Talk:Australia

to avoid edit wars, please can we discuss contentious topics on this page.


 * 1) 1 Terminology & Criteria ---

ME-pedia generally uses the phrase ""ME/CFS", unless there is a specific reason to differentiate between "Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)" and "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS)".  (refer to [])

if we have no evidence of most/many/some/few australians preferring a specific name, or diagnostic criteria, or having a strong or weak preference, we need to use neutral words - eg "some".


 * 1) 2 Medical Guidelines ---

many AUS advocacy groups list MULTIPLE guidelines, without any clear preference/endorsement. without evidence of a preference, we need to use neutral words.

from their websites (as of March 2016): - Emerge - ICP, CCP, RACP (2002), Fukuda (1994), Paediatric (Jason 2006), Psychiatric (Stein 2005) - Canberra - ICP, IOM (2015) - South Australia - ICP, CCP, South Aust guidelines (incl CCC), Fukuda (1994) - Queensland - no criteria listed on website - Western Australia - CCP, Paediatric (Jason 2006), Psychiatric (Stein 2005) - NSW - IACFS/ME 2013, ICP, CCP, Paediatric (Jason 2006), Psychiatric (Stein 2005)


 * 1) 3 evidence of lobbying ---

until we have evidence, we cannot claim the 'majority of state organisations' are lobbying for the ICP.

--Suelala (talk) 04:15, 28 March 2016 (PDT)