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From the Editor's Desk: Preoccupation with doctors   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 129.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 130.

Editorials

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Tuberculosis: the dis-ease that didn’t dis-appear
Ivan Bastian and Vicki L Krause — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 131-132.

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In the long run, skills are as good as pills for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Joseph M Rey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 133-134.

Research

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Clinical outcomes of Queensland children with cystic fibrosis: a comparison between tertiary centre and outreach services
Clare L Thomas, Peter K O’Rourke and Claire E Wainwright — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 135-139.

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Risk of suicide in cancer patients in Western Australia, 1981–2002
Nigel R C Dormer, Kieran A McCaul and Linda J Kristjanson — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 140-143.

Public Health

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Tuberculosis in illegal foreign fishermen: whose public health are we protecting?
Natalie J Gray, Meredith Hansen-Knarhoi and Vicki L Krause — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 144-147.

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Evidence of primary transmission of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea
Christopher M Gilpin, Graham Simpson, Stephen Vincent, Terry P O’Brien, Trevor A Knight, Maria Globan, Christopher Coulter and Anastasios Konstantinos — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 148-152.

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Recurrence of tuberculosis at a Sydney chest clinic between 1994 and 2006: reactivation or reinfection?
Claudia C Dobler, Guy B Marks, Sheila E Simpson and A B Hamish Crawford — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 153-155.

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Methaemoglobinaemia following ingestion of a commonly available food additive
Peter Maric, Sayed S Ali, Leon G Heron, David Rosenfeld and Matthew Greenwood — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 156-158.

Snapshot

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Cryoglobulins
Herman H Lee and Chi-hung Hui — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 158.

Health Care

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Defining remote medical practice
Janie D Smith, Stephen A Margolis, Jeff Ayton, Victoria Ross, Elizabeth Chalmers, Patrick Giddings, Louise Baker, Martin Kelly and Catherine Love — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 159-161.

Viewpoint

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To routinely offer testing for HIV infection in all cases of tuberculosis: a rational clinical approach?
Carol R Emerson and Jeffrey J Post — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 162-163.

Lessons from Practice

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Joined at the hip: rheumatoid arthritis and tuberculosis
David Massasso, Kevin Lee, Praneal Sharma and Fredrick Joshua — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 164-165.

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Granulomatous hepatitis: tuberculosis or not?
Eu Jin Lim, Paul D R Johnson, Peter Crowley and Paul J Gow — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 166-167.

Clinical Update

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Tumour necrosis factor α inhibitors: screening for tuberculosis infection in inflammatory bowel disease
Arun Gupta, Alan C Street and Finlay A Macrae — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 168-170.

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The prevention and management of herpes zoster
Anthony L Cunningham, Judith Breuer, Dominic E Dwyer, David W Gronow, Robert D Helme, John C Litt, Myron J Levin and C Raina MacIntyre — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 171-176.

Medical Education

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Vocational career paths of graduate entry medical students at Flinders University: a comparison of rural, remote and tertiary tracks
Paul Worley, Anne Martin, David Prideaux, Richard Woodman, Elizabeth Worley and Michael Lowe — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 177-178.

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Medical schools can cooperate: a new joint venture to provide medical education in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales
Sue L Page, Hudson H Birden, J Nicky Hudson, Jill E Thistlethwaite, Chris Roberts, Ian Wilson, John Bushnell, John Hogg, S Ben Freedman and Neville Yeomans — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 179-181.

For Debate

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“Let’s not talk about sex”: reconsidering the public health approach to sexually transmissible infections in remote Indigenous populations in Australia
Francis J Bowden and Katherine Fethers — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 182-184.

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Mohamed Y Rady, Joseph L Verheijde and Joan L McGregor — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 186.

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James Tibballs — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 186-187.

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Judith R Kennedy — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 187-188.

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Wendy A Rogers and Bernadette J Richards — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 188.

Letters

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The first 100 days: an open letter to the new Minister for Health and Ageing
David N Durrheim, Mark Wenitong, Clare Huppatz and George Rubin — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 189.

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Will Australian rural clinical schools be an effective workforce strategy? Early indications of their positive effect on intern choice and rural career interest
Denese E Playford, Harriet Denz-Penhey, Lesley Skinner and J Campbell Murdoch — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 190.

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Tuberculosis in children: a tertiary centre perspective
Paul D Robinson, Dianne Dalton, Terri Cripps, Nicholas J Wood, Alison M Kesson and David Isaacs — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 190-191.

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It’s not a tsunami — sea-levels are on the rise
Andrew W Perry — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 191-192.

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 185.

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