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From the Editor's Desk: Time for another medical revolution   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 433.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 434.

Editorials

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An end to suppressing public health information
C D’Arcy J Holman — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 435-436.

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Another inquiry into public hospitals?
Joanne F Travaglia, Jane E Lloyd and Jeffrey Braithwaite — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 437-438.

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Ensuring the safety of new medications and devices: are naltrexone implants safe?
Alex D Wodak, Robert Ali, David Henry and Lloyd Sansom — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 438-439.

Research

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Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants
Nicholas Lintzeris, Soung Lee, Lucinda Scopelliti, James Mabbutt and Paul S Haber — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 441-444.

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Metformin and lactic acidosis in an Australian community setting: the Fremantle Diabetes Study
Niklaus Kamber, Wendy A Davis, David G Bruce and Timothy M E Davis — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 446-449.

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Impact of specialty on attitudes of Australian medical practitioners to end-of-life decisions
Malcolm H Parker, Colleen M Cartwright and Gail M Williams — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 450-456.

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Concordance between real-time telemedicine assessments and face-to-face consultations in paediatric otolaryngology
Anthony C Smith, Samuel Dowthwaite, Julie Agnew and Richard Wootton — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 457-460.

Medical Education

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Changes to the University of Sydney medical curriculum
Kerry J Goulston and R Kim Oates — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 461-463.

Consensus Statement

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Nationally consistent assessment of international medical graduates
Rick McLean and Jan Bennett on behalf of the Implementation and Technical Committees, under the auspices of the Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 464-468.

Viewpoint

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The Royal North Shore Hospital inquiry: an analysis of the recommendations and the implications for quality and safety in Australian public hospitals
Anthony P Joseph and Stephen N Hunyor — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 469-472.

Bites and Stings — Research

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Current use of Australian snake antivenoms and frequency of immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions and anaphylaxis
Geoffrey K Isbister, Simon G Brown, Ellen MacDonald, Julian White and Bart J Currie, for the Australian Snakebite Project Investigators — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 473-476.

For Debate

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The way we treat each other
Rob Moodie — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 477-480.

Public Health

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Bystander basic life support: an important link in the chain of survival for children suffering a drowning or near-drowning episode
Jeanette Marchant, Nicholas G Cheng, Lawrence T Lam, Fiona E Fahy, S V Soundappan, Danny T Cass and Gary J Browne — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 484-485.

Matters Arising — Tissue plasminogen activator for acute ischaemic stroke

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Contents — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 488-490.

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James C Hurley — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 488.

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Gino J Toncich — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489.

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Daniel M Fatovich — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489.

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Julia J Batmanian, Meeyin Lam, Caitlin Matthews, Andrew Finckh, Martin Duffy, Robert Wright, Bruce J Brew and Romesh Markus — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 489-490.

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Stephen M Davis, Peter J Hand and Geoffrey A Donnan — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 490.

Letters

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Early intervention in youth mental health
David A Sholl || Patrick D McGorry, Ian B Hickie, Anthony F Jorm and Rosemary Purcell — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 492-493.

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Why are community psychiatric services in Australia doing it so hard?
James D Hundertmark — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 493.

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Sternal fracture in an Australian Rules footballer
Robert J Douglas — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 493-494.

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Intervening early to reduce developmentally harmful substance use among youth populations
Vania Modesto-Lowe, Nancy M Petry and Melissa McCartney — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 494-495.

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Health technology assessment in Australia
Brendon J Kearney and Stephen L Blamey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 495.

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Barrett’s oesophagus and columnar metaplasia: saying what we mean
Andrew A Thomson || Norman J Carr — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 495-496.

Supplement

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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension
Edward Hoey, Guneesh Dadayal, Sashidhar Yeluri, Neetu Kumar and Kshitij Mankad — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 486.

Obituary

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Thomas Stapleton
Michael S Gracey — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 463.

Book Reviews

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Handbook of advanced cancer care
Reviewed by Raymond M Lowenthal — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 468.

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Palliative care: core skills and clinical competencies
Reviewed by Paul A Glare — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 482.

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Transexual and other disorders of gender identity: a practical guide to management
Reviewed by William A W Walters — Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 482.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 487.

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