Opinions

“Wherever the art of medicine is loved, there is also a love of humanity” — Hippocrates

Aajuli Shukla

In this first article of a two-part series, oncologist and clinical academic Dr Marion Mateos discusses the challenges she faced as a young consultant when the COVID-19 pandemic began.

Marion Mateos

With the spotlight on mental health in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, now is the time to rebuild our crumbling mental health system in a way that works for the people who use it, writes Dr Jason Lee …

Jason Lee

The Omicron variant may struggle to sustain community spread due to large vaccine rollouts and the Australian population’s improved antibody responses, write Stuart Turville, Anupriya Aggarwal, Anouschka Akerman and Vanessa Milogiannakis …

Stuart Turville, Anupriya Aggarwal, Anouschka Akerman and Vanessa Milogiannakis

The environmental impact of commonly used inhalation anaesthetic agents is significant, and it is up to anaesthetists to lead the way in implementing sustainable solutions, writes Yannick De Silva …

Yannick De Silva

With upcoming World Pride events in Sydney, now is the perfect time to raise awareness and encourage vaccination against mpox, write James MacGibbon and Vincent Cornelisse …

James MacGibbon, Vincent Cornelisse

In an imperfect world, hard decisions and sacrifices must be made in order to maintain equity when it comes to allocating the finite resources of our health care system, writes Will Cairns

Will Cairns

During the COVID-19 pandemic, the health system stretched and stretched and stretched. So did the people in it. We must resist the inevitable urge of funders and policy makers to assess that this was the true system capacity all along, writes Jillann Farmer

Jillann Farmer

Comprehensive modelling frameworks provide insight into the potential next steps for policymakers, health professionals, and society in our ongoing response to COVID-19, write Joshua Szanyi, Hassan Andrabi, and Tony Blakely …

Joshua Szanyi, Hassan Andrabi, Tony Blakely