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Contents of Volume 175, 2001

Index of all 1996-2001 issues

No. 1     2 Jul 2001No. 5     3 Sep 2001 No. 9     5 Nov 2001
No. 2     16 Jul 2001No. 6     17 Sept 2001 No. 10   19 Nov 2001
No. 3     6 August 2001No.7      1 October 2001No. 11    3/17 Dec 2001
No. 4     20 August 2001No.8     15 October 2001      

3/17 December 2001

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Journal Activities
  2001: Almost a (cyber)Space Odyssey
Bronwyn Gaut (MJA 2001; 175: 566-568)
Editorials
Environment, sustainability and health: the learning curve steepens
Anthony J McMichael (MJA 2001; 175: 569-570)
Bridging the divide: global inequities in access to HIV/AIDS therapy
Gregory J Dore, David A Cooper (MJA 2001; 175: 570-572)

Conference Report
Bullfighting in Barcelona
Mabel Chew, Ruth M Armstrong (MJA 2001; 175: 573-574)

Year of the Volunteer
Malaria, malnutrition and MSF
David W Evans (MJA 2001; 175: 575-576)
Arrival and departure
Haydn Perndt (MJA 2001; 175: 577-578)

Crisis
The place of infamy
Charles Guest (MJA 2001; 175: 580-582)
Death in Antarctica
Paul G Lamberth (MJA 2001; 175: 583-584)
So this is Christmas
Steven R Doherty (MJA 2001; 175: 585-586)

Asylum Seekers and Healthcare
Asylum seekers in Australia
Mitchell M Smith (MJA 2001; 175: 587-589)
The health needs of asylum seekers living in the community
Mark F Harris, Barbara L Telfer (MJA 2001; 175: 589-592)
Psychological disturbances in asylum seekers held in long term detention: a participant-observer account
Aamer Sultan, Kevin O'Sullivan (MJA 2001; 175: 593-596)
The mental health implications of detaining asylum seekers
Zachary Steel, Derrick M Silove (MJA 2001; 175: 596-599)
Screening for conditions of public health importance in people arriving in Australia by boat without authority
Kathleen King, Peter Vodicka (MJA 2001; 175: 600-602)

Childhood injuries
Preventing children drowning in Australia
W Robert Pitt, Danny T Cass (MJA 2001; 175: 603-604)
Drowning and near-drowning in Northern Territory children
Karen M Edmond, John R Attia, Catherine A D'Este, John T Condon (MJA 2001; 175: 605-608)
Horse-related injuries in children
Andrew J A Holland, Gerard T Roy, Valapha Goh, Frank I Ross, John P Keneally, Daniel T Cass (MJA 2001; 175: 609-612)

Power of One
Organised curiosity
Charles Bridges-Webb (MJA 2001; 175: 613-616)

The Research Enterprise
The Menzies Centre for Population Health Research
Terence Dwyer (MJA 2001; 175: 617-620)

Forensic Medicine
Not murder most foul
Alan D Cala, Christopher H Lawrence (MJA 2001; 175: 621-622)
Dolphin deaths: forensic investigations
Roger W Byard, John D Gilbert, Catherine M Kemper (MJA 2001; 175: 623-624)

Medicine and the Media
Trial of a trial by media
Helge H Rasmussen, Peter S Hansen, Yutaka Koyama, Barbara-Ann Adelstein, Anthony J O'Connell, Gregory I C Nelson (MJA 2001; 175: 625-628)
Media milking of sacred cows: a heart-stopping tale
Simon Chapman (MJA 2001; 175: 629-630)
Clinical research in the emergency setting: the role of ethics committees
Paul A Komesaroff (MJA 2001; 175: 630-631)

Fitness and Fads
The epidemiology of dog walking: an unmet need for human and canine health
Adrian E Bauman, Schroeder J Russell, Susan E Furber, Annette J Dobson (MJA 2001; 175: 632-634)
Estimating historical changes in physical activity levels
Garry J Egger, Neeltje Vogels, Klaas R Westerterp (MJA 2001; 175: 635-636)
Quick weight loss: sorting fad from fact
David C K Roberts (MJA 2001; 175: 637-640)

