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Contents 5 January 2004

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 3.

Editorials

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New Zealand’s Health Practitioners Competence Assurance Act Tricia A Briscoe — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 4-5.

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Antivenom efficacy, safety and availability: measuring smoke Allen C Cheng and Kenneth D Winkel — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 5-6.

Conference Report

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Designing the health workforce for the 21st century Jennifer A Alexander, John A Ramsay and Sue M Thomson — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 7-9.

Research

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Prevalence of skin screening by general practitioners in regional Queensland Monika Janda, Mark Elwood, Ian T Ring, David W Firman, John B Lowe, Philippa H Youl and Joanne F Aitken — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 10-15.

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Factors influencing the number needed to excise: excision rates of pigmented lesions by general practitioners Dallas R English, Chris Del Mar and Robert C Burton — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 16-19.

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Parallel infusion of hydrocortisone ± chlorpheniramine bolus injection to prevent acute adverse reactions to antivenom for snakebites Indika Bandara Gawarammana, S Abeysingha M Kularatne, Wasantha P Dissanayake, Ranjith P V Kumarasiri, Nimal Senanayake and H Ariyasena — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 20-23.

Public Health

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An outbreak of Plasmodium vivax malaria in Far North Queensland, 2002 Jeffrey N Hanna, Scott A Ritchie, Damon P Eisen, Robert D Cooper, Dianne L Brookes, Brian L Montgomery — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 24-28.

Notable Cases

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Fatal leptospirosis presenting as musculoskeletal chest pain Fenton M O’Leary, Jaspal S Hunjan, Ross Bradbury and Govindasamy Thanakrishnan — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 29-31.

Travel Medicine

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Travel insurance and medical evacuation: view from the far side Robert F Grace and Darren Penny — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 32-35.

For Debate

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“SunSmart Plus”: the more informed use of sunscreens Stephen R D Taylor — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 36-37.

Diagnostic Dilemma

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An unusual cause of an epidural abscess Sebastiaan J van Hal and Jeffrey J Post — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 40-41.

Correction

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Lowering blood pressure in 2003 John P Chalmers and Leonard F Arnolda — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 47.

Letters

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Mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers: a preventable exposure to injury risk Suzanne P McEvoy and Mark R Stevenson Ric Bouvier Graham J Chalker, Kenneth H Joyner, Kelly S Parkinson David McD Taylor — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 43-45.

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Control of genital chlamydial infection in the Kimberley region of Western Australia Donna B Mak, Graeme H Johnson, Lewis J Marshall and Jacqueline K Mein — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 45.

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Positive Q fever skin test after vaccination Neil R Parker — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 45-46.

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Reuse of single-use medical devices: how often does this still occur in Australia? Sandy J Berenger and John K Ferguson Clifford F Hughes — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 46-47.

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The public hospital of the future Bryan G Walpole Jeffrey D Zajac — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 47.

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Australian healthcare reform: in need of political courage and champions Ron J Lord Robert A Jones Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 47-48.

Snapshots

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The 2 GHz mind of a computer Biji T Kurien — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 19.

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Embolisation to the fingers of both hands from aortic atheroma Yasuhiro Oki and Farooq A Chaudhry — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 31.

Book Reviews

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Ethics and evidence-based medicine. Fallibility and responsibility in clinical science reviewed by Wendy A Rogers — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 38.

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Exotic viral diseases. A global guide reviewed by Philip Weinstein — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 38.

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Children in the new millennium. Environmental impact on health reviewed by Christopher J Morgan — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 38-39.

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Ethical eye: Transplants reviewed by Ian H Kerridge — Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 39.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2004; 180 (1): 42.

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