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21 November 2005

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From the Editor's desk: Health and happiness   Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 497.

 

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 499.

Editorials

 

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Surgical accountability: a framework for trust and change
Alastair Thompson, Peter A Stonebridge and Allan D Spigelman — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 500.

 

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Screening couples for cystic fibrosis carrier status: why are we waiting?
R John Massie, Martin B Delatycki and Agnes Bankier — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 501-502.

 

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A national sexually transmissible infections strategy: the need for an all-embracing approach
Adrian Mindel and Susan Kippax — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 502-503.

Research

 

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The Western Australian Audit of Surgical Mortality: advancing surgical accountability
James B Semmens, R James Aitken, Frank M Sanfilippo, S Aqif Mukhtar, Natasha S Haynes and Jenny A Mountain — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 504-508.

 

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Efficacy of an alcohol/chlorhexidine hand hygiene program in a hospital with high rates of nosocomial methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection
Paul D R Johnson, Rhea Martin, Laurelle J Burrell, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Susan W Kirsa, Jason O’Keeffe, Barrie C Mayall, Deidre Edmonds, Wendy Barr, Christopher Bolger, Humsha Naidoo and M Lindsay Grayson — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 509-514.

 

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Risk of complications in a second pregnancy following caesarean section in the first pregnancy: a population-based study
Lee K Taylor, Judy M Simpson, Christine L Roberts, Emily C Olive and David J Henderson-Smart — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 515-519.

 

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Empiric management of community-acquired pneumonia in Australian emergency departments
David J Maxwell, Kylie A McIntosh, Lisa K Pulver, Kylie L Easton for the CAPTION Study Group* — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 520-524.

Clinical Update

 

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Management of unprotected sexual encounters
Deborah L Couldwell — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 525-528.

For Debate

 

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Health care safety: what needs to be done?
George L Rubin and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 529-531.

Lessons from Practice

 

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Erythema induratum: a case of mistaken identity
Gary Y Chew, Christopher Henderson and John W Quin — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 534.

 

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A potentially fatal prescribing error in the treatment of paracetamol poisoning
Mark Little, Lindsay Murray, David McCoubrie and Frank F S Daly — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 535-536.

Snapshot

 

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Bezoar causing small bowel obstruction after repeated activated charcoal administration
Justin C Y Chan, Chaminda Saranasuriya and Bruce P Waxman — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 537.

MJA Practice Essentials — Sports Medicine

 

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3. Is exercise good for you?
Peter D Brukner and Wendy J Brown — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 538-541.

Matters Arising

 

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Public reporting of individual surgeon performance
Stephen Clarke, Justin G Oakley, David A Neil and Joseph E Ibrahim — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 543.

 

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Measurement, monitoring and clinical governance
Sue M Evans, Peter A Cameron, Paul Myles, Johannes Stoelwinder and John J McNeil — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 543.

 

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Optimising hospital systems comes first
Anthony P Morton — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 544.

 

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Dramatic changes for the better are already occurring
Bruce H Barraclough — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 544.

 

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It’s time to plan our future health system
Peter M Brooks — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 545.

 

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A half-day each month for quality and safety activities
R James Aitken — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 545-546.

 

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Re-inventing the wheel?
Megan A Bohensky, Joseph E Ibrahim and David L Ranson — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 546.

 

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1928 Royal Commission “The fatalities at Bundaberg”
William Coote — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 546-547.

 

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Moving forward
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 547.

Letters

 

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Community and health-care associated non-multiresistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Victoria
Benjamin P Howden, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Helen King, Maryza Graham, Paul D R Johnson, Tony M Korman, M Lindsay Grayson and Barrie C Mayall — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 548.

 

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No barriers to chlamydia testing in sexually active young women
Christopher K Fairley, Jane Hocking, Jane Gunn and Marcus Y Chen — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 548-549.

 

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Bisphosphonate-induced osteonecrosis of the jaw requires early detection and intervention
Simon D J Gibbs, John O'Grady, John F Seymour and H Miles Prince — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 549-550.

 

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Spinal cord injury register for football: already tackled?
Jesia G Berry, James E Harrison, Raymond A Cripps and Ruth Marshall || Thomas K F Taylor, David J Carmody, David A Parker, Myles R J Coolican and Robert G Cumming — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 550.

 

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Cancellation of operations on the day of intended surgery at a major Australian referral hospital
Roxanne L Wu || John P Royle — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 551.

 

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Detection of diagnostic and therapeutic radionuclides by US homeland security: a new travel hazard
Jim R Stockigt, Zita Ballok and Victor Kalff — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): 552.

Supplement: The Sustainability Of Primary Health Care Innovation

 

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Foreword
Tony Abbott — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S51.

 

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Questioning the sustainability of primary health care innovation
Beverly M Sibthorpe, Nicholas J Glasgow and Robert W Wells — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S52-S53.

 

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Implementation of a SNAP intervention in two divisions of general practice: a feasibility study
Mark F Harris, Coletta Hobbs, Gawaine Powell Davies, Sarah Simpson, Diana Bernard and Anthony Stubbs — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S54-S58.

 

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Caring for a marginalised community: the costs of engaging with culture and complexity
Gary D Rogers, Christopher A Barton, Brita A Pekarsky, Ann C Lawless, Joy M Oddy, Rebecca Hepworth and Justin J Beilby — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S59-S63.

 

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Sustainable chronic disease management in remote Australia
John Wakerman, Elizabeth M Chalmers, John S Humphreys, Christine L Clarence, Andrew I Bell, Ann Larson, David Lyle and Dennis R Pashen — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S64-S68.

 

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Sustaining an Aboriginal mental health service partnership
Jeffrey D Fuller, Lee Martinez, Kuda Muyambi, Kathy Verran, Bronwyn Ryan and Ruth Klee — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S69-S72.

 

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Exploratory economic analyses of two primary care mental health projects: implications for sustainability
Cathrine Mihalopoulos, Litza Kiropoulos, Sophy T-F Shih, Jane Gunn, Grant Blashki and Graham Meadows — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S73-S76.

 

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Emergent themes in the sustainability of primary health care innovation
Beverly M Sibthorpe, Nicholas J Glasgow and Robert W Wells — Med J Aust ; 183 (10): S77-S80.

Book Review

 

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Public expectations and physicians' responsibilities. Voices of medical humanities.
reviewed by Jill Gordon Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 532.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2005; 183 (10): 542.

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