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From the Editor's Desk: Bedevilled by bugs   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 625.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 626.

Editorials

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Human research ethics — a work in progress
Robert H Loblay — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 628-629.

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Vitalness of vital signs, and medical emergency teams
D James Cooper and Michael D Buist — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 630-631.

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“Of droughts and flooding rains”: philanthropy for health and medical research
Myles McGregor-Lowndes and Wendy Scaife — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 631-632.

Research

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Significant reductions in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia and clinical isolates associated with a multisite, hand hygiene culture-change program and subsequent successful statewide roll-out
M Lindsay Grayson, Lisa J Jarvie, Rhea Martin, Paul D R Johnson, Meryanda E Jodoin, Celene McMullan, Roger H C Gregory, Kaye Bellis, Katie Cunnington, Fiona L Wilson, Diana Quin and Anne-Maree Kelly, on behalf of the Victorian Quality Council’s Hand Hygiene Study Group and Hand Hygiene Statewide Roll-out Group — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 633-640.

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Decrease in breast cancer incidence following a rapid fall in use of hormone replacement therapy in Australia
Karen Canfell, Emily Banks, Aye M Moa and Valerie Beral — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 641-644.

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Classification and description of stillbirths in New South Wales, 2002–2004
Adrienne Gordon and Heather E Jeffery — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 645-648.

Research Enterprise

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Research governance: current knowledge among clinical researchers
Franz E Babl and Lisa N Sharwood — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 649-652.

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Fair inclusion of men and women in Australian clinical research: views from ethics committee chairs
Angela J Ballantyne, Wendy A Rogers on behalf of the Australian Gender Equity in Health Research Group — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 653-656.

For Debate

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Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign
Michelle A Cretikos, Rinaldo Bellomo, Ken Hillman, Jack Chen, Simon Finfer and Arthas Flabouris — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 657-659.

Clinical Update

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Premature ejaculation: a clinical update
Neil R Palmer and Bronwyn G A Stuckey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 662-666.

Viewpoint

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Coping with increasing numbers of medical students in rural clinical schools: options and opportunities
Diann S Eley, Louise Young, David Wilkinson, Alan B Chater and Peter G Baker — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 669-671.

Snapshot

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An osseous cause of dysphagia
Shoaib Faruqi, Muthu Thirumaran and Parry Blaxill — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 671.

Correction

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Are Australian children iodine deficient? Results of the Australian National Iodine Nutrition Study
Mu Li, Creswell J Eastman, Kay V Waite, Gary Ma, Margaret R Zacharin, Duncan J Topliss, Philip E Harding, John P Walsh, Lynley C Ward, Robin H Mortimer, Emily J Mackenzie, Karen Byth and Zelda Doyle — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 674.

Book Review

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Marshall and Ruedy's On call: principles and protocols
Reviewed by Robert P Dowsett — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 661.

Letters

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Issues for clinicians training international medical graduates
Andrew W Holt — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 676.

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Dangerous liaisons — syphilis and HIV in Victoria
David E Leslie, Nasra Higgins and Christopher K Fairley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 676-677.

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A case of periportal fibrosis in a Sudanese refugee
James Daveson and Graeme Macdonald — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 677-678.

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Overweight and obesity in Australia
John A Hawley and David W Dunstan || Douglas G Travis — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 678-679.

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A food “lifeboat”: food and nutrition considerations in the event of a pandemic or other catastrophe
Craig B Dalton, Michelle A Cretikos and David N Durrheim || Jennie C Brand-Miller, Jennifer McArthur and Anna Haug — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 679.

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Misleading advertising of PI-based drug information?
Jim R Stockigt || Elizabeth A Donohoo — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 679-680.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 672.

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