Bites and Stings
Outbreak of caterpillar dermatitis caused by airborne hairs of the mistletoe browntail moth (Euproctis edwardsi)
Corrine R Balit, Helen C Ptolemy, Merilyn J Geary, Richard C Russell, Geoffrey K Isbister (MJA 2001; 175: 641-643)
Fatal anaphylaxis following jack jumper ant sting in southern Tasmania
Simon G A Brown, Qi-Xuan Wu, G Robert H Kelsall, Robert J Heddle, Brian A Baldo (MJA 2001; 175: 644-647)
Snakebite and antivenoms in the Asia-Pacific: wokabaut wantaim, raka hebou ("walking together")
Allen C Cheng, Kenneth D Winkel (MJA 2001; 175: 648-651)
Prospective study of jellyfish stings from tropical Australia, including the major box jellyfish Chironex fleckeri
Gerard M O'Reilly, Geoffrey K Isbister, Paula M Lawrie, Greg T Treston, Bart J Currie (MJA 2001; 175: 652-655)

Hazards and Help in Communications
The personal digital assistant: a new medical instrument for the exchange of information at the clinical point of care
Robert A Wilcox, Ralph R La Tella (MJA 2001; 175: 659-662)
Books as carriers of disease
Mark J Ferson (MJA 2001; 175: 663-664)

Christmas Offerings
Carols in the wind
John E Marley, Paula Searle, Nicole L Chamberlain, Deborah R Turnbull, Catherine M Leahy (MJA 2001; 175: 656-657)
Bloodletting and leeching: instruments of healing or torture?
Roger W Byard (MJA 2001; 175: 665)
Conference baggery
James A Dickinson (MJA 2001; 175: 666)

Letters
The mystery of GP research output?
Phillip Gray (MJA 2001; 175: 667)
Australian general practice at a fork in the road: which way forward?
Percy S Rogers (MJA 2001; 175: 667)
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2001; 175: 667)
Medical research into "neglected diseases"
Mary K Moran, Catherine M Hewison, Rowan D Gillies (MJA 2001; 175: 667-668)
Alan H Evans (MJA 2001; 175: 668-669)
Economy class syndrome: a forgotten lesson
Lloyd K Morgan (MJA 2001; 175: 669-670)
Improving the treatment of leg ulcers
Graeme W Johnson (MJA 2001; 175: 670)
Taenia solium and neurocysticercosis
Anthony T Zimmermann, William S Jeffries (MJA 2001; 175: 670-671)
Eye exposure to squashed spiders
John E Stuart (MJA 2001; 175: 671)
Kangaroo capers
Alan E O'Connor (MJA 2001; 175: 672)

Departments
Christmas competition (MJA 2001; 175: 574)

Snapshots
Goanna oil (MJA 2001; 175: 586)
An unusual cause of immobility (MJA 2001; 175: 586)
A snip in time saves nine (MJA 2001; 175: 608)
Cockroach bladder! (MJA 2001; 175: 620)
Ten-gallon bladder! (MJA 2001; 175: 620)
Seahorse (MJA 2001; 175: 628)
Christmas in the ED (MJA 2001; 175: 651)
Traumatic false aneurysm in the popliteal artery of a child (MJA 2001; 175: 658)

Corrections
"On causing death" (Med J Aust 2001; 175: 517-518) 671
"Carotid stenting or endarterectomy for stroke prevention?"(Med J Aust 2001; 175: 430-431) 672
"Outcome of an interventional program for scabies in an Indigenous community" (Med J Aust 2001; 175: 367-370) 672


