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Volume 223 Issue 5

1 September 2025

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Editor’s choice

Updates on chronic liver disease

Alison Williams

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 229-229 Free

Perspective

A precautionary approach to social media: protecting young minds in an evolving digital world

Ivana Stankov, Yonatal Tefera, Melissa Bradley, Alison Pickering, Emma Willoughby and Carmel Williams

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 230-232 Open Access

Medical colleges have an obligation to ensure full participation in Clinical Quality Registries

Robert J Aitken, Julian A Smith and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 233-235 Free

Ethics and law

Ante‐mortem interventions for deceased donation: legal barriers and uncertainty in Australia's decision‐making frameworks

Shih‐Ning Then, Dominique E Martin and Helen I Opdam

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 236-240 Open Access

Editorial

A stimulating tale about spinal cord implants for managing chronic pain

Susan Liew

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 241-242 Free

Research

Spinal cord stimulation patterns of care, re‐interventions, and costs for private health insurers, Australia, 2011–22: a retrospective observational study

Caitlin MP Jones, Christopher G Maher, Rachelle Buchbinder, Ian A Harris, Chung‐Wei Christine Lin, Christopher Hayes and Alexandra Gorelik

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 243-247 Open Access

The epidemiology of haemodialysis catheter infections in Australia, 2016–20: a prospective cohort study

Benjamin Lazarus, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Martin P Gallagher, Jayson Catiwa, Nicholas A Gray, Sarah Coggan, Kathryn R Higgins, Girish Talaulikar, Stephen P McDonald AM and Sradha Kotwal

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 248-256 Open Access

Silicosis research priorities for health care, research, and health and safety professionals, and for people exposed to silica in Australia: a research priority setting exercise

Hayley Barnes, Sharna Mathieu, Deborah C Glass, Malcolm R Sim, Lin Fritschi, Joanne L Dickinson, Daniel C Chambers, Tim R Driscoll, Graeme Edwards, Nikky LaBranche, Catherine Jones, Jane E Bourke, Ryan F Hoy, Christine R Jenkins, Simon Apte, Anne Holland and Gabriella Tikellis

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 257-264 Open Access

Research letter

Treatment outcomes for people with hepatitis C referred to tertiary care in Victoria, 2021–22: a retrospective observational study

Elly Layton, Nicole Matthews, Brendan Quinn, Nasra Higgins, Gabrielle Lindeman, Mielle Abbott, Jennifer MacLachlan, Elizabeth Birbilis, Margaret E Hellard, Joseph Doyle, Benjamin C Cowie and Mark Stoové

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 265-267 Open Access

Consensus statement

Assessment of metabolic dysfunction‐associated fatty liver disease in primary care: a consensus statement summary

Leon A Adams, William W Kemp, Kate R Muller, Elizabeth E Powell, Stuart K Roberts, Luis Calzadilla Bertot, Stephanie Best, Gary Deed, Jon D Emery, Samantha L Hocking, Graham R Jones, John S Lubel, Sinead Sheils, Stephen M Twigg, Gerald F Watts and Jacob George

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 268-276 Open Access

Letter to the Editor

The 2024 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia emerging as a hotspot for litigation

Rishu Thakur and Supriya Mathew

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 277-277 Free

The 2024 report of the MJA–Lancet Countdown on health and climate change: Australia emerging as a hotspot for litigation

Paul J Beggs, Alistair J Woodward and Kathryn Bowen

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (5): 278-278 Free