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From the Editor's Desk: Ode to hospitals   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 425.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 426.

Editorials

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Look what I can do while I’m driving: implications for road safety in Australia
Suzanne P McEvoy — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 428-429.

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The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program may be left high and dry
Lesley Russell and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 429-430.

Research

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Handheld mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers
David McD Taylor, Catherine E MacBean, Atandrila Das and Reizal Mohd Rosli — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 432-434.

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HIV diagnoses in Australia: diverging epidemics within a low-prevalence country
Rebecca J Guy, Ann M McDonald, Mark J Bartlett, Jo C Murray, Carolien M Giele, Therese M Davey, Ranil D Appuhamy, Peter Knibbs, David Coleman, Margaret E Hellard, Andrew E Grulich and John M Kaldor — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 437-440.

Medicine and the Media — Research

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Choice and voice: obesity debates in television news
Catriona M F Bonfiglioli, Ben J Smith, Lesley A King, Simon F Chapman and Simon J Holding — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 442-445.

Public Health

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Our hearts and minds — what would it take for Australia to become the healthiest country in the world?
Ian T Ring and John F O’Brien — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 447-451.

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Delivery of preventive health services to Indigenous adults: response to a systems-oriented primary care quality improvement intervention
Damin Si, Ross S Bailie, Michelle Dowden, Lynette O’Donoghue, Christine Connors, Gary W Robinson, Joan Cunningham, John R Condon and Tarun S Weeramanthri — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 453-457.

Position Statement

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Chronic kidney disease and automatic reporting of estimated glomerular filtration rate: revised recommendations
Timothy H Mathew, David W Johnson, Graham R D Jones on behalf of the Australasian Creatinine Consensus Working Group — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 459-463.

Lessons from Practice

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Breast implant mimicking pericardial effusion in a cancer patient undergoing gated heart pool radionuclide study
Kiran Swaraj, Hosen Kiat, Michael Lin, Peter Lin, Ivan Ho-Shon, Sithoeun Sam and John Chu — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 465-466.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

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Raw salmon or red herring: ascending paralysis with suspected seafood poisoning
Naren Gunja, Robert P Dowsett and Karl Ng — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 468-469.

Letters

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Interventions to halt child abuse in Aboriginal communities
Fiona J Stanley, Dorothy A Scott and Melissa O’Donnell — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 472.

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Radiographers’ role in radiological reporting
Wayne J Nuss || Alan Rodger — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 472-473.

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Towards the appropriate use of diagnostic imaging
Lizbeth M Kenny, Stacy K Goergen and Catherine J Mandel || Oliver R Frank || Richard M Mendelson and Conor P J Murray — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 473-474.

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Maternal mortality and psychiatric morbidity in the perinatal period
Phillip M Boyce and Jodi Barton || Marie-Paule Austin — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 474-476.

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In the wake of hospital inquiries: impact on staff and safety
Peter C Arnold || James A Dunbar, Prasuna Reddy, Bill Beresford, Wayne P Ramsey and Reginald S A Lord — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 476-477.

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Human embryonic stem cells leap the barrier
T John Martin || Jeffrey J Flaherty — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 477-478.

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Paediatric diabetes — which children can gain insulin independence?
Mark F Harris, Ivan N McGown and David M Cowley — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 478.

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Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers
Mark T Clayer || Josephine M Clayton, Karen M Hancock, Phyllis N Butow, Martin H N Tattersall and David C Currow — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 478.

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Relapsing polychondritis or ANCA-negative Wegener’s granulomatosis?
Weekitt Kittisupamongkol and Wanla Kulwichit — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 478-479.

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Discordance between level of risk and intensity of evidence-based treatment in patients with acute coronary syndromes
V Michael Jelinek || Ian A Scott — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 479.

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Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries
Joy L Mendel and Claire E Brolan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 479-480.

Book Reviews

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Pocket guide to perioperative and critical care echocardiography
reviewed by Chris J Cokis Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 446.

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The desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine. An evidence-based approach
reviewed by Vicki Kotsirilos Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 446.

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The Asian skin: a reference colour atlas of dermatology
reviewed by Alvin Chong Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 464.

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Radiology in surgical practice
reviewed by Stacy K Goergen Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 464.

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Color atlas of genetics
reviewed by Michael Partington Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 464.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 470.

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