Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.
A TRADITIONAL CHINESE CURSE GOES SOME¬THING LIKE THIS: "May you live in interesting times" If it be so, then we are all most certainly cursed for these are indeed very…
"Our patients did not choose us. We have chosen to treat them. We could have chosen another profession, but we did not. We have accepted the responsibility for patient care…
IN LATE 1992, the Australian Government committed a battalion group to the United Nations-sponsored joint Task Force in Somalia (UNITAF). The commitment was announced in December 1992 and became known…
MORE MILITARY MEDICAL ACRONYMS- just what we need. These acronyms, however, are important as they herald a quiet revolution in how the Australian Defence Force intends to train, remunerate and…
THIS IS THE THIRD EDITION OF Statistics in the Pretty Darned Quick series. Despite the title, the authors, Geoffrey Norman and David Streiner are Canadians with appropriate backgrounds to produce…
The Australian Defence Force (ADF) presents a unique situation in workplace injury management. The workforce is biased towards a younger population, with higher demands on physical fitness and a higher…
THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HIS PERSONAL EXPERIENCE with the Australian Defence Forces as a Medical Officer in the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps (RAAMC) and proposes that there should be major…
ALL MEMBERS OF THE ADF will be aware that 01 July 2003 marks the Centenary of the Royal Australian Army Medical Corps. One of the new books to be published…
"Load up, load up, load up, the rubber bullets" INTRODUCTION The Australian Defence Force is becoming more involved in military non-combatant control and peacekeeping in areas such as Timor and…
Pflanz S, Sonnek S. Work stress in the military: Prevalence, Causes, and Relationship to Emotional Health. Mil Med 2002; 167(11): 877- 882. OBJECTIVE This study examined the prevalence and sources…
Caldicott DG, Edwards NA. The tools of the trade: weapons of mass destruction. Emerg Med (Fremantle) 2002 Sep 14 (3):240-8. Caldicott DG, Edwards NA, Tingey D, Bonnin R. Medical response…
THE ICONOGRAPHY OF JOHN KIRKPATRICK (1892-1915), Private John Simpson (No. 202 of the Australian Army Medical Corps) and "Simpson" of the Australian Nation, continues to expand. Australia's most famous soldier,…
DEAR EDITOR, It came as no surprise to Australian health professionals when, at the 9th International Congress On Obesity, Professor Philip James, chairman of the International Obesity Task Force, stated…
