eMJA: Contents - 17 June 2002

Contents

17 June 2002

	HTML PDF	From the Editor's desk: Lawyers - then and now (MJA 2002; 176: 565)
	HTML PDF	In This Issue . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 567)
Editorials
	HTML PDF	A change in the make-up of medicine Trevor J Mudge and Dorothy Dashwood — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 569-570.
	HTML PDF	Scatter irradiation in childhood causes thyroid cancer Alex K Cohen and Agatha A van der Schaaf — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 570-571.
	HTML PDF	Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and "white coat" hypertension: saving costs Barry P McGrath — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 571-572.
	HTML PDF	The control of meningococcal disease Robert G Hall — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 573-574.
Research
	HTML PDF	Cosmetic surgery history and health service use in midlife: Women's Health Australia Rafat Hussain, Margot Schofield and Deborah Loxton — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 576-579.
	HTML PDF	Cost analysis of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in initiating antihypertensive drug treatment in Australian general practice Ben Ewald and Brita Pekarsky — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 580-583.
	HTML PDF	Thyroid neoplasia following irradiation in adolescent and young adult survivors of childhood cancer Helen M Somerville, Kate S Steinbeck, Graham Stevens, Leigh W Delbridge, Albert H Lam and Michael M Stevens — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 584-587.
Position Statement
	HTML PDF	Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring Barry P McGrath, and on behalf of the National Blood Pressure Advisory Committee of the National Heart Foundation of Australia — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 588-592.
Lessons from practice
	HTML PDF	Fulminant hepatic failure from herpes simplex in pregnancy Ramesh Nagappan, Geoffrey Parkin, Ian Simpson and William Sievert — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (11): 595-596.
Viewpoint
	HTML PDF	Using "anti-ageing" to market cosmetic surgery: just good business, or another wrinkle on the face of medical practice? Anne L Ring — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 597-599.
Clinical Update
	HTML PDF	Does cosmetic surgery improve psychosocial wellbeing? David J Castle, Roberta J Honigman and Katharine A Phillips — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 601-604.
	HTML PDF	Biological agents as weapons 2: anthrax and plague Michael Whitby, Tilman A Ruff, Alan C Street and Frank J Fenner — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 605-608.
MJA Practice Essentials — Infectious Diseases
	HTML PDF	7: Soft tissue, bone and joint infections Thomas Gottlieb, Bridget L Atkins and David R Shaw — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 609-615.
Letters
	HTML PDF	Thrombophilia screening and adverse pregnancy outcomes associated with uteroplacental insufficiency David Morgans — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 617.
	HTML PDF	Safety of hormone replacement therapy after mastectomy Robert N Hitchins John A Eden Christopher M Pyke Christopher Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 617-620.
	HTML PDF	Genotype–phenotype correlations with personality traits of healthcare professionals: a new use for the Human Genome Project Lachlan Brown Dominic A Fitzgerald, David Isaacs C Ross Philpot — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 620.
Obituary
	HTML PDF	Wallace Ironside Graeme C Smith — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 593.
Book Reviews
	HTML PDF	Decision making in health and medicine reviewed by Alexandra L Barratt — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 604.
Snapshot
	HTML PDF	Collapse Dan Harmelin — Med J Aust 2002; 176 (12): 619.
Columns
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