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From the archive What matters in the end Frank Bowden 17 December 2014 Atul Gawande has written an important book about the limits of medicine Books & arts Pregnancy: guidelines and timelines Jacinta Halloran 6 November 2014 Two accounts of getting, and being, pregnant tell only part of the story about conception and childbirth Books & arts Buying and selling healthcare Lesley Russell 6 November 2014 Adam Reich vividly describes the way different kinds of hospitals work in the United States, writes Lesley Russell. But what happened to the patients? National affairs Healthcare and the limits of competition Lesley Russell 26 September 2014 Lesley Russell looks at what the draft recommendations of the competition policy review mean for health policy and services

Books & arts A short look at Medicare’s long history Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson 20 February 2014 Gwendolyn Gray Jamieson reviews an account of the genesis and chequered career of Labor’s national health insurance scheme International Obamacare’s testing year ahead Lesley Russell 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 Small-target health policy gets off to a shaky start Lesley Russell 17 September 2013 The new government’s aged-care decisions suggest it will prioritise providers over consumers, writes Lesley Russell National affairs Health: the missing election debate Lesley Russell 20 August 2013 So far, healthcare has gone missing in the election campaign, writes Lesley Russell

Essays & reportage “It’s like when a patriarch dies, and the will is read, and everyone starts squabbling” Melissa Sweet 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 Reforming the World Health Organization Stephen Leeder 26 September 2011 How should the World Health Organization adapt to a challenging international environment, asks Stephen Leeder Essays & reportage In the blood Frank Bowden 3 August 2011 Bacterial infections might move more slowly than heart attacks, writes Frank Bowden, but they can be just as deadly National affairs Sometimes, less is more Melissa Sweet 16 June 2011 A growing movement among US healthcare professionals is arguing that medical treatment can cause more harm than good, reports Melissa Sweet