The question that health ministers should be askingIs it too much to ask that health ministers question whether their policies further increase or decrease the inequities in access to good health and to health services? asks Melissa Sweet.
Health policy
Abortion: speaking up for the muzzled doctors
With an important case on medical abortion in the Cairns Magistrates’ Court, there is an urgent need for reform of Queensland’s archaic and repressive abortion laws, writes Dr Caroline de Costa.
MEANWHILE: Queensland passes abortion law reforms
Healthcare reform’s big question: is all treatment necessary?
More health care does not necessarily mean better health, writes Mary Haines.
Robin Hood, the health budget and other contemporary tales
Finding someone with high expectations of the Federal health budget is about as difficult as scoring a dental appointment in the bush, but we tracked some opinions down anyway.
Why everyone’s election health policies are lacking
A sound health policy will not just spend money, it will spend it wisely. The AMA’s latest policy hits all the politically-correct buttons but are we getting the best value for our health spending?
