Opinions

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

Richard Yin

Urgent action is required to address the systemic barriers deterring access to eye health care in Australia, write Dr Gifar Hassan and Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM.

Gifar Hassan, Leanne Rowe

Vaping in Australian schools is becoming widespread, with some students taking up e-cigarettes because they are seeing their peers vape.

Simone Pettigrew

Australian society cannot afford for general practice to collapse, writes Queensland GP Natasha Yates.

Natasha Yates

Rural and regional clinicians need more recognition of their unique position to help address rural health challenges, write Dr Michael Field, Dr Anne McGuane and Dr Laura Alston.

The loss of biodiversity in Australia and the world could have disastrous consequences for human health, write Marion Carey, Katherine Barraclough and Ken Winkel.

Marion Carey, Katherine Barraclough, Ken Winkel

Access to abortion and contraception in rural and regional Australia could be improved with nurse-led models of care in general practice, write Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield and Danielle Mazza.

Jessica Moulton, Jessica Botfield, Danielle Mazza

The profound effects of child maltreatment on health and wellbeing have long been voiced by survivors, write Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine.

Hannah Thomas, Divna Haslam, Holly Erskine

We need to re-think medical ethics in the era of the Anthropocene, writes public health physician, Professor Tony Capon.

Tony Capon