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Centre for Clinical Interventions
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Centre for Clinical Interventions
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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Psychological support for people affected by cancer
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Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
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Continence management and advice
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What is a catheter?
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Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
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Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
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Caring for your hydrocolloid dressing
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Centre for Clinical Interventions
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Centre for Clinical Interventions
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Adrenaline auto-injectors
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Anaphylaxis
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Genetic Services of Western Australia
Genetic Services of Western Australia
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Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
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Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
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Genetic Services of Western Australia
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Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
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Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
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Accessing a GP after hours
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Overview of the WA health system
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Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
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Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
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Tests for your baby during pregnancy
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Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
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Health care options
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Giving informed consent in hospital
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Going home after a stay in hospital
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Overview of the WA health system
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Pay your WA Health invoice
Pay your WA Health invoice
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Preparing for your stay in hospital
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Your rights and responsibilities as a patient
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HPV vaccine
HPV vaccine
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Cervical cancer
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Cervical Screening Test
HPV vaccine
HPV vaccine
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Where can I have a Cervical Screening Test?
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Hyperbaric treatment
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Hysteroscopy
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HPV vaccine
HPV vaccine
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Continence management and advice
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Troubleshooting for your catheter
What is a catheter?
Your indwelling urinary catheter
Your lifestyle with a catheter
Your self-intermittent catheter
Your suprapubic catheter
Infectious diseases
How to get tested for chlamydia (video transcript)
Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS)
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
How to get tested for chlamydia (video transcript)
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How to use an accuhaler
How to use an accuhaler
How to use an autohaler
How to use an autohaler
How to use an inhaler (puffer) with large volume spacer
How to use an inhaler (puffer) with large volume spacer
How to use an inhaler (puffer) with small volume spacer
How to use a turbuhaler
How to use a turbuhaler
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Insulin and diabetes
Intensive care units (ICUs)
Intensive care units (ICUs)
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Intravenous cannula (IV)
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Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
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Labour
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Alprazolam
Asthma medications and inhaler devices
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
How is the cost of medicines to consumers determined?
Medications to treat tuberculosis
Pregnancy and breastfeeding while taking warfarin
Stopping warfarin
Warfarin
Warfarin and other medicines
Warfarin and risk of bleeding
Warfarin safety
Your lifestyle choices with warfarin
Mental health
Alprazolam
Art therapy for mental health recovery
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Clinical psychology
Creative Expression Centre for Arts Therapy (CECAT)
Creative Expression Centre for Arts Therapy (CECAT) – classes and programs
Creative Expression Centre for Arts Therapy (CECAT) – location and contact details
Eating Disorders Program
Mental health emergency
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Psychological support for people affected by cancer
Psychological support for people affected by cancer
Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS)
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Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Mental illness
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
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Eating Disorders Program
Mental health emergency
Mental illness treatments and medications
Therapy for eating disorders
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Centre for Clinical Interventions
Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS)
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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MRI scan – magnetic resonance imaging
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Information on decolonisation treatment for people with MRSA
Myelogram
Myelogram
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Nuclear medicine scans
Nuclear medicine scans
Radiation risks of X-rays and scans
Technetium scans
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Manage My Care
Outpatient Direct
Outpatient Direct
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Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
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Subacute care in hospitals
Panic
Alprazolam
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Parenting
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Your baby’s newborn bloodspot screening test
Patients
During your hospital stay
During your hospital stay
Giving informed consent in hospital
Giving informed consent in hospital
Going home after a stay in hospital
Going home after a stay in hospital
Going to hospital
Preparing for your stay in hospital
Preparing for your stay in hospital
Your rights and responsibilities as a patient
Your rights and responsibilities as a patient
Perfectionism
Centre for Clinical Interventions
PET scan – positron emission tomography
PET scan – positron emission tomography
Pharmacy
Health care options
Health care options
Pharmacy
Pharmacy
Podiatry
Podiatry
Poisons
Benzodiazepine withdrawal
Postnatal depression
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Treatment options for parents experiencing emotional problems during pregnancy and after the birth
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Pregnancy
Breech presentation and turning the baby
Diagnostic tests for your baby during pregnancy
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Diet, supplements and medications during pregnancy
Immunisation in pregnancy (video transcript)
Pregnancy and breastfeeding while taking warfarin
Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
Tests for pregnant women
Tests for you and your baby during pregnancy
Tests for your baby during pregnancy
Pregnancy and birth
Breech presentation and turning the baby
Procrastination
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Prostheses
Western Australian Limb Service for Amputees (WALSA)
Radiation
Chest X-ray
Radiation risks of X-rays and scans
X-ray
Radiotherapy
Cancer treatment
Refugee health
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Humanitarian Entrant Health Service (HEHS)
Rehabilitation
Cardiac rehabilitation
Community-based subacute care
Day therapy units – subacute care
Patient stories – subacute care
Rehabilitation
Specialist rehabilitation services
Subacute care
Subacute care in hospitals
Subacute care in your home
Transition Care Program (TCP)
Renal artery angioplasty and stent
Renal artery angioplasty and stent
Renal biopsy
Renal biopsy
Renal nuclear scan
Renal nuclear scan
Safe sex
Contact tracing
Sexual health multicultural fact sheets
Screening
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
Cervical screening
Cervical Screening Registry
Cervical Screening Test
Colposcopy
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Hysterectomy
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening mammography with BreastScreen WA
Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the first 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
Screening tests in the second 3 months of pregnancy
Tests for pregnant women
Tests for you and your baby during pregnancy
Tests for your baby during pregnancy
Understanding your Cervical Screening Test results
Where can I have a Cervical Screening Test?
