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From the Editor's Desk: Alcopops tax and public health advocacy   Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 465.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 466.

Editorials

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Private obstetric intervention: good, bad or whatever?
Andrew F Pesce — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 467-468.

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How safe are anticholinergics in patients with COPD?
Mark J Hew, Piersante Sestini and Louis B Irving — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 468-469.

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Expanding indications for pacing in chronic heart failure
Henry Krum and Prashanthan Sanders — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 470-471.

Research

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  Adverse outcomes of labour in public and private hospitals in Australia: a population-based descriptive study
Stephen J Robson, Paula Laws and Elizabeth A Sullivan — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 474-477.

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Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in Australia
Andrew N Page, Sarah Swannell, Graham Martin, Samantha Hollingworth, Ian B Hickie and Wayne D Hall — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 479-483.

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Self-reported adverse events in health care that cause harm: a population-based survey
Robert J Adams, Graeme Tucker, Kay Price, Catherine L Hill, Sarah L Appleton, David H Wilson, Anne W Taylor and Richard E Ruffin — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 484-488.

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Perinatal transmission of hepatitis B virus: an Australian experience
Elke Wiseman, Melissa A Fraser, Sally Holden, Anne Glass, Bronwynne L Kidson, Leon G Heron, Michael W Maley, Anna Ayres, Stephen A Locarnini and Miriam T Levy — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 489-492.

Clinical Update

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Breast cancer screening: emerging role of new imaging techniques as adjuncts to mammography
Nehmat Houssami, Sarah J Lord and Stefano Ciatto — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 493-498.

For Debate

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Back pain: a National Health Priority Area in Australia?
Andrew M Briggs and Rachelle Buchbinder — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 499-502.

Medicine and the Law

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Usefulness of Austroads’ fitness-to-drive guidelines: lessons from the Gillett case
Roy G Beran, Paul Gerber and John A Devereux — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 503-505.

Viewpoint

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Informing patients about emerging treatment options: creating “saviour siblings” for haemopoietic stem cell transplant
Kimberly A Strong — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 506-507.

Personal Perspective

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The China–Australia training on psychological crisis intervention for medical aid leaders and volunteers after the Sichuan earthquake
Robert M Parker, Chee Ng, Andrew Coghlan, Julia Fraser and Beverley Raphael — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 508-509.

Notable Cases

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An association between tick bite reactions and red meat allergy in humans
Sheryl A Van Nunen, Kate S O’Connor, Lesley R Clarke, Richard X Boyle and Suran L Fernando — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 510-511.

Matters arising

Three articles in the Journal commenting on the extensive Garling report have prompted much discussion
about what is really needed to fix public hospitals, both in New South Wales and Australia-wide.

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Implement hospital reforms now: no more inquiries
Michael (Taffy) R Jones — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 514.

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Health reform: reinventing the wheel
John S Wright — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 514-515.

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Reforming NSW Health: the importance of using credible data
Sue M Evans, Peter A Cameron and John J McNeil — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 515.

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Reforms must rid hospitals of bullying
Alan E O’Connor — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 515-516.

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Abolishing mixed-sex hospital wards: a good first step
Judith R Kennedy and Michael C Kennedy — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 516.

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Feasibility of implementation is not yet clear
William Coote || Graeme J Stewart and John M Dwyer — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 516-518.

Letters

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Adverse outcomes of labour in public and private hospitals in Australia
Georgina A Sutherland, Deirdre Gartland, Jane S Yelland and Stephanie J Brown || Lyndsey F Watson, Mary-Ann Davey, Mary A Biro and James F King || Stephen J Robson, Paula Laws and Elizabeth A Sullivan — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 518-519.

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Inappropriate prescribing for osteoporosis
B E Christopher Nordin, Michael Horowitz and Barry E Chatterton — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 519-520.

Book Review

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Suicide prevention
reviewed by Brian M Draper — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 492.

Obituary

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Philip Richard Douglas
Graham L Newstead — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 502.

Snapshot

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Appendiceal tourniquet
Richard H Riley and Richard J Martin — Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 505.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 512.

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