eMJA: Contents - 21 January 2008

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Contents

21 January 2008

In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 66.

Editorials

Ready, SET, go for academic surgery?
Bruce P Waxman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 67-68.

Transfusion-dependent thalassaemia: a new era
Vasili Berdoukas and Bernadette Modell — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 68-69.

Rural maternity units: how will they have a future?
Andrew F Pesce — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 70-71.

Research

Management and clinical outcomes of transfusion-dependent thalassaemia major in an Australian tertiary referral clinic
Giselle L Kidson-Gerber, Sally Francis and Robert Lindeman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 72-75.

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis at the time of routine Pap smear in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Francis J Bowden, Marian J Currie, Helen Toyne, Clare McGuiness, Lynette L Lim, James R Butler and Nicholas J Glasgow — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 76-80.

A randomised crossover study of low-ankle-pressure graduated-compression tights in reducing flight-induced ankle oedema
Melissa J Hagan and Stephen M Lambert — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 81-84.

Health Care

The first year of a midwifery-led model of care in Far North Queensland
Samantha Scherman, Jan Smith and Megan Davidson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 85-88.

Why do interns make prescribing errors? A qualitative study
Ian D Coombes, Danielle A Stowasser, Judith A Coombes and Charles Mitchell — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 89-94.

The national inpatient medication chart: critical audit of design and performance at a tertiary hospital
J Alasdair Millar, Robyn C Silla, Glenda E Lee and Ann Berwick — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 95-99.

Medicine and the Community

Pregnant women with fetal abnormalities: the forgotten people in the abortion debate
Lachlan J de Crespigny and Julian Savulescu — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 100-103.

The World Today

The law and chronic disease prevention: possibilities and politics
Roger S Magnusson and Ruth Colagiuri — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 104-105.

For Debate

Chlamydia screening — Australia should strive to achieve what others have not
Jane S Hocking, Jennifer Walker, David Regan, Marcus Y Chen and Christopher K Fairley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 106-108.

Position Statement

Guidelines for the use of infant formulas to treat cows milk protein allergy: an Australian consensus panel opinion
Andrew S Kemp, David J Hill, Katrina J Allen, Kym Anderson, Geoffrey P Davidson, Andrew S Day, Ralph G Heine, Jane E Peake, Susan L Prescott, Albert W Shugg and John K Sinn — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 109-112.

Viewpoint

Wa! Ningeningma arakba akina da! (Oh! Now I know, that’s it!)
K S Kylie Lee, Muriel J Jaragba, Alan R Clough and Katherine M Conigrave — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 113-116.

Book Review

Consultation and communication
Nigel P Stocks — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 116.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

Mediastinal lymphadenopathy in a patient with previously treated T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukaemia
Narayan Karanth, Kumar P Prabhash, Pranjali N Karanth, Tanuja Shet, Shripad D Banavali and Purvish Parikh — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 117-118.

Letters

Mandometer treatment of Australian patients with eating disorders
John Court, Cecilia E K Bergh and Per Södersten — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 120-121.

Anorexia nervosa and senna misuse: nephrocalcinosis, digital clubbing and hypertrophic osteoarthropathy
Andy K H Lim, David H Hooke and Peter G Kerr — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 121-122.

How should stable coronary artery disease be managed in the modern era?
Richard W Harper, Esther M Briganti and Brett H R Forge || Keith V Woollard and Mark A J Newman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 122-123.

A national survey on knowledge and perceptions of senior medical students in Australia about generic medicines
Mohamed Azmi Ahmad Hassali, Kay Stewart and David C M Kong — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 123-124.

Diagnosing skin cancer in primary care: how do main-stream general practitioners compare with primary care skin cancer clinic doctors?
Clare Heal and Beverly Raasch || Jeffrey Keir || Philippa H Youl, Peter D Baade, Monika Janda, Christopher B Del Mar, David C Whiteman and Joanne F Aitken — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 125-126.

Glucose tolerance abnormalities in Australian women with polycystic ovary syndrome
N Wah Cheung and Jeremy J N Oats — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 126-127.

A shift in the use of drug-eluting stents in Australian private hospitals
Suzanne M McLean and David J Clark — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 127.

“The lessons of hospital mistakes”
Catherine E Storey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 128.

Columns

In Other Journals Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 119.

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