Healthcare

Health & Medicine

Mature-aged students are the rural health workforce of tomorrow

Supporting mature-aged students in rural communities is key to securing Australia’s regional health workforce

Health & Medicine

This is how healthcare should be

Person-Centred Value-Based Health Care shifts the focus from treating a condition to treating a person, by focusing on their values, goals and preferences

Health & Medicine

Daily decisions can reduce the carbon footprint of our health sector

The Healthcare Carbon Lab aims to reduce carbon emissions in our health sector by measuring carbon-emitting procedures and products, while still delivering quality care

Health & Medicine

"You had to be right-handed, female, under 25 and unmarried"

Professor Julie Satur’s journey from teenaged dental therapist to tenacious public health advocate is one of perseverance for equity in oral healthcare

Health & Medicine

Healthcare has a waste problem, but we can achieve net zero

Climate change is the biggest health issue facing the planet. Healthcare professionals deal with the outcomes, but can also be part of the solution

Politics & Society

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Opinion

What the Bondi Junction tragedy tells us about compulsory treatment

How should we balance public safety with the rights of people with a mental illness to make decisions about their own wellbeing?

Health & Medicine

Too many people die after leaving prison

The high rate of death soon after release from jail is tragic, but also avoidable. This urgently needs a coordinated, whole-of-government response

Health & Medicine

Sorry, those blue-blocking lenses probably won’t help your digital eye strain

Eye strain from extended screen time is a growing problem, but evidence suggests that blue light is not the cause, and blue-blockers are not the solution

Health & Medicine

Dental care and healthcare are the same thing

A new book on the history of dental health in Victoria calls for a greater focus on prevention and more government-funded dental services

Health & Medicine

Our duty of care to those who care

With looming workforce shortages, a new study finds a comprehensive approach to ensuring the wellbeing of cancer healthcare workers is essential