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Indigenous Health — Editorial

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Partnerships in action: addressing the health challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Tamara Mackean, Mick Adams, Sally Goold, Christopher Bourke and Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 554-555.

The Apology — Viewpoint

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Beyond Sorry — the first steps in laying claim to a future that embraces all Australians
Lisa R Jackson Pulver and Sally A Fitzpatrick — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 556-558.

The Great Divide

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Cancer care for Indigenous Australians — Editorial
John D Boffa — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 560-561.

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Survival of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Queenslanders after a diagnosis of lung cancer: a matched cohort study — Research
Michael D Coory, Adele C Green, Janelle Stirling and Patricia C Valery — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 562-566.

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Racial disparities in infection-related mortality at Alice Springs Hospital, Central Australia, 2000–2005 — Research
Lloyd J Einsiedel, Liselle A Fernandes and Richard J Woodman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 568-571.

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Hospitalisations due to interpersonal violence: a population-based study in Western Australia — Research
Lynn B Meuleners, Delia Hendrie and Andy H Lee — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 572-575.

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Hospitalisation for head injury due to assault among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, July 1999 – June 2005 — Research
Lisa M Jamieson, James E Harrison and Jesia G Berry — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 576-579.

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

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The heart of the matter is, that it’s a matter of the heart — The Winning Essay
Barry N Fewquandie — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 580-582.

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Life b’long Ali Drummond (the life of Ali Drummond)
Samantha Faulkner — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 582.

Research Enterprise

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Navigating the process of developing a research project in Aboriginal health
Anne P F Wand and Sandra J Eades — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 584-587.

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Indigenous child health: urgent need for improved data to underpin better health outcomes — Viewpoint
Emily Fremantle, Yvonne A Zurynski, Deepika Mahajan, Heather D’Antoine and Elizabeth J Elliott — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 588-591.

Addressing Diseases Of Disadvantage

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Oral health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians — Editorial
Kaye F Roberts-Thomson, A John Spencer and Lisa M Jamieson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 592-593.

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Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia — Research
Desiree T Silva, Deborah Lehmann, Mary T Tennant, Peter Jacoby, Helen Wright and Fiona J Stanley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 594-598.

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The effect of passive smoking on the risk of otitis media in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children in the Kalgoorlie–Boulder region of Western Australia — Research
Peter A Jacoby, Harvey L Coates, Ashwini Arumugaswamy, Dimity Elsbury, Annette Stokes, Ruth Monck, Janine M Finucane, Sharon A Weeks and Deborah Lehmann — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 599-603.

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Heavy cannabis use and depressive symptoms in three Aboriginal communities in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory — Research
K S Kylie Lee, Alan R Clough, Muriel J Jaragba, Katherine M Conigrave and George C Patton — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 605-608.

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Prevalence of and risk factors for hepatitis C in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal adolescent offenders — Research
David van der Poorten, Dianna T Kenny and Jacob George — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 610-614.

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Delivery of child health services in Indigenous communities: implications for the federal government’s emergency intervention in the Northern Territory — Health Care
Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Michelle C Dowden, Christine M Connors, Lynette O’Donoghue, Helen E Liddle, Catherine M Kennedy, Rhonda J Cox, Hugh P Burke, Sandra C Thompson and Alex D H Brown — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 615-618.

Book Review

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Aboriginal healthworkers. Primary health care at the margins.
Reviewed by Fiona J Stanley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 604.

Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana scholarship and exhibition

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What’s new in the Shalom Gamarada Ngiyani Yana residential scholarship?
Lisa R Jackson Pulver and Hilton Immerman OAM — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 593.

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Contents — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 620-621.

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Sandra C Thompson, Darryl M Kickett and Timothy G Leahy — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 620.

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Michael S Gracey and Randolph M Spargo — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 620-621.

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David J Scrimgeour — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 621.

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Bryan G Walpole — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 621.

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Francis J Bowden and Katherine Fethers — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 621.

Letters

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Where do Queensland’s Indigenous people live?
Alan E Dugdale — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 614.

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The Northern Territory Emergency Response: a chance to heal Australia’s worst sore
Hamish R Graham || William J H Glasson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (10): 623.

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