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21 January 2002

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From the editor's desk: 'Tis that time of the year (MJA 2002; 176: 45)

 

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In This Issue . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 46)

Editorials

 

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Faecal incontinence: common and treatable
Michael A Kamm (MJA 2002; 176: 47-48)

 

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Hospital care for Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders: appropriateness and decision making
Dale A Fisher, Tarun S Weeramanthri (MJA 2002; 176: 49-50)

 

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Measles transmission in healthcare settings in Australia
Heath A Kelly, Michaela A Riddell, Ross M Andrews (MJA 2002; 176: 50-51)

 

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Liver biopsy in the 21st century: where and why?
Adrian Griffiths, Charlie H Viiala, John K Olynyk (MJA 2002; 176: 52-53)

Research

 

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Prevalence of faecal incontinence and associated risk factors. An underdiagnosed problem in the Australian community?
Jamshid S Kalantar, Stuart Howell, Nicholas J Talley (MJA 2002; 176: 54-57)

 

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Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures among Australian hospital patients identified as Indigenous
Joan Cunningham (MJA 2002; 176: 58-62)

 

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Reported management of early-pregnancy bleeding and miscarriage by general practitioners in Victoria
Bruce McLaren, Julia M Shelley (MJA 2002; 176: 63-66)

 

Healthcare

 

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Short-stay, out-of-hospital, radiologically guided liver biopsy
Christopher S Pokorny, Mark Waterland (MJA 2002; 176: 67-69)

Notable Cases

 

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Sickle-cell/β+-thalassaemia in a Papua New Guinean: the first reported case of the sickle gene in Papua New Guinea
Evelyn K Lavu, Gilchrist Oswyn, John D Vince (MJA 2002; 176: 70-71)

For Debate

 

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Breaking the deadlock over an Australian trial of injectable opioid maintenance
Wayne D Hall, Jo Kimber, Richard P Mattick (MJA 2002; 176: 72-73)

Viewpoint

 

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What's wrong with the dead body?
Lisa M Parker (MJA 2002; 176: 74-76)

The Profession

 

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Reclaiming the lost meanings of medicine
Zeev E Neuwirth (MJA 2002; 176: 77-79)

Clinical Ethics

 

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End-of-life issues: Case 2
Paul A Glare, Bernadette Tobin (MJA 2002; 176: 80-81)

EBM in Action

 

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Is dexamethasone effective in treating acute migraine headache?
Jason Wasiak, Jeremy N Anderson (MJA 2002; 176: 83)

Matters Arising

 

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Asylum seekers and healthcare
Philip Ruddock (MJA 2002; 176: 85)

 

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Aamer Sultan, Kevin O'Sullivan (MJA 2002; 176: 85-86)

 

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Derrick M Silove, Zachary Steel (MJA 2002; 176: 86)

 

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George Halasz, Michael Block, Leon Petchkovsky, Howard Cooper and 20 co-signatories (all psychiatrists) (MJA 2002; 176: 86)

 

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Debra Graves (MJA 2002; 176: 86-87)

 

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Martin B Van Der Weyden, Ruth M Armstrong, Helen M Randall (MJA 2002; 176: 87)

Letters

 

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Evidence-based healthcare 10 years on: is the National Institute of Clinical Studies the answer?
Louise V Hall, Allison E Lauder (MJA 2002; 176: 88)

 

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In reply
Chris A Silagy (deceased) (MJA 2002; 176: 88)

 

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COX-2 inhibition and thrombotic tendency
Christopher G Fenn (MJA 2002; 176: 88-89)

 

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In reply
Leslie G Cleland, Michael J James (MJA 2002; 176: 89)

 

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Liver biopsy in hepatitis C: reassessing its role in 2001
Ian F Yusoff, Lindsay Mollison, Leanne Totten, John Olynyk (MJA 2002; 176: 89-90)

 

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Changes in serum folate concentrations following voluntary food fortification in Australia
Jack Metz, Ken A Sikaris, Ellen L Maxwell, Mark D Levin (MJA 2002; 176: 90-91)

 

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The decline in hospital autopsy rates in 2001
Helen E Ward, Belinda E Clarke, Paul V Zimmerman, Michael I Cleary (MJA 2002; 176: 91)

 

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How much alcohol is drunk in Australia in excess of the new Australian alcohol guidelines?
Tim R Stockwell, Penny Heale, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Paul Dietze, Paul Catalano (MJA 2002; 176: 91-92)

Correction

 

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What people say about their general practitioners' treatment of anxiety and depression
(Med J Aust 2001; 175: S48-S51) (MJA 2002; 176: 69)

Obituary

 

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Gwendolyn Ruth Nash,
by Felicity Brown, Barbara Overbury and Kate Nash (MJA 2002; 176: 82)

Book Review

 

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Guides to the evaluation of permanent impairment. 5th edition,
reviewed by Alex Ganora (MJA 2002; 176: 82)

Columns

 

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In Other Journals . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 84)

   
 

Cover: Reproduced with permission from The Illustrated History of Medicine, by Jean-Charles Sournia. Published by Harold Starke.

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