Firming up ground for the future John Langmore makes a case for more courage in our policies and hope in our politics.
A new Approach to Australia’s health workforce Jill Iliffe argues that any serious attempt to improve Australia’s health policy must address the capacity, efficiency and flexibility of
Get health policy out of the emergency ward In this paper published by the CPD, Jennifer Doggett shows that health systems oriented towards primary and preventative care achieve
A new approach to primary care for Australia The best way to take the pressure off hospitals is to ensure that most people don’t need to go there
Drug company’s hearing too sensitive for criticism When companies can use the courts to prevent concerned citizens from criticising their products, its time for legal reforms to
Is nanotechnology rushing into a repeat of the biotechnology backlash? Risks associated with the science of the small demand a Government commitment to protect the public interest, writes Georgia Miller
What’s wrong with pushing pills? Erectile dysfunction? Menopause? Pop a pill! By persuading consumers to buy more drugs, whether or not they need them, drug
Drug companies’ free lunches have expensive side-effects It may only take an apple a day to keep the doctors away – but should it really take a
A Health Policy for Australia’: response #4 Tim Woodruff of the Doctors Reform Society argues that the fee for service contribution to the inappropriate use of health
