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Volume 191 Issue 9

2 November 2009

From the editor’s desk

Reform of health: revolutionary or evolutionary?

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 473 Free

In This Issue

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 474 Free

Editorials

Uniform format for disclosure of competing interests in ICMJE journals

Jeffrey M Drazen, Martin B Van Der Weyden, Peush Sahni, Jacob Rosenberg, Ana Marusic, Christine Laine, Sheldon Kotzin, Richard Horton, Paul C Hébert, Charlotte Haug, Fiona Godlee, Frank A Frizelle, Peter W de Leeuw and Catherine D DeAngelis

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 475-476

Vertebroplasty appears no better than placebo for painful osteoporotic spinal fractures, and has potential to cause harm

Rachelle Buchbinder, Richard H Osborne and David Kallmes

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 476-477

Can prior vaccinations against certain infections confer protection against developing melanoma?

John M Grange, Bernd Krone, Klaus F Kölmel and Giuseppe Mastrangelo

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 478-479

Circadian rhythms: keeping pace with developments

Hans G Stampfer and Sean D Hood

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 479-480

Research

Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children

Kyllie Cripps, Catherine M Bennett, Lyle C Gurrin and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 481-485 Free

Does point-of-care testing lead to the same or better adherence to medication? A randomised controlled trial: the PoCT in General Practice Trial

Angela Gialamas, Lisa N Yelland, Philip Ryan, Kristyn Willson, Caroline O Laurence, Tanya K Bubner, Philip Tideman and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 487-491 Free

What does it cost to establish a practice-nurses-led clinical trial in general practice?

Irene D Blackberry, John S Furler, Doris Young and James D Best

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 492-495 Free

Health care

Quick diagnosis units: a potentially useful alternative to conventional hospitalisation

Xavier Bosch, Jesús Aibar, Santiago Capell, Antonio Coca and Alfons López-Soto

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 496-498 Free

Outcomes of a cystic fibrosis carrier testing clinic for couples

Louise M Christie, Angela J Ingrey, Gillian M Turner, Anne L Proos and Gloria E Watts

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 499-501 Free

Pandemic (H1N1)2009

Impact of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza on critical care capacity in Victoria

Martin E Lum, Alison J McMillan, Chris W Brook, Rosemary Lester and Leonard S Piers

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 502-506 Free

Viewpoint

The decline of clinical contact in medicine

Bill Lancashire, Craig T Hore and Robert G Fassett

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 508-510 Free

Low drug doses may improve outcomes in chronic disease

Simon B Dimmitt and Hans G Stampfer

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 511-513 Free

Letters

Paediatric treadmill injuries: an increasing problem

Lawrence H Kim, Deborah A Maze, Susan Adams, Sarah Guitonich, Siobhan Connolly, Anne Darton and Andrew J A Holland

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516

Straight to the emergency department: burns in children caused by hair-straightening devices

Zoe M Poiner, Michael D Kerr, Belinda A Wallis and Roy M Kimble

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516-517

Can we readily identify patients who need antibiotics in a severe influenza pandemic?

Patrick G P Charles, Paul D R Johnson and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 517-518

Successful implementation of cardiometabolic monitoring of patients treated with antipsychotics

Debra L Foley, Katherine I Morley, Karyn E Carroll, John Moran, Patrick D McGorry and Brendan P Murphy

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516-518

Successful implementation of cardiometabolic monitoring of patients treated with antipsychotics

Timothy J R Lambert

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 516-518

The widening gap between clinical, teaching and research work

Timothy C Mulherin

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 519-520

Supplement

Otitis media 2009: an update

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): Open Access

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (9): 514