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From the Editor's Desk: Centralising the blame game   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 1.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 2.

Editorials

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change
Peter J Collignon, M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 4-5.

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Towards the appropriate use of diagnostic imaging
Richard M Mendelson and Conor P J Murray — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 5-6.

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Model for a single ethical and scientific review of multicentre research in New South Wales
Helen E Fraser, Ainsley E Martlew and Deborah J Frew — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 7-8.

Research

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Trends in medication use for asthma in school-entry children in the Australian Capital Territory, 2000–2005
Christine B Phillips, Helen Toyne, Karen Ciszek, Robyn G Attewell and Marjan Kljakovic — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 10-13.

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The relationship between compensable status and long-term patient outcomes following orthopaedic trauma
Belinda J Gabbe, Peter A Cameron, Owen D Williamson, Elton R Edwards, Stephen E Graves and Martin D Richardson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 14-17.

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Sustainable antenatal care services in an urban Indigenous community: the Townsville experience
Kathryn S Panaretto, Melvina R Mitchell, Lynette Anderson, Sarah L Larkins, Vivienne Manessis, Petra G Buettner and David Watson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 18-22.

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A Quality Use of Medicines program for general practitioners and older people: a cluster randomised controlled trial
Sabrina W Pit, Julie E Byles, David A Henry, Lucy Holt, Vibeke Hansen and Deborah A Bowman — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 23-30.

For Debate

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Pay for performance in health care: strategic issues for Australian experiments
Ian A Scott — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 31-35.

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Point-of-care tests for lower respiratory tract infections
Patrick G P Charles and M Lindsay Grayson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 36-39.

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Point-of-care testing for community-acquired pneumonia: do we have all the answers?
Dominic E Dwyer and Vitali Sintchenko — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 40-42.

Improving Practice

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Use of thoracic computed tomography by general practitioners
Graham Simpson and Garry S Hartrick — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 43-46.

Viewpoint

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Alcohol and hepatitis C
John M Duggan and Anne E Duggan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 47-48.

Snapshot

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A web of dysphagia
Sandeep Chauhan, Atul Sachdev, Sanjay D’Cruz, Ram Singh and Sandeep Singla — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 51.

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Gary K Hulse and Robert J Tait — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 54.

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Moira G-B Sim — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 54.

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Colin L Brewer — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 55.

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Robert G Batey — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 55.

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Nikolaj Kunøe and Helge Waal — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 56.

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Eric Khong and Winston Choy — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 56.

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Amy E Gibson, Louisa J Degenhardt and Wayne D Hall — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 56-57.

Letters

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Cost of hepatitis A vaccine: $70. Mounting your own antibody response to hepatitis A before your overseas holiday: priceless
Jake Shortt, Denis Spelman and Erica M Wood — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 58.

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Intradermal rabies vaccine
Anthony Gherardin and Sonny Lau — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 58-59.

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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension: an easily treated headache
Mohamed Asif Chinnaratha, Ronald A Criddle and Paul J Graziotti — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 59.

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Australian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes have low vitamin D levels
Ristan M Greer, Meredith A Rogers, Francis G Bowling, Helen M Buntain, Mark Harris, Gary M Leong and Andrew M Cotterill — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 59-60.

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Revisiting the metabolic syndrome
Tomi-Pekka Tuomainen || Gerard T Chew, Seng Khee Gan and Gerald F Watts — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 61.

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Genotype and adverse drug reactions to warfarin
Keith A Byron and Anthony E Dear — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 61-62.

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Lack of consistency in safe-sleeping messages to parents
Roger W Byard, Glenda Cains, Helen Noblet and Maxine Weber — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 62.

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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: an eponymous ulcer
Derek H Meyers || Paul D R Johnson and John A Hayman — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 63.

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Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in Brazil
Vitorino M dos Santos, Flávio L Noronha, Érica C Vicentina and Camila C Lima — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 63-64.

Departments

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Poem: The Time Eaters
Richard Bronson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 46.

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MJA/Wyeth Award 2006
Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 50.

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Book Review: The motor neurone disease handbook
reviewed by John King — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 50.

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Correction: Ototoxic ear drops with grommet and tympanic membrane perforations: a position statement
Robert J Black, Vince C Cousins, Peter Chapman, Zoran Becvarovski, Harvey L C Coates, Stephen J O’Leary, Christopher F Perry and Brian J Williams — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 62.

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 52.

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