http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/section.asp?name=health Australia's e-journal of social and political debate en-au Copyright 2000-2010, National Forum susan@onlineopinion.com.au (Susan Prior) lachlan@onlineopinion.com.au (Lachlan Kuhn) 60 editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Katie Lahey) Healthcare: it's not who pays that's important, it's about getting more value and better service. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10140 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10140 Mon, 8 Mar 2010 08:17:38 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10140 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Lydia Turner) Why do we insist on giving fat people a bad time and why do fat people continue to put up with such treatment? http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10132 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10132 Fri, 5 Mar 2010 08:27:17 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10132 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tanveer Ahmed) That a psychiatrist can receive the Australian of the Year award is proof the stigma associated with mental health has improved. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10119 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10119 Wed, 3 Mar 2010 08:04:00 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10119 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Sarah McMahon) Promoting gastric banding to 14-year-olds means malnutrition and maintenance on the menu. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10069 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10069 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 08:17:06 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10069 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Noelle Graham) 'The Biggest Loser' doesn’t inspire health. It's a representation of torture, cultural ideals and placing self worth and value in being thin. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10014 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=10014 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 13:05:05 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=10014 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Tanveer Ahmed) At a time when health spending threatens to strangle our national accounts, it's a problem that doctors are not more involved in the health debate. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9825 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9825 Wed, 6 Jan 2010 08:18:43 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9825 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Jeremy Sammut) GPs fear super clinics, subsidised by taxpayers, will compete unfairly putting established private practices out of business. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9877 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9877 Tue, 5 Jan 2010 10:46:23 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9877 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Graham Cooke) The next pandemic could begin with a handshake - and it might be the one which kills off the human race. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9859 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9859 Tue, 29 Dec 2009 09:28:01 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9859 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Peter West) ADHD: thousands of kids around the western world are needlessly drugged every day. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9816 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9816 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:49:57 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9816 On Line Opinion editor@onlineopinion.com.au (Helen Lobato) As many as a third of women diagnosed with breast cancer may not actually need treatment. http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9780 http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=9780 Mon, 7 Dec 2009 08:19:52 +1000 http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=9780 On Line Opinion