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From the Editor's Desk: The people’s hospital   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 257.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 258.

Editorials

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Lung transplantation: does age make a difference?
Gregory I Snell, Glen P Westall and Trevor J Williams — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 260-261.

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Health technology assessment in Australia: challenges ahead
Terri J Jackson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 262-264.

Research

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Beliefs of young people and their parents about the harmfulness of alcohol, cannabis and tobacco for mental disorders
Dan I Lubman, Leanne Hides and Anthony F Jorm — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 266-269.

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Live birth following day surgery reversal of female sterilisation in women older than 40 years: a realistic option in Australia?
Oswald M Petrucco, Sherman J Silber, Sarah L Chamberlain, Graham M Warnes and Michael Davies — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 271-273.

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Outcomes after 10 years of a community-based flexible sigmoidoscopy screening program for colorectal carcinoma
Charlie H Viiala and John K Olynyk — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 274-277.

Obituary

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David Lewis Jones
Menna Jones — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 277.

Health Care

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Successful lung transplantation for adolescents at a hospital for adults
Judith M Morton, Monique A Malouf, Marshall L Plit, Phillip M Spratt and Allan R Glanville — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 278-282.

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Health technology assessment in England: assessment and appraisal
Tom Walley — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 283-285.

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Health technology assessment in Canada: diversity and evolution
David M Hailey — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 286-288.

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An evaluation of methods used in health technology assessments produced for the Medical Services Advisory Committee
Emily S Petherick, Elmer V Villanueva, Jo Dumville, Emma J Bryan and Shyamali Dharmage — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 289-292.

Position Statement

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Patient delay in responding to symptoms of possible heart attack: can we reduce time to care?
Judith C Finn, John H Nick Bett, Trevor R Shilton, Carol Cunningham, Peter L Thompson on behalf of the National Heart Foundation of Australia Chest Pain Every Minute Counts Working Group — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 293-298.

Clinical Update

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Postural syncope: mechanisms and management
Gautam Vaddadi, Elisabeth Lambert, Susan J Corcoran and Murray D Esler — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 299-304.

Snapshot

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Von Meyenberg complexes simulating diffuse liver metastasis in rectal carcinoma
Bassem M Chehab and Shaker R Dakhil — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 305.

Notable Cases

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Blood group incompatibility in kidney transplantation: definitely time to re-examine!
Shlomo J Cohney, Rowan G Walker, Michael N Haeusler, David M Francis and Chris J Hogan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 306-308.

Lessons from Practice

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Lymphogranuloma venereum: an emerging anorectal disease in Australia
Sebastiaan J van Hal, Richard Hillman, Damien J Stark, Jock L Harkness and Debbie Marriott — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 309-310.

Correction

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Correction: In Other Journals
Tanya Grassi — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 319.

Letters

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Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey
Margaret A Allman-Farinelli, Lesley King and Adrian E Bauman || Alison J Venn, Russell J Thomson, Michael D Schmidt, Verity J Cleland, Beverley A Curry, Hanni C Gennat and Terence Dwyer — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 314-315.

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A review of policies on alcohol use during pregnancy in Australia and other English-speaking countries, 2006
Ruth Morley, Jane L Halliday and Susan M Donath || Sue Miers || Colleen M O’Leary, Louise M Heuzenroeder, Elizabeth J Elliott and Carol I Bower — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 315-316.

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A case of Kawasaki disease mimicking acute appendicitis
Maria Cristina Maggio, Andrea Liotta, Salvino M Vitaliti and Giovanni Corsello — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 316-317.

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Late-term abortion: what can be learned from Royal Women’s Hospital v Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria?
Joanna M Flynn || Paul Gerber — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 317-318.

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Medical professionalism: it is really under threat?
George Halasz || Kerry J Breen — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 318.

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Inequitable provision of optimal health services for patients with chronic heart failure: a national geo-mapping study
Elizabeth A Dodd || Robyn A Clark, Andrea Driscoll, Justin Nottage, Skye McLennan, David M Coombe, Errol J Bamford, David Wilkinson and Simon Stewart — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 318-319.

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Compulsory helmets for school-age skiers and snowboarders
Graham M Slaney, Judith Finn, Angus Cook and Philip Weinstein — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 319-320.

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Probiotic treatment of vancomycin-resistant enterococci: a randomised controlled trial
H Reginald Magee — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 320.

Book Reviews

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Drinking for two?
Ian R Walpole Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 273.

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Rational clinicial examination
reviewed by Lilon G Bandler Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 273.

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Interpreting and reporting clinical trials
reviewed by Paul P Glasziou Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 282.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 312.

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