eMJA: Contents - 19 January 2009

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Contents

19 January 2009

In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 50.

Editorial

In the wake of the Garling inquiry into New South Wales public hospitals: a change of cultures?
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 51-52.

Postcard from New York

Women’s health in the United States
Jeffrey D Zajac — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 53.

Research

The medical and retrieval costs of road crashes in rural and remote northern Queensland, 2004–2007: findings from the Rural and Remote Road Safety Study
Teresa M O’Connor, Heather A Hanks, Mark S Elcock, Richard C Turner and Craig Veitch — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 54-56.

Going down a different road: first support and information needs of families with a baby with Down syndrome
Evelyne E Muggli, Veronica R Collins and Catherine Marraffa — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 58-61.

Health Care

Patients with skin disease and their relationships with their doctors: a qualitative study of patients with acne, psoriasis and eczema
Parker J Magin, Jon Adams, Gaynor S Heading and C Dimity Pond — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 62-64.

Patients expect transparency in doctors’ relationships with the pharmaceutical industry
Martin H N Tattersall, Aneta Dimoska and Kevin Gan — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 65-68.

Considering abortion: a 12-month audit of records of women contacting a Pregnancy Advisory Service
Heather J Rowe, Maggie Kirkman, E Annarella Hardiman, Shelley Mallett and Doreen A Rosenthal — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 69-72.

For Debate

What changes are needed to the current direction and interpretation of clinical cancer research to meet the needs of the 21st century?
Ian N Olver and Ian E Haines — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 74-77.

Health Care Reform

Reforming New South Wales public hospitals: an assessment of the Garling inquiry
Clare A Skinner, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Brad Frankum, Ross K Kerridge and Kerry J Goulston on behalf of the Hospital Reform Group — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 78-79.

Implementation of the Garling recommendations can offer real hope for rescuing the New South Wales public hospital system
Graeme J Stewart and John M Dwyer — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 80-82.

Enduring Sport

The incidence of race-day jockey falls in Australia, 2002–2006
Peta L Hitchens, C Leigh Blizzard, Graeme Jones, Lesley M Day and James Fell — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 83-86.

Epidemiology of basketball and netball injuries that resulted in hospital admission in Australia, 2000–2004
Louise Flood and James E Harrison — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 87-90.

Cardiac troponin increases among marathon runners in the Perth Marathon: the Troponin in Marathons (TRIM) study
Kelley M Hubble, Daniel M Fatovich, Jonathon M Grasko and Samuel D Vasikaran — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 91-93.

History

Richard Mahony — the misfortunes of younger onset dementia
Brian M Draper — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 94-95.

Book Reviews

Final exam: a surgeon's reflections on mortality
Michael P Barbato — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 73.

On speed: the many lives of amphetamine
Danny H Sullivan — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 73.

Letters

Pathological gambling and hypersexuality in cabergoline-treated prolactinoma
Henrik Falhammar and Jennifer Y Yarker — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 97.

Inappropriate implantable defibrillator discharges from lead failure
Chin V Hiew and James W Leitch — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 97-98.

Ingestion of magnets in children: a growing concern
Manjunath B Siddaiah-Subramanya and Peter Borzi — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 98.

Liver failure associated with the use of black cohosh for menopausal symptoms
Belal Naser and Eckehard Liske || Rolf Teschke || Elizabeth C-Y Chow, Marcus Teo, John A Ring and John W Chen — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 99-100.

Coping with increasing numbers of medical students in rural clinical schools: options and opportunities
Debra F Nestel, Robyn A Hill, George T Somers and Christopher A Browne — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 101.

Does practice make perfect? The effect of coaching and retesting on selection tests used for admission to an Australian medical school
Christopher X J Wong and Ross L Roberts-Thomson — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 101.

Vitamin D deficiency in Sydney skin cancer patients
Anna-Marie McCombie, Rebecca S Mason and Diona L Damian — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 102.

Public perceptions of Australia’s doctors, hospitals and health care systems
Michael H Armitage || Elizabeth A Hardie and Christine R Critchley — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 102-103.

Mandatory reporting of professional incompetence
James A Dunbar and Prasuna Reddy || Peter C Arnold — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 103-104.

Columns

In Other Journals Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 96.

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