19 November 2001

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Death and Society
  The changing face of dying in Australia
Allan Kellehear (MJA 2001; 175: 508-510)
Death and the Physician
The intention to hasten death: a survey of attitudes and practices of surgeons in Australia
Charles D Douglas, Ian H Kerridge, Katherine J Rainbird, John R McPhee, Lynne Hancock, Allan D Spigelman (MJA 2001; 175: 511-515)
Commentary: Intention, the law, and clinical decision-making in terminal care
Roger W Hunt (MJA 2001; 175: 516)
Commentary: On causing death
Michael A Ashby (MJA 2001; 175: 517-518)
The emotional impact on physicians of hastening the death of a patient
Ilinka Haverkate, Agnes van der Heide, Bregje D Onwuteaka-Philipsen, Paul J van der Maas, Gerrit van der Wal (MJA 2001; 175: 519-522)
Commentary: Doctors, medicine and the care of the dying patient
Brian J Kelly (MJA 2001; 175: 523-524)
Commentary: When our patients die
Christopher J Ryan (MJA 2001; 175: 524-525)

Dying
Where patients with cancer die in South Australia, 1990-1999: a population-based review
Roger W Hunt, Belinda S Fazekas, Colin G Luke, David M Roder
For Debate: Can we do better in end-of-life care? The mixed management model and pallliative care
Paul A Glare, Kiran Virik (MJA 2001; 175: 530-533)
Commentary: Palliative service provision in Australia
David C Currow (MJA 2001; 175: 534-536)
Commentary: Demoralisation: its impact on informed consent and medical care
David W Kissane (MJA 2001; 175: 537-539)
Commentary: Hope and harm: a delicate balance
Deborah A Campbell (MJA 2001; 175: 540-541)

Suicide
Suicidal ideation and suicide attempts as predictors of mental health service use
Jane E Pirkis, Philip M Burgess, Graham N Meadows, David R Dunt (MJA 2001; 175: 542-545)
Suicidal ideation and health-related quality of life in the community
Robert D Goldney, Laura J Fisher, David H Wilson, Frida Cheok (MJA 2001; 175: 546-549)
The relationship between chief complaints, psychological distress, and suicidal ideation in 15-24-year-old patients presenting to general practitioners
Robert S McKelvey, Jon J Pfaff, John G Acres (MJA 2001; 175: 550-552)
Commentary: Public health and suicide
Ian W Webster (MJA 2001; 175: 553-554)
Commentary: Is suicide a disease?
Riaz Hassan (MJA 2001; 175: 554-555)

Personal Perspectives
In the end
Michael Sorokin (MJA 2001; 175: 556-557)
There was something about Mary
Steven R Doherty (MJA 2001; 175: 558)


5 November 2001

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Editorials
  Are the new Lipid Management Guidelines good for Australia's health?
Rodney T Jackson (MJA 2001; 175: 452-453)
Chronic pain in children
John J Collins, Lynette J Lane, Susan Thompson (MJA 2001; 175: 453-454)
Acute myocardial infarction: improving quality of care
Richmond W Jeremy (MJA 2001; 175: 454-455)
Breaking the back of back pain
Rachelle Buchbinder, Damien Jolley, Mary Wyatt (MJA 2001; 175: 456-457)
Research
Cost-effectiveness of prescribing statins according to Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme criteria
Stephen S Lim, Theo Vos, Anna Peeters, Danny Liew, John J McNeil (MJA 2001; 175: 459-464)
The effects of quality improvement interventions on inhospital mortality after acute myocardial infarction
Ian A Scott, Michael D Coory, Catherine M Harper (MJA 2001; 175: 465-470)
Lipid lowering and coronary heart disease risk: how appropriate are the national guidelines?
Brett H Forge, Esther M Briganti (MJA 2001; 175: 471-475)

Healthcare
Management of chronic pain in children
George A Chalkiadis (MJA 2001; 175: 476-479)
Notable Cases
Treatment failure due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) with reduced susceptibility to vancomycin
Peter B Ward, Paul D R Johnson, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Barrie C Mayall, M Lindsay Grayson (MJA 2001; 175: 480-483)
Meningitis and septicaemia in a child caused by non-typable Haemophilus influenzae biotype III
Stephen E Kay, Zoltan Nack, Bernard M Jenner (MJA 2001; 175: 484-485)

Clinical Update
Statin-associated myopathy
Ian Hamilton-Craig (MJA 2001; 175: 486-489)