Self esteem
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Sexual health
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
Cervical screening
Cervical Screening Registry
Cervical Screening Test
Colposcopy
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
Diethylstilbestrol (DES) and cancer
How to get tested for chlamydia (video transcript)
Hysterectomy
Sexual health multicultural fact sheets
Understanding your Cervical Screening Test results
Where can I have a Cervical Screening Test?
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs)
Contact tracing
Contact tracing for sexually transmitted infections and blood-borne viruses
How to get tested for chlamydia (video transcript)
Sexual health multicultural fact sheets
Skin lesion
Skin lesions
Social anxiety
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Social work
Social work
Specialists
Overview of the WA health system
Overview of the WA health system
Specialists
Spectacle Subsidy Scheme
Spectacle Subsidy Scheme
Speech pathology
Speech pathology
Staph (Staphylococcus aureus)
Information on decolonisation treatment for people with MRSA
Stigma
Centre for Clinical Interventions
Stroke
Specialist rehabilitation services
Warfarin
Subacute care
Community-based subacute care
Day therapy units – subacute care
Patient stories – subacute care
Specialist rehabilitation services
Subacute care
Subacute care in hospitals
Subacute care in your home
Surgery
Arthroscopy of the knee
Gallbladder surgery
Hysteroscopy
Incisional hernia
Inguinal Hernia
Skin lesions
Sutures
Suture care
Suture care
Telehealth
Telehealth
Telehealth
Telehealth appointments at home
Trauma
Trauma
Tuberculosis (TB)
Contact tracing for tuberculosis (TB)
Medications to treat tuberculosis
Preventative treatment for tuberculosis (TB) infection
Tuberculin Skin Test
Type 1 diabetes
Insulin and diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Insulin and diabetes
Ultrasound
Endoscopic rectal ultrasound
Ultrasound
Ultrasound during pregnancy
Urinary conditions
Caring for your catheter
Troubleshooting for your catheter
What is a catheter?
Your indwelling urinary catheter
Your lifestyle with a catheter
Your self-intermittent catheter
Your suprapubic catheter
Venogram
Venogram
Warfarin
Pregnancy and breastfeeding while taking warfarin
Stopping warfarin
Warfarin
Warfarin and other medicines
Warfarin and risk of bleeding
Warfarin safety
Your lifestyle choices with warfarin
Wheezing
How to use an accuhaler
How to use an accuhaler
How to use an autohaler
How to use an autohaler
How to use a turbuhaler
How to use a turbuhaler
Wounds
Caring for minor facial burn
Caring for minor facial burn
Caring for your healed burn
Caring for your healed burn
Caring for your healed burn with a retention dressing
Caring for your healed burn with a retention dressing
Caring for your hydrocolloid dressing
Caring for your hydrocolloid dressing
Oiling your dressing for removal
Oiling your dressing for removal
X-ray
Arthrogram
Chest X-ray
CT scan – computerised tomography
Intravenous pyelogram (IVP)
Radiation risks of X-rays and scans
Renal artery angioplasty and stent
X-ray
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