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		<title>What many patients want to know, but many doctors don’t want to tell</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/si7XjG8QYoA/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:57:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[consumer health information]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[pharma payments to doctors]]></category>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here is an interesting juxtaposition of two sets of research findings about doctors’ disclosures of their financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies&#8230; In the US, a survey of almost 2,000 doctors found nearly two-fifths did not...<br/>
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		<title>Tackling the overuse of antibiotics: a call to action</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/ZHRwTVirezc/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/10/tackling-the-overuse-of-antibiotics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[adverse events]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[antibiotic resistance]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7296</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The National Prescribing Service recently launched an education initiative for health professionals as part of a new five-year effort to address “the critical issue” of antibiotic resistance. A campaign targeting the general public is due to start...<br/>
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		<title>Who wants a health system designed for the better off?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/4sE1UmgWKTM/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/08/who-wants-a-health-system-designed-for-the-better-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[equity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Safety Net]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7293</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Do most Australians really want a healthcare system structured to ensure that the better off get better access to health services? Or to put it another way – designed to ensure that those most in need of health services are least likely to have...<br/>
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		<title>What’s hot in public health journals: Germany’s role in undermining tobacco control</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/bO-BZAbHvZo/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/08/whats-hot-in-public-health-journals-germanys-role-in-undermining-tobacco-control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[global health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[tobacco control]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7288</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Public Health Advocacy Institute WA has kindly agreed to share its JournalWatch service with Croakey readers. Below is a brief description of the service – and its latest “must read” article, about Germany’s role in undermining tobacco control....<br/>
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		<title>Constitutional recognition and Indigenous health</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/7J-UkMdqjHA/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/07/constitutional-recognition-and-indigenous-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social determinants of health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7285</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sixty-two per cent of voters support changing the Constitution to recognise Indigenous people as the country&#8217;s first inhabitants, according to a poll reported today in the Sydney Morning Herald....<br/>
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		<title>Latest wrap of health and medical reading from The Conversation</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/X2TalIbajwM/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/07/latest-wrap-of-health-and-medical-reading-from-the-conversation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7281</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Thanks to Fron Jackson-Webb for providing this latest wrap of reading from The Conversation (http://theconversation.edu.au/). It includes articles about universities teaching complementary medicine, the Medicare Safety Net, new research on caesarean...<br/>
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		<title>Making equity part of the discussion on mental health (including new publications in Indigenous mental health)</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/loANppj3Su4/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/06/making-equity-part-of-the-discussion-on-mental-health-including-new-publications-in-indigenous-mental-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:12:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health financing and costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health inequalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous health]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[rural and remote health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7271</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Note: apologies to readers but system glitches are making it difficult to insert links at the moment. The Australian Psychological Society recently claimed (www.psychology.org.au/Content.aspx?ID=4137) that the Better Access program had been “the...<br/>
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		<title>World Cancer Day, inequities in global access to palliative care – and a film that will matter to us all, sooner or later</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/Vzl4VqmROwI/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/03/world-cancer-day-inequities-in-global-access-to-palliative-care-and-a-film-that-will-matter-to-us-all-sooner-or-later/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:45:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health inequalities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[palliative care]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7265</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[On the eve of World Cancer Day, Claire Maskell of Palliative Care Australia describes global variations in access to palliative care, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region. *** LIFE before death: the film Claire Maskell writes: Palliative and end...<br/>
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		<title>When doctors “prescribe” exercise, does it make any difference?</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/KfwEFApBwwQ/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/03/when-doctors-prescribe-exercise-does-it-make-any-difference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:15:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[evidence-based issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal articles]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obesity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[physical activity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7259</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Doctors are often encouraged to &#8220;prescribe&#8221; exercise to sedentary patients, but it&#8217;s not been clear whether such initiatives make any difference, to either peoples&#8217;  level of activity or their health. In its latest Croakey...<br/>
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		<title>“Legally invisible”: Law reform matters for Aboriginal health</title>
		<link>http://feeds.crikey.com.au/~r/CrikeyBlogs/croakey/~3/ssBd-0kZxsg/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2012/02/02/legally-invisible-law-reform-matters-for-aboriginal-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 05:39:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legal issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/?p=7255</guid>
		
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A recent Croakey post suggested that Constitutional reform could bring important health benefits for Indigenous Australians. The article below argues that a clear legal framework is needed for better Aboriginal health, citing a paper recently...<br/>
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