This article investigates how doctors define and use the terms “futility” and “futile treatment” in end-of-life care.

The global action plan of the World Health Organization (WHO) for preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases aims to substantially reduce the burden of premature mortality caused by cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and chronic lung disease by 2025, through action on nine targets measured by 25 indicators of performance. As a member state of the WHO...

This paper describes a pattern of increasing use of methamphetamine over the past decade.

Abstract Objective: To estimate the number of regular and dependent methamphetamine users in Australia.

About one in five young people did not submit a specimen for testing despite a GP request. Abstract Objectives : To investigate socio-demographic and structural factors associated with not providing a specimen for chlamydia testing following a request by a general practitioner. Design, setting and participants: Cross-sectional analysis of chlamydia testing data for men and...