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16 November 2009

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From the Editor’s Desk: Daylight saving: a dark side?   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 521.

 

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 522.

Editorials

 

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The role of general practitioners in managing and treating hepatitis C
Margaret E Hellard and Yung-Hsuan J Wang — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 523-524.

 

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Building health literacy in Australia
Don Nutbeam — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 525-526.

 

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Optimising the therapeutic use of oxygen in Australia
Christine F McDonald and Alan J Crockett — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 526-527.

Conference Report

 

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Grasping the initiative in health policy research and reform
James Gillespie, Beverley Essue, Stephen R Leeder and Anne Marie T Thow — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 528-529.

Research

 

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Risks associated with low functional health literacy in an Australian population
Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Catherine L Hill, Mark Dodd, Christopher Findlay and David H Wilson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 530-534.

 

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Screening for hepatitis C virus infection in methadone-maintained mothers and their infants
Anthony J W Liu, Ethan I An, Henry G Murray, Emma Tetstall, Marcel J Leroi and Ralph K H Nanan — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 535-538.

 

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Treatment disparities and effect on late mortality in patients with diabetes presenting with acute myocardial infarction: observations from the ACACIA registry
Joseph Hung, David B Brieger, John V Amerena, Steven G Coverdale, James M Rankin, Carolyn M Astley, Ashish Soman and Derek P Chew — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 539-543.

 

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A classification of hospital-acquired diagnoses for use with routine hospital data
Terri J Jackson, Jude L Michel, Rosemary F Roberts, Christine M Jorm and John G Wakefield — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 544-548.

Health Care

 

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Variability in the rate of prescription and cost of domiciliary oxygen therapy in Australia
John G Serginson, Ian A Yang, John G Armstrong, David M Cooper, Anthony M Matthiesson, Stephen C Morrison, Judy M Gair, Barbara Cooper and Paul V Zimmerman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 549-553.

 

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Tobacco use and measuring nicotine dependence among urban Indigenous pregnant women
Kathryn S Panaretto, Melvina R Mitchell, Lynette Anderson, Conor Gilligan, Petra Buettner, Sarah L Larkins and Sandra Eades — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 554-557.

Clinical Update

 

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Bridging the communication gap between public and private radiology services
Turab Chakera, Yusuf Nagree, Swithin Song and Philip Jones — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 558-560.

Viewpoint

 

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Whole-of-hospital response to admission access block: the need for a clinical revolution
E Haydn Walters and David J Dawson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 561-563.

Notable Cases

 

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“Paradoxical” immune-mediated reactions to Mycobacterium ulcerans during antibiotic treatment: a result of treatment success, not failure
Daniel P O’Brien, Michael E Robson, Peter P Callan and Anthony H McDonald — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 564-566.

Lessons from Practice

 

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A disastrous sequela of a missed ureteric stent
Peng-Kung Yang, Dinesh Agarwal and Niall Corcoran — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 567-568.

Letters

 

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Rates of hospitalisation for acute respiratory illness and the emergence of pandemic (H1N1) 2009 virus in the Hunter New England Area Health Service
Fatimah S Dawood, Craig B Dalton, David N Durrheim and Kirsty G Hope — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 573-574.

 

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Timing of bronchiolitis hospitalisations and respiratory syncytial virus immunoprophylaxis in non-metropolitan Western Australia
Hannah C Moore, Anthony D Keil, Peter C Richmond and Deborah Lehmann — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 574.

 

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Impact of Australian celebrity diagnoses on prostate cancer screening
David P Smith, Mark S Clements, Melanie A Wakefield and Simon Chapman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 574-575.

 

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Who is responsible for the care of patients treated with warfarin therapy?
Luke R E Bereznicki, Leanne Stafford, Ella C Jeffrey, Gregory M Peterson and Shane L Jackson || Judy A Lowthian, Basia O Diug, Sue M Evans, Ellen L Maxwell, Alison M Street, Leon Piterman and John J McNeil || John C Roberts — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 575-577.

 

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Stop taking warfarin? No way!
James A Fink || Amit K Verma and Ajai K Verma — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 577-578.

 

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Adverse outcomes of labour in public and private hospitals in Australia
Michael D Coory, Guan T Koh, Vicki Flenady and Maarten Kamp || Daniel C Chambers || Nick Evans, Girvan Malcolm and Adrienne Gordon || Sally K Tracy, Alec W Welsh, Hannah G Dahlen and Mark B Tracy — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 578-580.

 

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Timing of transfer for pregnant women from Queensland Cape York communities to Cairns for birthing
John W Cox — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 580-581.

 

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Patterns of mortality in Indigenous adults in the Northern Territory, 1998–2003
Emma E Kowal || Yuejen Zhao, Steve Guthridge, Shu Q Li and Christine Connors || Karen Andreasyan and Wendy E Hoy — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 581-582.

 

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Close the Gap: ask the experts
Siaw-Teng Liaw || Sophie Couzos and Dea D Thiele — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 582-583.

 

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Why health reform?
George Larcos — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 583-584.

Corrections

 

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General Practice Super Clinics — how will they meet their educational objectives?
Alistair W Vickery, Jennifer Dodd and Jon D Emery — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 548.

 

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Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 582.

Obituary

 

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Charles Ronald Lucas
Ian D Gust, Edwina J Wright and Suzanne M Crowe — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 560.

Book Reviews

 

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Ethics and law for the health professions
reviewed by Bernadette M Tobin — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 572.

 

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Preventive cardiology: a practical manual
reviewed by Ian R Hamilton-Craig — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 572.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (10): 569.


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