Opinions

The under-recognition and undertreatment of heavy menstrual bleeding leads to delayed diagnosis, affecting the lives of women across Australia.

Talat Uppal

Australia’s focus on reducing domestic greenhouse gas emissions while seemingly ignoring responsibility for exported emissions is morally wrong.

Before the health workforce is “unleashed”, we must consider what an appropriate governance system might look like that balances autonomy and agency and apply it to everyone working in primary care.

Louise Stone

Supporting young Australians to eat a healthy diet goes beyond doctors, dietitians and nutritionists; it is a responsibility of government and community and health systems.

Katherine Livingstone

We urgently need to use Australian data to understand the breast cancer screening rates of Australian women with diabetes, compared with those without the condition.  

Leanne Mullan, Bodil Rasmussen

Although Australian hospitals follow a Victorian militaristic model of seniority hierarchy, every health care practitioner must be a decision maker when it comes to their patient’s care.

John Wilson

We need to begin collecting data from rural hospitals all over Australia to address inequities in health care and workforce shortages.

Bianca Kavanagh, Tim Baker

We must change our culture and learn from First Nations people to combat climate change, writes Dr Simon Quilty

Simon Quilty, Norman Frank Jupurrula

It is vital that health care providers and policy makers find innovative solutions to ensure that every woman, regardless of her geographic location, is able to have a safe and healthy childbirth experience.

Linda Slack-Smith, Esther Shackleton, Colleen Fisher, Anna Bosco