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1 September 2008

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From the Editor’s Desk: Medical religion in Britain   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 241.

 

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 242.

Editorials

 

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Monitoring vaccine safety: a critical component of every immunisation program
Julia M L Brotherton and Michael S Gold — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 243-244.

 

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Influence of television on demand for cosmetic surgery
Keith J Petrie, Kate E Faasse and Sarah A I Fuhrmann — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 244-245.

 

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Contemporary management of type 2 diabetes: blood glucose-lowering therapies and glycaemic targets
Timothy M E Davis — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 246-248.

Research

 

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Assessment of thyroid function during pregnancy: first-trimester (weeks 9–13) reference intervals derived from Western Australian women
Rhonda M Gilbert, Narelle C Hadlow, John P Walsh, Stephen J Fletcher, Suzanne J Brown, Bronwyn G Stuckey and Ee Mun Lim — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 250-253.

 

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Socioeconomic status and rates of breastfeeding in Australia: evidence from three recent national health surveys
Lisa H Amir and Susan M Donath — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 254-256.

Health Care

 

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Standards for health care: a necessary but unknown quantity
Caroline A Brand, Joseph E Ibrahim, Peter A Cameron and Ian A Scott — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 257-260.

Public Health

 

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Mass psychogenic response to human papillomavirus vaccination
Jim P Buttery, Simon Madin, Nigel W Crawford, Sonja Elia, Sophie La Vincente, Sarah Hanieh, Lindsay Smith and Bruce Bolam — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 261-262.

Research Enterprise

 

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Are self-regulation and declaration of conflict of interest still the benchmark for relationships between physicians and industry?
Ian E Haines and Ian N Olver — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 263-266.

Health Care Reform

 

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Investing in the future: prevention a priority at last
Brian F Oldenburg and Todd A Harper — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 267-268.

 

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Learning from past commissions
Stephen R Leeder and Milton J Lewis — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 268-269.

Medical Education

 

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Does practice make perfect? The effect of coaching and retesting on selection tests used for admission to an Australian medical school
Barbara Griffin, David W Harding, Ian G Wilson and Neville D Yeomans — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 270-273.

 

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Peer physical examination: time to revisit?
Suzanne Outram and Balakrishnan R Nair — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 274-276.

Clinical Update

 

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Chronic myeloid leukaemia: the evolution of gene-targeted therapy
David J L Joske — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 277-282.

New Drugs, Old Drugs

 

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Migraine prophylaxis
Richard J Stark and Catherine D Stark — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 283-288.

Lessons from Practice

 

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Treatment of severe pemphigus foliaceus with rituximab
Suran L Fernando and Kate S O’Connor — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 289-290.

Book Reviews

 

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Death investigation and the coroner’s inquest
Reviewed by Roger W Byard — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 262.

 

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The Australian health care system
Reviewed by Richard F Southby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 266.

 

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Worried sick: a prescription for health in an overtreated America
Reviewed by Melissa Sweet — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 273.

Poem

 

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Father’s Day
Richard A Bronson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 288.

Obituary

 

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Robert Henry Cutforth
Peter M Brooks and Michael G Loughhead — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 290.

Letters

 

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Inappropriate use of computed tomography chest scanning in hospital patients
Askin Gunes, Lloyd J Ridley and Graham Simpson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 292.

 

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Unexpected benefits of bethanechol in adults with cerebral palsy
Warwick J Carter — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 293.

 

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Desflurane-induced acute liver failure
Marcus W Chin, Dolores B Njoku, Gerard MacQuillan, Wendy S Cheng and Nickolas Kontorinis — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 293-294.

 

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Laparoscopic repair of gastric volvulus secondary to transverse colon diaphragmatic hernia
Kevin Ooi and Christophe Berney — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 294-295.

 

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Bicycle handlebar injuries in Western Australia: from imprints to abdominal wall hernias
Parshotam K Gera, Andrew P Barker, Ian Gollow, Jillian Orford, Sue Wicks and Liz Whan — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 295.

 

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In the long run, skills are as good as pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Alison Poulton and Ralph K H Nanan || Joseph M Rey — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 295-296.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (5): 291.


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