Essays & reportage
27 August 2014
With one-in-two people dying within days of becoming ill, it’s little wonder that Ebola causes panic. But the real threat can only be assessed if we understand the history…
Books & arts
28 July 2014
Why do so many dementia researchers hold to a single theory so fervently? An unsettling new book throws light on entrenched beliefs, writes David Le Couteur
National affairs
17 July 2014
The evidence has been clear for years: without a cutback in the use of antibiotics, healthcare faces major disruption
Books & arts
20 June 2014
A physician decodes an unsettling memoir of life in and beyond the operating theatre
Essays & reportage
18 March 2014
Screening for cervical cancer saves lives every day, so surely men should be screened for prostate cancer? Unfortunately it’s a bit more complicated than that, writes…
Books & arts
24 February 2014
We need our doctors to feel, writes Frank Bowden, but not so much that they stop thinking
Books & arts
20 February 2014
Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson reviews an account of the genesis and chequered career of Labor’s national health insurance scheme
International
7 January 2014
Americans see Obamacare as either the president’s greatest achievement or his biggest failure, writes Lesley Russell. But the signs are growing that its success…
National affairs
17 September 2013
The new government’s aged-care decisions suggest it will prioritise providers over consumers, writes Lesley Russell
National affairs
20 August 2013
So far, healthcare has gone missing in the election campaign, writes Lesley Russell
National affairs
12 July 2013
Means testing is all very well, says Ian McAuley, but do we need private health insurance at all?
Podcasts
9 July 2013
From the Radio National archive, Terry Lane talks to Labor senator Jacinta Collins
International
3 June 2013
Opponents of Obamacare will have to face the fact that the scheme is being implemented across the United States, even in some unlikely places, writes Lesley Russell
Essays & reportage
4 June 2012
The principles behind an American campaign to reduce unnecessary and often expensive medical interventions are gaining support in Australia, writes Melissa Sweet
Essays & reportage
4 April 2012
Can local networks pull off the healthcare reforms that have eluded state and national governments, asks Melissa Sweet
National affairs
24 February 2012
Lesley Russell analyses the figures in the prime minister’s 2012 report
Essays & reportage
29 November 2011
Mental health had a big win in this year’s budget – and that’s when the fights began, writes Melissa Sweet in this joint investigation with Crikey
National affairs
26 September 2011
How should the World Health Organization adapt to a challenging international environment, asks Stephen Leeder
Essays & reportage
3 August 2011
Bacterial infections might move more slowly than heart attacks, writes Frank Bowden, but they can be just as deadly
National affairs
16 June 2011
A growing movement among US healthcare professionals is arguing that medical treatment can cause more harm than good, reports Melissa Sweet
National affairs
7 June 2011
Public health nurses at the 11th Street Family Health Services Center are committed to developing long-term relationships with the community, reports Melissa Sweet
Essays & reportage
5 April 2011
Hospitals, as much as relatives and friends, can find it hard to let go
Essays & reportage
26 October 2010
Talk about health policy reform often loses sight of the people in the system and their stories. Melissa Sweet watches two GPs in action in the south-west Sydney suburb…
Books & arts
29 March 2010
Ken Hillman reviews The Checklist Manifesto, by surgeon and New Yorker writer Atul Gawande
3 March 2010
Despite President Obama’s remarkable mastery of the facts, the Republicans weren’t budging, reports Lesley Russell
23 February 2010
This week’s summit aims to save the embattled healthcare overhaul through the power of persuasion, writes Lesley Russell
21 January 2010
2010 could be even tougher for Barack Obama, but things could turn around quickly, writes Lesley Russell
Essays & reportage
21 September 2009
The Medicare Select proposal has opened up a new front in the health debate. Melissa Sweet talks to supporters and sceptics