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3 March 2003

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From the Editor's desk: Whither public health? (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 193)
 

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In This Issue . . . (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 195)

Editorials

 

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Good prescribing: where to next?
Robert F W Moulds — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 196-197.
 

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Injecting drug use in Australia: needle/syringe programs prove their worth, but hepatitis C still on the increase
Matthew G Law and Robert G Batey — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 197-198.
 

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Preventing perinatal group B streptococcal infection: the jury is still out
Gwendolyn L Gilbert — Med J Aust 2002; 178 (5): 199-200.
 

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Whither pathology in medical education?
David Weedon — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 200-202.

Research

 

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Doctors' perceptions and attitudes to prescribing within the Authority Prescribing System
Siaw-Teng Liaw, Christopher M Pearce, Patty Chondros, Barry P McGrath, Leone Piggford and Kay Jones — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 203-206.
 

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A simple intervention to improve hospital antibiotic prescribing
Michael South, Jenny Royle and Michael Starr — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 207-209.
 

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Effect of computerised prescribing on use of antibiotics
David A Newby, Jayne L Fryer and David A Henry — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 210-213.

Notable Cases

 

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Adrenal crises in children treated with high-dose inhaled corticosteroids for asthma
Joseph S Macdessi, Tabitha L Randell, Kim C Donaghue, Geoffrey R Ambler, Peter P van Asperen and Craig M Mellis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 214-216.

Systematic Reviews

 

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Computerised reminders and feedback in medication management: a systematic review of randomised controlled trials
John W Bennett and Paul P Glasziou — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 217-222.
 

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Inhaled corticosteroid doses in asthma: an evidence-based approach
Heather Powell and Peter G Gibson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 223-225.

Clinical Update

 

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Management of acute adult sexual assault
Jacqueline K Mein, Cheryn M Palmer, Meon Carol Shand, David J Templeton, Vanita Parekh, Margaret Mobbs, Kay Haig, Sarah E Huffam and Lyndall Young — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 226-230.

Viewpoint

 

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Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia: a seven-tiered model of service delivery
Henry Brodaty, Brian M Draper and Lee-Fay Low — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 231-234.

EBM in Action

 

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Is physiotherapy an effective treatment for lymphoedema secondary to cancer treatment?
Renea V Johnston, Jeremy N Anderson and Barbara L Walker — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 236-237.

MJA Practice Essentials - Rehabilitation

 

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3: Rehabilitation principles for treating chronic musculoskeletal injuries
Saul J Geffen — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 238-242.

Letters

 

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Lymphoedema in breast cancer patients
Graeme N Brodie — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 244.
 

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Human fasciolosis acquired in an Australian urban setting
Andrew J Hughes, Terry W Spithill, Rebecca E Smith, Craig S Boutlis and Paul DR Johnson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 244-245.
 

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Community-acquired MRSA bacteraemia: four additional cases including one associated with severe pneumonia
Graeme R Nimmo and E Geoffrey Playford — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 245.
 

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Ventricular tachycardia following ingestion of a commonly used antihistamine
Philip T Sager and Enrico P Veltri — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 245-246.
 

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In reply: Ventricular tachycardia following ingestion of a commonly used antihistamine
Dennis L Kuchar, Bruce D Walker and Charles W Thorburn — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 246.
 

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Indigenous health: chronically inadequate responses to damning statistics
Paul Bauert, Elizabeth McMaugh, Carmel M Martin and Janet K Smylie — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 246.
 

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Inhaled steroids — too much of a good thing?
Dianne P Goeman, Susan M Sawyer, Michael J Abramson, Kay Stewart, Francis C K Thien, Rosalie A Aroni and Jo A Douglass — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 247.
 

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Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: divergent perspectives
Alison Poulton — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 247-248.
 

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In reply: Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder: divergent perspectives
George Halasz and Alasdair LA Vance — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 247-248.
 

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Doctor shoppers' rights: privacy or lunacy?
Max Kamien — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 248.

Book Reviews

 

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Counseling the Alzheimer's caregiver: a resource for health care professionals
reviewed by David G Bruce — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 237.
 

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Clinical sports medicine (2nd edition)
reviewed by John W Orchard — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (5): 237.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 243)

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