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Contents 5 May 2003 |
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| From the Editor's desk: Scoring healthcare reform (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 417) | ||
| In This Issue . . . (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 419) |
Editorials |
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Kava hepatotoxicity with Western herbal products:
does it occur with traditional kava use?
Bart J Currie and Alan R Clough — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 421-422. |
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Childhood obesity: modernity's scourge
Elizabeth B Waters and Louise A Baur — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 422-423. |
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Children with autism deserve evidence-based intervention
Jennifer J Couper and Amanda J Sampson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 424-425. |
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Translating advances in schizophrenia treatment: a glass ceiling
Patrick D McGorry — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 425-426. |
Research |
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Overweight and obesity in Australia: the 1999–2000 Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab)
Adrian J Cameron, Timothy A Welborn, Paul Z Zimmet, David W Dunstan, Neville Owen, Jo Salmon, Marita Dalton, Damien Jolley and Jonathan E Shaw — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 427-432. |
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Effect of warming adult diphtheria–tetanus vaccine on discomfort after injection: a randomised controlled trial
Matthew J Maiden, Gregory N Benton and Russell A Bourne — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 433-436. |
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Asthma symptoms associated with depression and lower quality
of life: a population survey
Robert D Goldney, Richard Ruffin, Laura J Fisher and David H Wilson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 437-441. |
Notable Cases |
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Fatal fulminant hepatic failure induced by a natural therapy containing kava
Paul J Gow, Nathan J Connelly, Richard L Hill, Peter Crowley and Peter W Angus — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 442-443. |
Clinical Update |
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The management of persistent pain
C Roger Goucke — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 444-447. |
Review |
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Are we ready for the Better Medication Management System?
Jeremy P Wrobel — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 448-450. |
For Debate |
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Kava: herbal panacea or liver poison?
Robert F W Moulds and Joji Malani — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 451-453. |
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A philosophical approach to rationing
Alfred I Tauber — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 454-456. |
The New Genetics |
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The clinical geneticist and the "new genetics"
Eric A Haan — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 458-462. |
Supplement: Comprehensive care for people with schizophrenia living in the community |
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Comprehensive care for people with schizophrenia
living in the community
David J Castle and Christos Pantelis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 Suppl 5 May: S45-S46. |
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Reducing mental illness stigma and discrimination —
everybody's business
Barbara Hocking — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S47-S48. |
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The configuration of mental health services to facilitate care
for people with schizophrenia
Carol A Harvey and John M Fielding — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S49-S52. |
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Overcoming barriers to reintegration of patients with schizophrenia: developing a best-practice model for discharge from specialist care
Graham N Meadows — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S53-S56. |
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Pharmacological approaches to the management of schizophrenia
Timothy J R Lambert and David J Castle — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S57-S61. |
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Managing patients with "treatment-resistant" schizophrenia
Christos Pantelis and Timothy JR Lambert — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S62-S66. |
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Medical comorbidity in schizophrenia
Timothy J R Lambert, Dennis Velakoulis and Christos Pantelis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S67-S70. |
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Substance misuse in patients with schizophrenia:
a primary care guide
Dan I Lubman and Suresh Sundram — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S71-S75. |
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A meaningful day: integrating psychosocial rehabilitation into community treatment of schizophrenia
Caroline Crosse — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9) Suppl 5 May: S76-S78. |
Letters |
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Seizures as the presenting feature of rickets in an infant
Graeme H Johnson and Francis Willis — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 467. |
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Comment: Seizures as the presenting feature of rickets in an infant
Christopher T Cowell — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 467-468. |
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Staphylococcus aureus and stethoscopes
Karina J Kennedy, Dianne E Dreimanis, Wendy D Beckingham and Francis J Bowden — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 468. |
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Prescriptions for antipsychotics in general practice
Christopher M Harrison and Helena C Britt — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 468-469. |
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Hepatitis risk and vaccination among Australian travellers overseas
Nicholas A Zwar — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 469-470. |
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The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas
of Australia, 1995–2001
Warwick H Ruse — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 470. |
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The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995–2001
Chris A Harrison — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 470. |
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The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995–2001
Peter C Arnold — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 470-471. |
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In reply: The decline in bulk-billing and increase in out-of-pocket costs for general practice consultations in rural areas of Australia, 1995–2001
Anne F Young and Annette J Dobson — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 471. |
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Self-experimentation"
in vulnerable populations
Allen C Cheng — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 471. |
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The New South Wales Medical Board policy on treating self and family
G Douglas Tracy — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 471-472. |
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In reply: The New South Wales Medical Board policy on treating self and family
Brian C McCaughan — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 472. |
Book Reviews |
| Communication for health care
reviewed by Ken Cox — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 463. |
| 110 Puzzling cases of epilepsy
reviewed by Samuel F Berkovic — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 463. |
| Evidence-based on call. Acute medicine pocket book
reviewed by Mark K Miller — Med J Aust 2003; 178 (9): 463. |
Columns |
| In Other Journals (Med J Aust 2003; 178: 465) |
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