Opinion
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More nuanced diagnoses of depression
Australian research will look into the different ways mental health professionals can diagnose and treat depression. Professor Christopher Sharpley, from…
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Ration roulette: researcher says Australia lacks informed processes for allocating funds
Australia's healthcare system is not making best use of available funding when deciding on allocating money to different services, a…
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There’s no formula for infant sleep
Parents shouldn’t buy into the idea that good babies rest through the night. It’s not long before new parents get…
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Telephones don’t define telenursing
The controversy over this long-standing practice comes from mistaking the tools for the context. Ever since the telephone connected rural…
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More legal adventures in social media
Recent cases in this rapidly evolving realm involve nursing, bullying, privacy, defamation and employment. This article follows two previous ones…
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Dr Fenglian Xu on predicting postnatal depression
Depression affects up to 15 per cent of women after birth and a predictive model could be used help prevent…
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High bar for bullying
The standard for successfully showing workplace behaviour is unreasonable is challenging. Bullying in the workplace is a serious issue within…
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Time to work it out
Australia may well be in trouble without a co-ordinated approach to adequate staffing; a professor puts into focus the importance…
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Don’t waste your breath
Some guidelines are leading users away from best practice for the use of inhalers. From the very start of their…
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Staff reveal palliative-care opinions in survey
Study shows healthcare workers' perceptions and challenges related to end-of-life care and choices. Despite a plethora of local, state-based, national…
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