EBM: Trials on Trial
Selecting participants for clinical trials
Anthony C Keech, Val J Gebski (MJA 2001; 175: 490-491)
Is aggressive lipid-lowering therapy preferable to angioplasty in stable coronary artery disease?
Peter M Ellis (MJA 2001; 175: 492-493)

Diagnostic Dilemmas
Role of breast magnetic resonance imaging in difficult diagnostic situations
Kerry E McMahon, Dennis R Osborne, Anne L Davidson (MJA 2001; 175: 494-497)


15 October 2001

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Editorials
  Confronting conflict of interest in research organisations: time for national action
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2001; 175: 396-397)
Renal protection by angiotensin II receptor antagonists in patients with type 2 diabetes
George Jerums, Mark E Cooper, Richard E Gilbert, Robert C Atkins (MJA 2001; 175: 397-399)
Glucosamine therapy: does it work?
Nicholas Bellamy, Sean G Lybrand (MJA 2001; 175: 399-400)
Research
Vitamin D status of women in the Geelong Osteoporosis Study: association with diet and casual exposure to sunlight
Julie A Pasco, Margaret J Henry, Geoff C Nicholson, Kerrie M Sanders, Mark A Kotowicz (MJA 2001; 175: 401-405)
The impact of specialists on prescribing by general practitioners
Jane Robertson, Jayne L Fryer, Dianne L O'Connell, Arn Sprogis, David A Henry (MJA 2001; 175: 407-411)

Public Health
Gonorrhoea screening in general practice: perceived barriers and strategies to improve screening rates
Basil Donovan, Vickie Knight, Anna M McNulty, Virginia Wynne-Markham, Michael R Kidd (MJA 2001; 175: 412-414)
Notable Cases
Anaphylactoid reactions associated with menstruation affecting two sisters
Graham Simpson, David Roomes, Michael D Humphrey (MJA 2001; 175: 415-417)

Clinical Update
Hereditary haemochromatosis: detection and management
Guy Vautier, Michael Murray, John K Olynyk (MJA 2001; 175: 418-421)

Clinical Ethics
End-of-life issues: Case 1
Bernadette Tobin, Ian D Cameron (MJA 2001; 175: 424-425)

The Profession
GP corporatisation: lessons to be learned
M Kevin Outterson (MJA 2001; 175: 426-427)

EBM in Action
Carotid stenting or endarterectomy for stroke prevention?
Kim M Hender, Jeremy N Anderson, Winston Chong (MJA 2001; 175: 430-431)

MJA Practice Essentials — Neurology
Disorders of memory and intellect
John D G Watson (MJA 2001; 175: 433-439)


1 October 2001

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Editorials
  Inappropriate use of blood: is the problem intractable?
Cees Th Smit Sibinga (MJA 2001; 175: 348-349)
Buprenorphine: better late than never
Alex D Wodak, Wayne D Hall (MJA 2001; 175: 349-350)
Conference Report
Cardiovascular health in Indigenous Australians: a call for action
Warren F Walsh (MJA 2001; 175: 351-352)

Research
Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusions in major urban hospitals and effectiveness of an intervention
George L Rubin, W N Schofield, Mark G Dean, Anthony P Shakeshaft (MJA 2001; 175: 354-358)
Mega-dose vitamin C in treatment of the common cold: a randomised controlled trial
Carmen Audera, Roger V Patulny, Beate H Sander, Robert M Douglas (MJA 2001; 175: 359-362)

Indigenous Health
Household infrastructure in Aboriginal communities and the implications for health improvement
Ross S Bailie, Myfanwy J Runcie (MJA 2001; 175: 363-366)
Outcome of an interventional program for scabies in an Indigenous community
Li-Chuen F Wong, Beth Amega, Christine Connors, Ruth Barker, Mary Elizabeth Dulla, Bart J Currie (MJA 2001; 175: 367-370)
Trachoma in Australia
Hugh R Taylor (MJA 2001; 175: 371-372)

Diagnostic Dilemmas
Metastatic thyroid carcinoma in the presence of struma ovarii
Sor Way Chan, Kenneth E Farrell (MJA 2001; 175: 373-374)

