Opponents of Obamacare will have to face the fact that the scheme is being implemented across the United States, even in some unlikely places, writes Lesley Russell
03 Jun 13 Comments (0)The growing movement to increase health equity
The evidence is clear and health professionals are taking notice, writes Melissa Sweet. Now it’s time for government to act
19 Apr 13 Comments (0)Germ warfare opens a new front
Overuse of antibiotics is not only creating resistant strains of bacteria but also changing the complex ecology of the human body, writes Melissa Sweet
07 Mar 13 Comments (4)Two suburbs, 167 lives: how the Life Chances study turned twenty-one
In 1990 a team of researchers began tracking a group of babies born in two inner suburbs of Melbourne. Their latest results paint a complex picture of obstacles, opportunities and resilience, writes Melissa Sweet
08 Oct 12 Comments (0)Overtested, overtreated and over here
The principles behind an American campaign to reduce unnecessary and often expensive medical interventions are gaining support in Australia, writes Melissa Sweet
04 Jun 12 Comments (0)Medicare goes local in search of “disruptive innovation”
Can local networks pull off the healthcare reforms that have eluded state and national governments, asks Melissa Sweet
04 Apr 12 Comments (0)
“It’s like when a patriarch dies, and the will is read, and everyone starts squabbling”
Mental health had a big win in this year’s budget – and that’s when the fights began, writes Melissa Sweet in this joint investigation with Crikey
29 Nov 11 Comments (4)Reforming the World Health Organization
How should the World Health Organization adapt to a challenging international environment, asks Stephen Leeder
26 Sep 11 Comments (0)The madness industry
Jon Ronson has chased psychopathology from Gothenburg to Florida. Brett Evans reviews his new book
17 Aug 11 Comments (0)In the blood
Bacterial infections might move more slowly than heart attacks, writes Frank Bowden, but they can be just as deadly
03 Aug 11 Comments (0)Living with an epidemic
In the thirty years since AIDS was first identified much has been achieved, says Lesley Russell, but much still needs to be done to strengthen the international response
29 Jun 11 Comments (0)Sometimes, less is more
A growing movement among US healthcare professionals is arguing that medical treatment can cause more harm than good, reports Melissa Sweet
16 Jun 11 Comments (0)Primary healthcare reform: learning from the tough suburbs of Philadelphia
Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community, reports Melissa Sweet
07 Jun 11 Comments (1)The living end
Hospitals, as much as relatives and friends, can find it very hard to let go, writes intensive care specialist Ken Hillman
05 Apr 11 Comments (4)Understanding Miller
“Locational disadvantage” has an enormous impact on the lives of residents in many Australian suburbs. But an experiment in Sydney’s 2168 postcode area is yielding results, writes Melissa Sweet
28 Mar 11 Comments (2)The Gillard health program: reform without change?
Markets and demand are transforming the health system, but the policy debate isn’t catching up, writes James Gillespie
17 Feb 11 Comments (1)Lessons from the Australia–US Free Trade Agreement
The agreement delivered few, if any, of the benefits promised by its advocates, writes John Quiggin, but its adverse consequences have also been more limited than many critics predicted
22 Nov 10 Comments (2)“It’s much more fun in general practice. I can play in any field; I don’t regret it one bit.”
Talk about health policy reform often loses sight of the people in the system and their stories. Melissa Sweet watches two GPs in action in the south-west Sydney suburb of Condell Park
26 Oct 10 Comments (0)Howard’s victories: which voters switched, which issues mattered, and why
The reasons for the Howard government’s electoral success are widely misunderstood, write Murray Goot and Ian Watson, and we can see the impact in the current campaign
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