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3/17 December 2007

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Journal Activities

 

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MJA 2007: gaining momentum
Ruth Armstrong — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 604-606.

Editorials

 

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It’s time for change and resolve
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 607-608.

 

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The first 100 days: an open letter to the new Minister for Health
Lesley Russell, Stephen R Leeder, Bruce K Armstrong, James A Gillespie and George L Rubin — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 608-609.

Conference Report

 

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4th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention
Lisa Maher, Gilda Tachedjian, Jennifer F Hoy, Iona Millwood, Rebecca J Guy, Nick M Walsh, John J Zaunders, Anthony Jaworowski and John M Kaldor — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 610-612.

Northern Territory Intervention

 

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The Northern Territory Emergency Response: a chance to heal Australia’s worst sore
William J H Glasson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 614-616.

 

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The Aboriginal Medical Services Alliance Northern Territory: engaging with the intervention to improve primary health care
John D Boffa, Andrew I Bell, Tanya E Davies, John Paterson and David E Cooper — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 617-618.

 

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Protecting little children’s health — or not?
Peter W Tait — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 619-620.

 

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In the name of the children — Book Review
David J Scrimgeour — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 620.

 

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The Northern Territory intervention: voices from the centre of the fringe
Alex Brown and Ngiare J Brown — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 621-623.

 

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Shamed by the lack of a meaningful dialogue — Book Review
Nicole Watson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 623.

Emergency Medicine

 

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Emergency department overcrowding: dying to get in? — Editorial
George Braitberg — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 624-625.

 

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Characteristics and outcomes of patients who “did not wait” after attending Perth public hospital emergency departments, 2000–2003 — Research
Jacqui Hall and George A Jelinek — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 626-629.

 

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Deck the halls with rows of trolleys . . . emergency departments are busiest over the Christmas holiday period — Research
Wei Zheng, David J Muscatello and Adam C Chan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 630-633.

 

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Inside the emergency department
Clare A Skinner — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 634-635.

 

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Cardiac arrest and chewing gum — an unfortunate combination — Letters
Angus G Thompson, Shakeeb Razak and Rohan Jayasinghe — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 635.

 

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Health care down the drain — Letters
Andrew A Mahony and Stephen F Wilson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 636.

Research Enterprise

 

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Sharing the secrets of success: conversations with the Medical Journal of Australia / Wyeth Research Award winners, 1995–2006
Ann T Gregory, Ruth M Armstrong, Tanya D Grassi and Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 637-644.

 

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The forgotten successes and sacrifices of Charles Kellaway, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1923–1944
Peter G Hobbins and Kenneth D Winkel — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 645-648.

The World Today

 

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The Oxford Health Alliance: a risky business?
Ruth Colagiuri, Stig Pramming and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 652-653.

 

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What are governments for?
Martin McKee and Ruth Colagiuri — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 654-655.

 

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Is caffeine in soft drinks really necessary? — Letters
Lynn Riddell and Russell S Keast — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 655.

 

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Can food and beverage companies help improve population health? Some insights from PepsiCo
Derek Yach, Antonio Lucio and Carlos Barroso — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 656-657.

 

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The way we live in our cities
Anthony G Capon — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 658-661.

 

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Morbidity and mortality during heatwaves in metropolitan Adelaide — Research
Monika Nitschke, Graeme R Tucker and Peng Bi — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 662-665.

 

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Arthroplasty tourism
Ian K Cheung and Anthony Wilson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 666-667.

 

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Personal carbon trading: a potential “stealth intervention” for obesity reduction? — Letters
Barry N J Walters || Garry Egger — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 668.

 

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Ingredient and nutrition information labelling of alcoholic beverages: do consumers want it? — Letters
Kypros Kypri, Alexandra McManus, Peter M Howat, Bruce R Maycock, Jonathan D Hallett and Tanya N Chikritzhs — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 669.

Crisis

 

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Mitigating the health impacts of a natural disaster — the June 2007 long-weekend storm in the Hunter region of New South Wales
Michelle A Cretikos, Tony D Merritt, Kelly Main, Keith Eastwood, Linda Winn, Lucille Moran and David N Durrheim — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 670-673.

 

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A food “lifeboat”: food and nutrition considerations in the event of a pandemic or other catastrophe
Anna Haug, Jennie C Brand-Miller, Olav A Christophersen, Jennifer McArthur, Flavia Fayet and Stewart Truswell — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 674-676.

 

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Hospital pandemic preparedness: health care workers’ opinions on working during a pandemic — Letters
Rhonda L Stuart and Elizabeth E Gillespie — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 676.

Power of One

 

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The deaf and doctors: a shepherd’s two flocks
Bruce D Shepherd — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 678-680.

 

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Reaching out with a hand of help
Phoebe C M Williams — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 681-683.

Medical Education

 

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Education programs at the new Australian School of Advanced Medicine at Macquarie University
Rufus Clarke and Michael K Morgan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 685-687.

 

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Medical specialist education and training in Australia
Peter D Phelan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 687-688.

 

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Patient privacy and Latin — Letters
Keith S Jones || Max Kamien — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 688.

History

 

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Snow — at Christmas
Caroline M de Costa — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 690-692.

 

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An outbreak of illness in poultry and humans in 16th century Indonesia
Sanjaya N Senanayake and Brett C Baker — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 693-695.

Christmas Offerings

 

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The colonoscope strikes back: a diverticular Darth Vader — Snapshot
Anthony F T Brown, Andrew Bryant — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 629.

 

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“Australian” lymphoma — Snapshot
Colin K F Tan and Tim Y Demetriades — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 644.

 

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A beginner’s guide to criticism
Edzard Ernst — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 649.

 

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On the breeding of coauthors: just call me Al
Gordon B Parker — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 650-651.

 

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Memoria manuum — handprints
Donald D’Arcy Webling — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 651.

 

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Clinical examination is still good: suck it and see — Snapshot
Celia M Zubrinich, Christine F McDonald, Simon R Knight and Fergal J O’Donoghue — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 692.

 

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Recently in the emergency department: chest x-ray of a repeatedly resuscitated object — Snapshot
Wolfgang Lederer, Martin Breiteneder, Michael Rieger and Christoph J Schlimp — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 695.

 

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Doctors in satirical prints and cartoons
H Reginald Magee — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 696-700.

 

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We three kings and Christmas trees: pharmacotherapy from presents and diseases from decorations
Stuart M Smith and B James McCallum — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 701-702.

 

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Teaching Tamil Tigers — True Stories
John S Whitehall — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 703-705.

 

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The fight for a life-saving drug: a personal perspective — True Stories
Mary Lander — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 706-708.

 

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From the diary of a novice physician
David Isaacs, Stephen Isaacs and Dominic A Fitzgerald — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 710-711.

Departments

 

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Peer review: where science meets the arts of war, politics and ancient history — Quotable Quotes
Ann T Gregory — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 684.

 

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2007 MJA Christmas Competition
Tanya Grassi — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 689.

 

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A starry sky in the brain — Snapshot
Vinay Kapur, Jeet Ram Kashyap, Ravinder Kaur and Atul Sachdev — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 709.

 

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Paintings through the medical lens — Book Review
James A Best — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 709.

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