle climate change.
Patients from culturally or linguistically diverse backgrounds are at a higher risk of experiencing harm during health care, highlighting the need for clinicians to adapt their approach to better engage with these patients.
