Opinions

Global shortages of antibiotics are disproportionately affecting Australian children, write Tony Lai, Amanda Gwee, Brendan McMullan and Asha Bowen

Tony Lai, Amanda Gwee, Brendan McMullan, Asha Bowen

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leadership is essential in the design and delivery of culturally responsive health care, write Jacqueline Stephens and Courtney Ryder

Jacqueline Stephens, Courtney Ryder

A national dataset for chronic conditions would provide critical information for enabling research and improving health outcomes

Andrew Giles, Rohan Greenland, David Ali

The health sector, whose role is to protect public health, must be front and centre in the battle against climate change, write Dr Eugenie Kayak and Dr Ben Dunne

Eugenie Kayak, Ben Dunne

The increase in hospital in the home admissions during the pandemic raises the broader question about how much acute paediatric care could be achieved outside of hospital settings, write Associate Professor Penelope Bryant and Dr Laila Ibrahim.

Penelope Bryant, Laila Ibrahim

Dr Zoe Leviston and Professor Iain Walker investigate how well Australians really adhered to COVID-19 directives, and what it reveals about human perception and misconception.

Zoe Leviston, Iain Walker

Verbal and physical assault in hospital wards, accident and emergency departments and primary care should never be accepted as “part of the job” and more steps must be taken to keep all health care workers safe, including doctors, write Dr Gifar Hassan and Clinical Professor Leanne Rowe AM

Leanne Rowe, Gifar Hassan

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

Rachel Coghlan

Step by step, door to door, district by district, Hamlin Fistula Ethiopia’s new Project Zero aims to find and treat every woman living with obstetric fistula in Ethiopia. It is an ambitious yet achievable goal, writes Carolyn Hardy, CEO of Catherine Hamlin Fistula Foundation.

Carolyn Hardy