Clinical Update
Improving the treatment of leg ulcers
Gabrielle M McMullin (MJA 2001; 175: 375-378)

Clinical Ethics
Predictive genetic testing in children
Julian Savulescu (MJA 2001; 175: 379-381)

Viewpoint
Evidence-based medicine and everyday reality
Ken Cox (MJA 2001; 175: 382-383)

Lessons from Practice
Adrenal apoplexy: an inconspicuous cause of hypotension in the intensive care patient
Jerry R Greenfield, Donald J Chisholm (MJA 2001; 175: 384-385)

EBM Trials on Trial
Scientific background and rationale for a randomised controlled trial
Davina Ghersi, Val J Gebski, Anthony C Keech (MJA 2001; 175: 386)
Will less liberal red-cell transfusion (with a lower haemoglobin threshold) still reduce rates of death and organ failure?
Rinaldo Bellomo (MJA 2001; 175: 387)


17 September 2001

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Editorials
  Holistic care in hospital patients
Carmel M Hawley (MJA 2001; 175: 292-293)
Tumour banks: providing human tissue for cancer research
Rosemary L Balleine, Karen E Humphrey, Christine L Clarke (MJA 2001; 175: 293-294)
Sponsorship, authorship and accountability
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (MJA 2001; 175: 294-296)

Healthcare
Women's health issues in haemodialysis patients
Christina Jang, Robin J Bell, Vikki S White, Petrova S Lee, Karen M Dwyer, Peter G Kerr, Susan R Davis (MJA 2001; 175: 298-301)
Positron emission tomography in pulmonary masses where tissue diagnosis is unhelpful or not possible
Alex G Pitman, Rodney J Hicks, Victor Kalff, David S Binns, Robert E Ware, Allan F McKenzie, David L Ball, Michael P MacManus (MJA 2001; 175: 303-307)
Automated attention flags in chronic disease care planning
James R Warren, Joseph T Noone, Brian J Smith, Richard Ruffin, Peter Frith, Berend J van der Zwaag, Gleb V Beliakov, Heath K Frankel, Heather J McElroy (MJA 2001; 175: 308-312)

Clinical Ethics
Competence and consent
Julian Savulescu, Ian H Kerridge (MJA 2001; 175: 313-315)

Evidence-Based Medicine
Consuming the evidence: consumers and evidence-based medicine
Meredith Carter, Janet D Spink (MJA 2001; 175: 316-319)

Clinical Practice
Quitting smoking in pregnancy
Raoul A Walsh, John B Lowe, Peter J Hopkins (MJA 2001; 175: 320-323)

New Drugs, Old Drugs
Pharmacological treatment of cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's disease
Henry Brodaty, David Ames, Karyn L Boundy, Jane Hecker, John Snowdon, Elsdon Storey, Mark W Yates (MJA 2001; 175: 324-329)

The Profession
Out of the shadows
Caroline M de Costa (MJA 2001; 175: 331-332)
Out of the shadows commentary
Merrilyn M Walton (MJA 2001; 175: 332-334)
Out of the shadows commentary
Joanna M Flynn, Janet Atkinson (MJA 2001; 175: 334-335)

EBM in Action
What is best practice for oxytocin infusion for induction of labour?
Elizabeth Burrows, Jeremy N Anderson, Kerrie Papacostas (MJA 2001; 175: 336-337)


3 September 2001

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Editorials
  Vitamin D deficiency and multicultural Australia
Rebecca S Mason, Terrence H Diamond (MJA 2001; 175: 236-237)
Evolving evidence and continuing uncertainties for eating disorders
David I Ben-Tovim, Peter N Gilchrist, M Kay Walker (MJA 2001; 175: 238-239)
Preventing osteoporosis naturally
N Kathryn Henderson, Richard L Prince (MJA 2001; 175: 239-240)
Trials on trial
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2001; 175: 241)

