eMJA: Contents - 4 June 2007

eMJA The Medical Journal of Australia

Contents

4 June 2007

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From the Editor's desk: An edict from the Motherland Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 553.

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In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 554.

Editorials

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Challenges in cancer control in Australia
Ian N Olver — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 556-557.

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Rheumatic fever and social justice
Alex Brown, Malcolm I McDonald and Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 557-558.

Research

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Experience with cardiac valve operations in Cape York Peninsula and the Torres Strait Islands, Australia
Anna McLean, Michael Waters, Emma Spencer and Clive Hadfield — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 560-563.

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The epidemiology of invasive group A streptococcal disease in Victoria, Australia
Kerry-Ann F O’Grady, Loraine Kelpie, Ross M Andrews, Nigel Curtis, Terence M Nolan, Gowri Selvaraj, Jonathan W Passmore, Frances Oppedisano, John A Carnie and Jonathan R Carapetis — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 565-569.

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Job satisfaction of staff and the team environment in Australian general practice
Mark F Harris, Judy G Proudfoot, Upali W Jayasinghe, Christine H Holton, Gawaine P Powell Davies, Cheryl L Amoroso, Tanya K Bubner and Justin J Beilby — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 570-573.

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A case for universal salt iodisation to correct iodine deficiency in pregnancy: another salutary lesson from Tasmania
John R Burgess, Judy A Seal, Georgina M Stilwell, Peter J Reynolds, E Roscoe Taylor and Venkat Parameswaran — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 574-576.

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Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries: an analysis of hospital admissions, Victoria, 1998–2004
Ignacio Correa-Velez, Vijaya Sundararajan, Kaye Brown and Sandra M Gifford — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 577-580.

Position Statement

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An Australian guideline for rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: an abridged outline
Jonathan R Carapetis, Alex Brown, Nigel J Wilson and Keith N Edwards, on behalf of the Rheumatic Fever Guidelines Writing Group — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 581-586.

Medicine and the Community

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New money for mental health: will it make things better for rural and remote Australia?
James A Dunbar, Ian B Hickie, John Wakerman and Prasuna Reddy — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 587-589.

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The role of family and maternal factors in childhood obesity
Lisa Y Gibson, Susan M Byrne, Elizabeth A Davis, Eve Blair, Peter Jacoby and Stephen R Zubrick — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 591-595.

The Profession

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Medical professionalism: is it really under threat?
Kerry J Breen — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 596-598.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

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Brucellosis mimicking Henoch–Schönlein purpura
David Massasso and Kathryn Gibson — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 602-603.

Letters

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Finger fracture mitral valvuloplasty: a tribute to the pioneers of cardiac surgery
John S Murala, Hugh D Wolfenden, George S Youssef and Daniel Friedman — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 605.

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Ototoxic ear drops with grommet and tympanic membrane perforations: a position statement
Robert J Black, Vince C Cousins, Peter Chapman, Zoran Becvarovski, Harvey L C Coates, Stephen J O’Leary, Christopher F Perry and Brian J Williams — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 605-606.

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Lessons from the NHS National Programme for IT
Siaw-Teng Liaw and Douglas I R Boyle — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 607.

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Should clinical software be regulated?
Ian D Williams || Enrico W Coiera — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 607-608.

Obituaries

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Victor Wynn
John R Rigg — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 573.

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John William Ruhno
Janet Rimmer — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 598.

Book Review

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Essentials of child and adolescent psychiatry
Reviewed by David L Bennett — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 601.