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Rachel Coghlan shares a poetic reflection on the intricacies and chaos of providing palliative care.

Rachel Coghlan

Medicine can survive in the post-truth world, but we must pay much more attention to factors beyond the scientific facts, writes Dr Jillann Farmer.

Jillann Farmer

Six modifiable factors may hold the key to improving the mental health of Australian adolescents, write PhD candidate Scarlett Smout and Dr Lauren Gardner from the Matilda Centre at the University of Sydney.

Scarlett Smout, Lauren Gardner

A practical guide to help general practitioners assess a patient for exposure to silica dust by Sydney respiratory physician Professor Deborah Yates and occupational hygienists Kate Cole and Maggie Davidson.

Deborah Yates, Kate Cole, Margaret Davidson

It’s time we started thinking about designing a trauma-informed curriculum for medical trainees, writes Dr Jocelyn Lowinger.

Jocelyn Lowinger

Australia’s health care providers play a vital role in the success of the National Immunisation Program, write Shevaun Drislane and Associate Professor Katie Attwell

Medical practitioners in Australia could be doing more to help patients with asthma, particularly in helping reduce preventable asthma, write Professor Peter Gibson, Professor Phil Bardin, Professor Christine Jenkins and Associate Professor John Blakey.

Peter Gibson, Phil Bardin, Christine Jenkins, John Blakey, Kerry Hancock, Vanessa McDonald

We need a common-sense approach to policy when it comes to medication prescribing and dispensing without pitting doctors and pharmacists against each other, writes Dr Alisha Dorrigan.

Alisha Dorrigan

Doctors must take a leadership role in urging governments to take stronger action on climate change, writes Dr Richard Yin.

Richard Yin