Research
An open, crossover trial of calcium-fortified milk in prevention of early postmenopausal bone loss
David B Cleghorn, Peter D O'Loughlin, B June Schroeder, B E Christopher Nordin (MJA 2001; 175: 242-245)
High prevalence of coeliac disease in a population-based study from Western Australia: a case for screening?
Chris J Hovell, Judith A Collett, Guy Vautier, Andy J P Cheng, Erica Sutanto, Dominic F Mallon, John K Olynyk, Digby J E Cullen (MJA 2001; 175: 247-250)

Medicine and the Community
Vitamin D deficiency in veiled or dark-skinned pregnant women
Sonia R Grover, Ruth Morley (MJA 2001; 175: 251-252)
Vitamin D deficiency in mothers of infants with rickets
Josephine M Nozza, Christine P Rodda (MJA 2001; 175: 253-255)

Diagnostic Dilemmas
Contaminated medication precipitating hypoglycaemia
Adrian M Goudie, Joey M Kaye (MJA 2001; 175: 256-257)

Position Statement
Anticoagulation in pregnancy and the puerperium
A Working Group on behalf of the Obstetric Medicine Group of Australasia (MJA 2001; 175: 258-263)

Systematic Review
Risk of death from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a meta-analysis
Michael Whitby, Mary-Louise McLaws, Geoffrey Berry (MJA 2001; 175: 264-267)

Viewpoint
Not-so-simple Simon
Ken R Cox (MJA 2001; 175: 268-269)

Lessons from Practice
Hydrofluoric acid burn from a household rust remover
Sandra M Mangion, Suzanne H Beulke, George Braitberg (MJA 2001; 175: 270-271)

EBM: Trials on Trial
Randomised controlled trials: elements of a good study
Val J Gebski, Elaine M Beller, Anthony C Keech (MJA 2001; 175: 272-274)
Can ACE inhibitor therapy prevent end-stage renal failure?
Jonathan C Craig (MJA 2001; 175: 276)

MJA Practice Essentials — Neurology
Cancer and the nervous system
Lawrence M Cher (MJA 2001; 175: 277-282)


20 August 2001

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Editorials
  Adult living donor liver transplantation: another Pandora's box?
Geoffrey W McCaughan, Stephen V Lynch (MJA 2001; 175: 179-180)
Clinical classification systems for evaluating Indigenous perinatal and infant deaths
David I Tudehope, Vicki Flenady (MJA 2001; 175: 181-182)
Connexin 26 mutations: the first practical genetic marker of inherited hearing loss
Christopher F Perry (MJA 2001; 175: 182-183)
Professional development and ethics for today's and tomorrow's doctors
Kerry J Breen (MJA 2001; 175: 183-184)

Research
Perinatal and postneonatal mortality among Indigenous and non-Indigenous infants born in Western Australia, 1980-1998
Louisa M Alessandri, Helen M Chambers, Eve M Blair, Anne W Read (MJA 2001; 175: 185-189)
Prevalence and nature of connexin 26 mutations in children with non-syndromic deafness
Hans-Henrik M Dahl, Kerryn Saunders, Therese M Kelly, Amelia H Osborn, Stephen Wilcox, Barbara Cone-Wesson, Julia L Wunderlich, Desiree Du Sart, Maria Kamarinos, Robert J McKinlay Gardner, Shirley Dennehy, Robert Williamson, Neil Vallance, Patricia Mutton (MJA 2001; 175: 191-194)
Effect of dietary restriction on participation in faecal occult blood test screening for colorectal cancer
Stephen R Cole, Graeme P Young (MJA 2001; 175: 195-198)

Medicine and the Community
The physical, sexual and emotional violence history of middle-aged women: a community-based prevalence study
Danielle Mazza, Lorraine Dennerstein, Corrine V Garamszegi, Emma C Dudley (MJA 2001; 175: 199-201)

Notable Cases
Adult-to-adult living donor liver transplantation for fulminant hepatic failure
Anthony K House, Gary P Jeffrey, Katherine A Edyvane, Andrew P Barker, Martin D Chapman, George Garas, John Ferguson, Peter V van Heerden, Neville M Gibbs, Dugal I Heath, Andrew W Mitchell (MJA 2001; 175: 202-204)

