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From the Editor's Desk: Good manners and doctors   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 1.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 2.

Editorials

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Sustaining health reform
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 3-4.

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Clinical stroke guidelines: where to now?
Craig S Anderson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 4-5.

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The changing landscape for cervical screening
Annabelle Farnsworth — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 6-7.

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Bone density and fracture risk
B E Christopher Nordin, Richard L Prince and Graeme R R Tucker — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 7-8.

Research

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Outcomes of patients with transient ischaemic attack after hospital admission or discharge from the emergency department
Elias E Kehdi, Dennis J Cordato, Peter R Thomas, Roy G Beran, Cecilia Cappelen-Smith, Neil C Griffith, Ibrahim Y Hanna, Alan J McDougall, John M Worthington and Suzanne J Hodgkinson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 9-12.

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High prevalence of tinea capitis in newly arrived migrants at an English-language school, Melbourne, 2005
Michelle E McPherson, Alan J Woodgyer, Kleete Simpson and Alvin H Chong — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 13-16.

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The increasing problem of motorcycle injuries in children and adolescents
Catherine A Bevan, Franz E Babl, Penny Bolt and Lisa N Sharwood — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 17-20.

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Data-mining of medication records to improve asthma management
Bonnie J Bereznicki, Gregory M Peterson, Shane L Jackson, E Haydn Walters, Kimbra D Fitzmaurice and Peter R Gee — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 21-25.

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The effect of socioeconomic status on outcomes for seriously ill patients: a linked data cohort study
Kwok M Ho, Geoffrey J Dobb, Matthew Knuiman, Judith Finn and Steven A Webb — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 26-30.

Health Care

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Beyond the blame game
Christine C Bennett — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 31-32.

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Health care reform: looking back to go ahead
Richard F Southby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 33-34.

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Measurement for improvement: a survey of current practice in Australian public hospitals
Caroline A Brand, Joanne Tropea, Joseph E Ibrahim, Shaymaa O Elkadi, Christopher A Bain, David I Ben-Tovim, Tracey K Bucknall, Peter B Greenberg and Allan D Spigelman — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 35-40.

Awards

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Award winners at the 2008 AMA National Conference
Ruth M Armstrong, Martin B Van Der Weyden and Bronwyn Gaut — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 41.

Snapshot

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Acute colonic pseudo-obstruction (Ogilvie syndrome) with Chilaiditi syndrome
Shobhit Mathur, Om J Lakhani, Virsing P Hathila, Dipesh D Duttaroy, Anis S Vohra and Himesh R Chauhan — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 42.

Public Health

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Invasive pneumococcal disease in Indigenous people in north Queensland: an update, 2005–2007
Jeffrey N Hanna, Jan L Humphreys and Denise M Murphy — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 43-46.

Book Reviews

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Suburban shaman: tales from medicine's frontline
Reviewed by Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 42.

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Girl stuff. Your full-on guide to the teen years
Reviewed by Melissa S L Kang — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 49.

Letters

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Reducing the paperwork for residential aged-care facility waiting lists
Aine G Greene, Bernadette Kenny and David C Currow — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 50.

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Commercialism, choice and consumer protection: regulation of complementary medicines in Australia
Nigel A Pollard || Antonino Santoro || Vicki Kotsirilos || C Scott Masters || Ken J Harvey, Viola S Korczak, Loretta J Marron and David B Newgreen — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 50-53.

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Pregnant women with fetal abnormalities: the forgotten people in the abortion debate
Edward D Watt || Simon B Gerber and John T Wenham || Lachlan J de Crespigny and Julian Savulescu — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 53-55.

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Calcium supplementation does not increase mortality
Mark J Bolland, Andrew B Grey and Ian R Reid || Benjamin M P Tang and B E Christopher Nordin — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 55-56.

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Apical lung hernia
George R Crowe — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 56.

Corrections

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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; 189 (1): 56.

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Misleading advertising of PI-based drug information?
Jim R Stockigt — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 56.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 47.

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