Volume 223, Issue 9 | The Medical Journal of Australia

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Editor’s choice

Evidence synthesis for stronger health systems — necessary but not sufficient

Michael Skilton

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 445-445 Free

Perspective

Mild traumatic brain injury and concussion and persisting post‐concussion symptoms: new guidelines to support evidence‐based assessment and management in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand

Karen M Barlow, Jennie L Ponsford, Alice Theodom, Gill Cowen, Gavin A Davis, Vicki Anderson, Franz E Babl, David Cole, Jennifer Cullen, Stuart R Dalziel, Melinda Fitzgerald, Howard Flavell, Caroline Yates, Rebecca Kimble, John H Olver, Rhonda Orr, Mark Ralfe, Michael Rose, Nick Rushworth, Julia Treleaven, Gary Browne, Nathan Delang, Sarah Harris, Gary Mitchell and Sean Tweedy

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 446-449 Free

Medical education

Lessons from practice

Splenic injury in severe cases of the zoonoses Q fever and rickettsial infection: diagnostic challenges

Ashleigh Drury, Philippa Harrison and Aiveen Bannan

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 450-453 Free

Ethics and law

Medicolegal consequences of doctors accepting bequests and gifts under a patient’s will

Nicole E Kroesche, Tina L Cockburn, Kelly Purser and Karen A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 454-456 Free

Editorial

Building a health workforce to meet future population needs

Shona M Bates, Ben Harris‐Roxas and Patricia M Davidson

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 457-458 Free

Research

Federal health workforce policy in Australia and its implications: a descriptive policy document review

Stephanie M Topp, Thu Nguyen and Lana M Elliott

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 459-466 Open Access

Opioids and the challenges of managing chronic non‐cancer pain in rural Australia: a qualitative study

Jessica A Thomas, Jill Benson, Philip Davidson and Paul R Ward

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 467-472 Open Access

Cause‐specific mortality among Queensland people with cirrhosis, by cirrhosis aetiology and decompensation status, 2007–22: a retrospective cohort study

Vikas Bhasker, Jessica R Fong, Paul J Clark, Gunter F Hartel, Richard Skoien, James O’Beirne, Elizabeth E Powell and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 473-483 Open Access

Research letter

The detection of avian influenza virus in human pathology laboratories in Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific nations

Lisa M Sedger, Vishal Ahuja, Katherine A Lau, Deane L Byers, Torsten Theis, Peter D Kirkland and Catherine Pitman

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 492-494 Free

Consensus statement

Australian and New Zealand joint society consensus statement on genetic testing for monogenic diabetes in adults

Sunita MC De Sousa, Timothy ME Davis, James Harraway, Mark Greenslade, Kathy HC Wu, Ryan G Paul, Juliet Taylor, Aleena S Ali, Elif I Ekinci, Rinki Murphy and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): 484-491 Open Access

Supplement

Future Healthy Countdown 2030: learning and employment pathways for healthy children and young people

Med J Aust 2025; 223 (9): Free

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