Position Statement
An ethics core curriculum for Australasian medical schools
A Working Group, on behalf of the Association of Teachers of Ethics and Law in Australian and New Zealand Medical Schools (ATEAM) (MJA 2001; 175: 205-210)

Clinical Ethics
Is there a future for clinical ethics services in Australia?
Ian H Kerridge, Julian Savulescu, Paul A Komesaroff (MJA 2001; 175: 211-213)

Viewpoint
COX-2 inhibition and thrombotic tendency: a need for surveillance
Leslie G Cleland, Michael J James, Lisa K Stamp, Peter S Penglis (MJA 2001; 175: 214-217)

The Profession
Medical practice: still a higher calling
Michael Kirby (MJA 2001; 175: 218)
Hospitalised patients' views on doctors and white coats
Ben R Gooden, Michaella J Smith, Stephen J N Tattersall, Martin R Stockler (MJA 2001; 175: 219-222)

Lessons from Practice
Complementary medicine and vitamin A toxicity in children
David Coghlan, Noel E Cranswick (MJA 2001; 175: 223-224)


6 August 2001

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Editorials
  Evidence-based healthcare 10 years on: is the National Institute of Clinical Studies the answer?
Chris A Silagy (MJA 2001; 175: 124-125)
Systemic lupus erythematosus: current management
Timothy R Godfrey, Peter F J Ryan (MJA 2001; 175: 125-126)
MMR, autism and inflammatory bowel disease: responding to patient concerns using an evidence-based framework
C Raina MacIntyre, Peter B McIntyre (MJA 2001; 175: 127-128)

Research
Relationship between compensation claims for psychiatric injury and severity of physical injuries from motor vehicle accidents
Matthew M Large (MJA 2001; 175: 129-132)
Feasibility of an evidence-based literature search service for general practitioners
Chris B Del Mar, Chris A Silagy, Paul P Glasziou, David Weller, Anneliese B Spinks, Vivienne Bernath, Jeremy N Anderson, Debbie J Hilton, Sharon L Sanders (MJA 2001; 175: 134-137)
Lipid-lowering therapy following major cardiac events: progress and deficits
Alison M Mudge, Rodd Brockett, Katie F Foxcroft, Charles P Denaro (MJA 2001; 175: 138-140)

Public Health
The burden of asthma in Australia
Ann J Woolcock, Shalini A Bastiampillai, Guy B Marks, Victoria A Keena (MJA 2001; 175: 141-145)

Notable Cases
Parasitic procrastination: late-presenting ovale malaria and schistosomiasis
Timothy M E Davis, Balbir Singh, Greg Sheridan (MJA 2001; 175: 146-148)

Clinical Update
Renal artery stenosis: a disease worth pursuing
Serena C Parker, Anthony Hannah, Mark Brooks, William J Louis, Chris J O'Callaghan (MJA 2001; 175: 149-153)

Review
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: implications for Australia
Paul N Goldwater (MJA 2001; 175: 154-158)

Evidence-Based Medicine
Ethics and evidence-based medicine
Stephen R Leeder, Lucie Rychetnik (MJA 2001; 175: 161-164)

Viewpoint
Importance of retaining a national dietary guideline for sugar
Kerin O'Dea, J I Mann (MJA 2001; 175: 165-166)

Lessons from Practice
Severe postoperative haemorrhage and airway obstruction following high-dose enoxaparin
Michael D Wilson, Kenneth Harrison (MJA 2001; 175: 167-168)

EBM in Action
Is laser treatment effective and safe for musculoskeletal pain?
Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks, Sharon L Sanders (MJA 2001; 175: 169)


16 July 2001

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Editorials
  Australian general practice at a fork in the road: which way forward?
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2001; 175: 62-63)
Physician health and well-being: Canada's national approach
Derek G Puddester (MJA 2001; 175: 63-64)
The type 2 diabetes epidemic: a hidden menace
Seng Khee Gan, Donald J Chisholm (MJA 2001; 175: 65-66)

GP Corporatisation
The why and the wherefore
Barry R Catchlove (MJA 2001; 175: 68-70)
The divisional alternative
Arn Sprogis (MJA 2001; 175: 70-72)
The ethics of doctors and big business
Paul D Fitzgerald (MJA 2001; 175: 73-75)
The consumer perspective
Kathy Mott (MJA 2001; 175: 75-76)

