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Contents

18 February 2002

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From the Editor's desk: Testing time (MJA 2002; 176: 141)

 

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In This Issue . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 144)

Editorials

 

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Colorectal cancer prevention
Terry Bolin, Alistair E Cowen, Melvyn G Korman (MJA 2002; 176: 145-146)

 

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Sedation for endoscopy
Greg E Knoblanche (MJA 2002; 176: 147)

 

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Sudden cardiac death in the young
Christopher Semsarian, Barry J Maron (MJA 2002; 176: 148-149)

Research

 

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Colonoscopic surveillance for family history of colorectal cancer: are NHMRC guidelines being followed?
Ian F Yusoff, Neville E Hoffman, Hooi C Ee (MJA 2002; 176: 151-154)

 

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Applying evidence-based guidelines improves use of colonoscopy resources in patients with a moderate risk of colorectal neoplasia
Peter A Bampton, Jayne J Sandford, Graeme P Young (MJA 2002; 176: 155-157)

 

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Sedation for endoscopy: the safe use of propofol by general practitioner sedationists
Anthony C Clarke, Louise Chiragakis, Lybus C Hillman, Graham L Kaye (MJA 2002; 176: 158-161)

Medicine and the Community

 

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Paracetamol recall: a natural experiment influencing analgesic poisoning
Corrine R Balit, Geoffrey K Isbister, Jennifer Peat, Andrew H Dawson, Ian M Whyte (MJA 2002; 176: 162-165)

Notable Cases

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Severe opiate withdrawal in a heroin user precipitated by a massive buprenorphine dose
Nicolas C Clark, Nicholas Lintzeris, Peter J Muhleisen (MJA 2002; 176: 166-167)

Position Statement

 

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The role of corticosteroids in the management of childhood asthma
Peter P van Asperen, Craig M Mellis, Peter D Sly, for the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand (MJA 2002; 176: 168-173)

Clinical Ethics

 

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The challenge of cultural and ethical pluralism to medical practice
Rob Irvine, John McPhee, Ian H Kerridge (MJA 2002; 176: 174-175)

History

 

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Howard Florey, Alexander Fleming and the Fairy Tale of Penicillin
Peter D Goldsworthy, Alexander C McFarlane (MJA 2002; 176: 176-178)

Lessons from Practice

 

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Acute, oedematous Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a farmer from far north Queensland
Grant A Jenkin, May Smith, Mark Fairley, Paul D R Johnson (MJA 2002; 176: 180-181)

EBM in Action

 

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Natural remedies for osteoporosis in postmenopausal women
Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks, Sharon L Sanders (MJA 2002; 176: 182-183)

Letters

 

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Evidence of human metapneumovirus in Australian children
Michael D Nissen, David J Siebert, Ian M Mackay, Theo P Sloots, Stephen J Withers (MJA 2002; 176: 188)

 

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Risk of death from methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a meta-analysis
James C Hurley
Michael Whitby, Mary-Louise McLaws, Geoffrey Berry (MJA 2002; 176: 188-189)

 

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PBS/RPBS cost implications of trends and guideline recommendations in the pharmacological management of hypertension
Ben D Ewald, Brita Pekarsky
Mark R Nelson, John J McNeil, Anna Peeters, Christopher M Reid, Henry Krum (MJA 2002; 176: 189-190)

 

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MEDicine or MADness
David C Currow
Roger W Hunt (MJA 2002; 176: 190-191)

 

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HIV among injecting drug users of Indo-Chinese ethnicity in Victoria
Jane S Hocking, Peter G Higgs, Cathy M Keenan, Nick Crofts (MJA 2002; 176: 191-192)

 

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Detecting and reducing hospital adverse events: outcomes of the Wimmera clinical risk management program
Kathy M Brown, Humsha Naidoo, Arona E Offenberger
Alan M Wolff, Jo Bourke, Ian A Campbell, David W Leembruggen (MJA 2002; 176: 192-193)

 

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SPHERE: A National Depression Project
Nicole Phillips, Michael J Oldmeadow, Natalie Krapivensky
Ian B Hickie, Tracey A Davenport, Elizabeth M Scott, Sharon L Naismith (MJA 2002; 176: 193-194)

 

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EBM in action: Is laser treatment effective and safe for musculoskeletal pain?
Roberta Chow
Chris B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou (MJA 2002; 176: 194-195)

 

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No obituary in “Death and Dying” issue
Paul B Harris
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2002; 176: 196)

 

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Books as carriers of disease
Sir Keith Jones (MJA 2002; 176: 196)

Obituary

 

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Christopher Allen Silagy (MJA 2002; 176: 185)

Book Reviews

 

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Natural medicine comprehensive database. Third edition
reviewed by Anna K Drew (MJA 2002; 176: 179)

 

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Health science research. A handbook of quantitative methods
reviewed by Elmer V S Villanueva (MJA 2002; 176: 179)

 

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Desktop guide to complementary and alternative medicine: An evidence-based approach
reviewed by Marc Cohen (MJA 2002; 176: 185)

Columns

 

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In Other Journals . . . (MJA 2002; 176: 187)

   
  Cover: Courtesy Medical Photography, Southern Health, Clayton, VIC.

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