Contents

Journal Activities

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MJA 2009: changing of the guard
Bronwyn Gaut — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 588-590.

From the Editor’s Desk

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Health reform and the elephant in the room
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 592.

Editorials

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Let’s drink (and eat) to our obese economic heroes
Garry J Egger — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 593-594.

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Climate change and human health: recognising the really inconvenient truth
Anthony J McMichael and Colin D Butler — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 595-596.

Conference Report

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Trouble in paradise — Tropical, Emergency and Disaster Medicine Conference and Tropical Medicine Summit, Broome, Western Australia, 22–24 May 2009
Timothy J J Inglis, Ronan J Murray and Michael Watson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 597-598.

Rural and Remote Health

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Frequent users of the Royal Flying Doctor Service primary clinic and aeromedical services in remote New South Wales: a quality study
David L Garne, David A Perkins, Frances T Boreland and David M Lyle — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 602-604.

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Geriatric ward rounds by video conference: a solution for rural hospitals
Leonard C Gray, Olivia R Wright, Alison J Cutler, Paul A Scuffham and Richard Wootton — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 605-608.

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The first medical jet aircraft for the Royal Flying Doctor Service
Stephen A Langford — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 609-610.

Death and Dying

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The hidden trauma of organ donation
Joanne M van Os — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 612-613.

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Not that day ...
Jeremy R Chapman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 613-614.

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Organ donation: a matter of trust
Aric Bendorf — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 614.

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“He’s in the garage” — taking time at the end of life
Karen L Dunn — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 615.

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Young, pregnant and dying — how can we provide the “right” care?
Faith D Cranfield and Carol M Douglas — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 616-617.

Medicine and the Media

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As mass media evolves into “masses of media”, what are the implications for our health?
Melissa A Sweet and Margaret J Simons — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 618-619.

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The content and structure of Australian television reportage on health and medicine, 2005–2009: parameters to guide health workers
Simon Chapman, Simon J Holding, Jessica Ellerm, Rachel C Heenan, Andrea S Fogarty, Michelle Imison, Ross Mackenzie and Kevin McGeechan — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 620-624.

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Content analysis of disease awareness advertisements in popular Australian women’s magazines
Danika V Hall, Sandra C Jones and Donald C Iverson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 625-629.

Power Of One

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A lifetime pursuit of diabetes through chance
Paul Z Zimmet — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 632-636.

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“Not in your lifetime, Ian!”
Ian B Hickie — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 638-642.

Research Enterprise

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Research to improve health practice and policy
Warwick P Anderson and Elim M Papadakis — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 646-647.

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Rational allocation of Australia’s research dollars: does the distribution of NHMRC funding by National Health Priority Area reflect actual disease burden?
Rebecca J Mitchell, Rod J McClure, Jake Olivier and Wendy L Watson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 648-652.

History

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Simultaneous epidemics of influenza and malaria in the Australian Army in Palestine in 1918
G Dennis Shanks — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 654-657.

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Charles Darwin’s impressions of New Zealand and Australia, and insights into his illness and his developing ideas on evolution
John A Hayman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 660-663.

Book Reviews

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Body and mind. Historical essays in honour of F B Smith
reviewed by Sally Wilde — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 631.

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With healing hands. The untold story of the Australian civilian surgical teams in Vietnam
reviewed by Robert K Likeman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 631.

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The yipping tiger and other tales from the neuropsychiatric clinic
reviewed by John H Lloyd — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 642.

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Waiting room. A memoir
reviewed by Ruth M Armstrong — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 658.

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Contagious: cultures, carriers and the outbreak narrative
reviewed by Sanjaya N Senanayake — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 658.

Quotable Quotes

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The getting of wisdom: quotes from MJA contributors in 2009
Ann T Gregory — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 644.

Departments

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MJA Christmas Competition 2009: our humour and inspiration stimulus package — Christmas Competition
Tanya Grassi — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 630.

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Prayer in the cathedral — Poem
Richard Bronson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 653.

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ASID (HICSIG) position statement: infection control guidelines for patients with influenza-like illnesses, including pandemic (H1N1) influenza 2009, in Australian health care facilities — Correction
Rhonda L Stuart, Allen C Cheng, Caroline L Marshall and John K Ferguson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 667.

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Temporary henna tattoos with long-term consequences — Snapshot
Pablo J Almeida and Leopoldo Borrego — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11): 687.

True Stories

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Out of my depth in East Timor
Geoffrey C Mullins — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 664-665.

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Beware of laying blame!
Francis V Carmody — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 667.

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Christmas celebrates birth: new life, new love, new hope
Colette L Livermore — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 668-669.

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Plague in a time of war: an experience in South Vietnam
John S Whitehall — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 671-673.

Christmas Offerings

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A prescription for a smile
Paula H Johnson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 594.

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The Drake Shake and a more bilious shade of green: a tale of mistaken latitude, altitude and tablets
Joseph Y S Ting — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 610.

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The ethical rap
Diann S Eley — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 647.

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Needlestick injury with smallpox vaccine
Sanjaya N Senanayake — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 657.

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Publication celebration!
Peter W New — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 663.

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Cough disorder: an allegory on DSM-IV
Peter I Parry — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 674-676.

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Relative radio-opacity of commonly consumed fish species in South East Queensland on lateral neck x-ray: an ovine model
William R A Davies and Patricia J Bate — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 677-680.

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Fast versus slow bandaid removal: a randomised trial
Jeremy S Furyk, Carl J O’Kane, Peter J Aitken, Colin J Banks and David A Kault — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 682-683.

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“The moment is all we have”: patients and visitors reflect on a staff Christmas choir
Clare C O’Callaghan, Colin J Hornby, Elizabeth J Pearson and David L Ball — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 684-687.

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The pressure of time
Anthony H T Hodgkinson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 688.

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When two tribes go to war
Francis J Bowden — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 690-691.

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A finger in the duodenum
Hayley Clifford, Millie Lui, Roger Lee and Andrew Thomson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 691.

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The dark side of the moon
Leonie A Calver, Barrie J Stokes and Geoffrey K Isbister — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 692-694.

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Successful resuscitation after drowning in a home swimming pool
William L Darvall || Shelton Smith — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 694.

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Switched on
Balakrishnan R Nair — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (11/12): 695.

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