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2 October 2006

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From the Editor's desk: Leadership and medical tribalism   Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 345.

 

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 346.

Editorials

 

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Health and medical research funding: an investment in Australia’s future
Levon M Khachigian — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 348-349.

 

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Medical staff working the night shift: can naps help?
R Doug McEvoy and Leon L Lack — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 349-350.

 

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Vertebroplasty: a promising but as yet unproven intervention for painful osteoporotic spinal fractures
Rachelle Buchbinder and Richard H Osborne — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 351-352.

 

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Rotavirus vaccine — time to act
Graeme L Barnes and Ruth F Bishop — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 352-353.

Research

 

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Rotavirus gastroenteritis in the Northern Territory, 1995–2004
Rosalie Schultz — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 354-356.

 

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A comparison of the mental health of refugees with temporary versus permanent protection visas
Shakeh Momartin, Zachary Steel, Marianio Coello, Jorge Aroche, Derrick M Silove and Robert Brooks — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 357-361.

Health Care

 

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Use of drug-eluting stents in Victorian public hospitals
Bryan P Yan, Andrew E Ajani, Stephen J Duffy, Gishel New, Mark Horrigan, Gregory Szto, Antony Walton, David Eccleston, Jeffery Lefkovits, Alexander Black, Martin Sebastian, Angela L Brennan, Christopher M Reid and David J Clark on behalf of the Melbourne Interventional Group (MIG) investigators — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 363-367.

Review

 

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Effectiveness of complementary and self-help treatments for depression in children and adolescents
Anthony F Jorm, Nicholas B Allen, Colin P O’Donnell, Ruth A Parslow, Rosemary Purcell and Amy J Morgan — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 368-372.

Viewpoint

 

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The "therapeutic footprint" of medical, complementary and alternative therapies and a doctor's duty of care
Christine R Sanderson, Bogda Koczwara and David C Currow — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 373-376.

 

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Integrating complementary therapies into mainstream cancer care: which way forward?
Monica C Robotin and Andrew G Penman — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 377-379.

From Bench to Bedside

 

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Alzheimer’s disease and frontotemporal dementia: prospects of a tailored therapy?
Jürgen Götz, Lars M Ittner and Nicole Schonrock — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 381-384.

Notable Cases

 

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Accidental death from acute selenium poisoning
Katharine A See, Peter S Lavercombe, Jasmine Dillon and Riesa Ginsberg — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 388-389.

Personal Perspective

 

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Royal Darwin Hospital Emergency Department, Monday 14 October 2002: a medical student’s memoir
David E Chapman — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 390-391.

MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy

 

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4. Food allergy in childhood
Katrina J Allen, David J Hill and Ralf G Heine — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 394-400.

 

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Eosinophilic oesophagitis
Alyson Kakakios and Ralf G Heine — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 401.

Letters

 

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Decline in meningitis admissions in young children: vaccines make a difference
Hannah C Moore and Deborah Lehmann — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 404.

 

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Increase in caesarean section rates among low-risk women in Queensland, 1990–2004
Trisha C Johnston and Michael D Coory — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 404-405.

 

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Nephrotic-range proteinuria in the obese patient
Andy K H Lim — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 405-406.

 

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Do advance care directives improve acute care services for older people?
Andrew W Holt and Alnis E Vedig — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 406.

 

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Barriers to student access to patients in a group of teaching hospitals
Sarah J Abrahamson — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 406-407.

 

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Birth centre trials are unreliable
Kathleen M Fahy and Sally Tracy || Andrew F Pesce — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 407.

 

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Research is needed before GPs can engage in “positive” family planning
Angela M Cooney — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 408.

Corrections

 

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2. Anaphylaxis: diagnosis and management
Simon G A Brown, Raymond J Mullins and Michael S Gold — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 400.

 

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The burden of chronic kidney disease in Australian patients with type 2 diabetes (the NEFRON study)
Merlin C Thomas, Andrew J Weekes, Olivia J Broadley, Mark E Cooper and Tim H Mathew — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 408.

 

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Potential for organ donation in Victoria: an audit of hospital deaths
Helen I Opdam and William Silvester — Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 408.

Book reviews

 

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SARS. How a global epidemic was stopped
Reviewed by Peter A Cameron Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 376.

 

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Manual of travel medicine: a pre-travel guide for health care practitioners
reviewed by Nicholas A Zwar Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 386.

 

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Tolkein II — a needs-based, costed stepped-care model for mental health services
reviewed by Stephen J Duckett Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 386.

 

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New thinking about mental health and employment
reviewed by Nicholas A Keks Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 387.

Columns

 

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 402.


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