Contents:

1

The International War on Cheap Drugs 96 KB

Donald W. Light & Joel Lexchin

2

Losing Our Health: The Australia-United States Free Trade  Agreement                                           120 KB

Tracy Schrader

5

Open Letter to the United States Congress regarding the AUSFTA                                                 99 KB

6

Why Is Howard So Loyal to US Businesses?

Kenneth Davidson

7

The International Experience: Pharmaceutical Reform in Croatia

An interview with Ken Harvey

10

Drug Marketing, PBS Costs and Patient Care

Doctors Reform Society

12

Howard’s Way on Health: Feeding Medicare to Insurance Companies

Con Costa

14

Problems With Giving the PHI Rebate to Private Hospitals

Doctors Reform Society

16

Medicare Plus... or Minus                 146 KB

Doctors Reform Society

19

Video Review: Breath of Fresh Air

20

Medicare Plus Whatever’s In Your Pocket

PHHAMAQ

22

Inequality Is Fattening

Polly Toynbee

23

The Great Status Race That We Can Never Win

Ross Gittins

24

The Politics of Suffering Children

Robert Manne

26

Girls and Sex: Historical Reflections on the Age of Consent                                               112 KB

Stefania Siedlecky

28

Medical Practitioners and the Litigation Process                                                 109 KB

        Part Two: Writing Medical Reports   37 KB

Colin Huntly & Robert Guthrie

30

Youth Suicide... and the Cult of the Individual

Richard Eckersley

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Disadvantage, Youth and Suicide

Andrew Gunn