GP Academia and Research
Research output of Australian general practice: a comparison with medicine, surgery and public health
Deborah A Askew, Paul P Glasziou, Christopher B Del Mar (MJA 2001; 175: 77-80)
Has Australian academic general practice really come of age?
Max Kamien (MJA 2001; 175: 81-83)

GP Health
Editorial: Australian general practitioners: desperately seeking satisfaction
Mabel Chew, Alison Williams (MJA 2001; 175: 85-86)
Job demands and control as predictors of occupational satisfaction in general practice
Shauna J McGlone, Ian G Chenoweth (MJA 2001; 175: 88-91)

GP in Action
Editorial: Reactive or preventive: the role of general practice in achieving a healthier Australia
Mark F Harris, Paul J T Mercer (MJA 2001; 175: 92-93)
Evaluating general practitioners' views about the implementation of the Enhanced Primary Care Medicare items
Tom M Blakeman, Mark F Harris, Elizabeth J Comino, Nicholas A Zwar (MJA 2001; 175: 95-98)
Medical emergencies in general practice in south-east Queensland: prevalence and practice preparedness
Catherine L Johnston, Mark G Coulthard, Philip J Schluter, Marie-Louise B Dick (MJA 2001; 175: 99-103)
A randomised controlled trial of the outcome of health assessment of people aged 75 years and over
Jonathan W Newbury, John E Marley, Justin J Beilby (MJA 2001; 175: 104-107)
Presentations of physical illness in people with developmental disability: the example of gastro-oesophageal reflux. [Online in pdf format]
Jane M Tracy, Robyn Wallace (MJA 2001; 175: 109-111)

New Drugs, Old Drugs
Antiviral agents for influenza, hepatitis C and herpesvirus, enterovirus and rhinovirus infections
William D Rawlinson (MJA 2001; 175: 112-116)


2 July 2001

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Editorials
Infection, wheezing and Aboriginal children
Paul J Torzillo, Anne B Chang (MJA 2001; 175: 4-5)
Inaccurate classification of infant deaths in Australia: a persistent and pervasive problem
Roger W Byard (MJA 2001; 175: 5-7)
Appendicectomy — becoming a rare event?
Thomas B Hugh, Thomas J Hugh (MJA 2001; 175: 7-8)

Research
Asthma and hayfever in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children living in non-remote rural towns
Sara H Downs, Guy B Marks, Elena G Belosouva, Jennifer K Peat (MJA 2001; 175: 10-13)
Appendicectomy in Western Australia: profile and trends, 1981-1997
Neil J Donnelly, James B Semmens, David R Fletcher, C D'Arcy J Holman (MJA 2001; 175: 15-18)
Depression among Australian adolescents
Joseph M Rey, Michael G Sawyer, Jennifer J Clark, Peter A Baghurst (MJA 2001; 175: 19-23)

Indigenous Health
Regional variation in the incidence of end-stage renal disease in Indigenous Australians
Alan Cass, Joan Cunningham, Zhiqiang Wang, Wendy Hoy (MJA 2001; 175: 24-27)

Public Health
Paralytic shellfish poisoning: a potential public health problem
Leigh Lehane (MJA 2001; 175: 29-31)

Notable Cases
Survivor of a stingray injury to the heart
Printable PDF
Beatrix F Weiss, Hugh D Wolfenden (MJA 2001; 175: 33-34)

Evidence-based Medicine
EBM and the health of Indigenous Australians
Robyn A McDermott (MJA 2001; 175: 35-37)

EBM in practice: aged care
Ian D Cameron (MJA 2001; 175: 37-38)

Viewpoint
Allowing the medical use of cannabis
Wayne D Hall, Louisa J Degenhardt, David Currow (MJA 2001; 175: 39-40)

Medical Education
  The Australian contribution towards medical training in Malawi
Adamson S Muula, Robin L Broadhead (MJA 2001; 175: 42-47)

 

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