AMJ

This paper presents an overview of social theories of trust that provide a lens through which we can analyse the development of mistrust in healthcare, and identifies ways in which healthcare professionals may aim to facilitate and sustain patient trust.

It is argued that the “middle-ground” be taken in a structure-agency approach regarding smoking cessation, recognising the potential of social systems to create stress whilst also recognising that individuals have the capacity to change aspects of their lives (e.g. to quit smoking). Without the awareness of such an approach, primary care efforts at smoking cessation may only serve to increase current inequities in smoking prevalence rates.

Striving for multi-disciplinarity in health care services requires that we employ new ways to share understanding and learn to write in ways that aim to inform people who do not necessarily share a disciplinary vocabulary or, more broadly, who do not have a shared understanding of how we make sense of complex issues. It will be challenging to create a journal that can address complexity with clarity. We invite your support.

Professor Lorna Rosenwax argues for greater integration of allied health professionals in Australian services to cancer patients.

Catherine Hunt describes the role of physiotherapists in serving people who have been treated for cancer.

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