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20 October 2008

From the Editor's Desk: Armchair reform Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 417.

In This Issue . . . Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 418.

Editorials

Humanising doctors: what can the medical humanities offer?
J Jill Gordon — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 420-421.

High-density lipoproteins: the next frontier in lipid management
Sanjay Patel — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 421-422.

Research

Outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary Australian practice: insights from a large multicentre registry
Andrew E Ajani, Christopher M Reid, Stephen J Duffy, Nick Andrianopoulos, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Alexander Black, Gishel New, Robert Lew, James A Shaw, Bryan P Yan, Ronen Gurvitch, Ali Al-Fiadh, Angela L Brennan and David J Clark — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 423-428.

Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care
Debbie A Quain, Mark W Parsons, Allan R Loudfoot, Neil J Spratt, Malcolm K Evans, Michelle L Russell, Angela T Royan, Andrea G Moore, Ferdinand Miteff, Carolyn J Hullick, John Attia, Patrick McElduff and Christopher R Levi — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 429-433.

Public Health

Recent increases in mumps incidence in Australia: the “forgotten” age group in the 1998 Australian Measles Control Campaign
Padmasiri E Aratchige, Peter B McIntyre, Helen E Quinn and Gwendolyn L Gilbert — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 434-437.

The epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in African refugee children resettled in Australia
Sarah Cherian, David Forbes, Frank Sanfilippo, Angus Cook and David Burgner — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 438-441.

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program
Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo, Vivien A Hammond, Stephanie T Coulter and Adrienne C Kirby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 442-445.

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program — a postscript
Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo and Adrienne C Kirby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 446.

Medicine and the Community

Chronic disease and labour force participation among older Australians
Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra N Shrestha, Megan E Passey, Arul Earnest and Susan L Fletcher — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 447-450.

Health Reform

A robust clinical review process: the catalyst for clinical governance in an Australian tertiary hospital
Imogen A Mitchell, Bobby Antoniou, Judith L Gosper, John Mollett, Mark D Hurwitz and Tracey L Bessell — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 451-455.

Clinical Update

Mumps: a resurgent disease with protean manifestations
Sanjaya N Senanayake — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 456-459.

Viewpoint

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Soren Sondergaard — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 460-462.

Commentary

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists
Leona F Wilson — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 463.

Notable Cases

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma following infliximab therapy for Crohn’s disease
Musa Drini, Peter J Prichard, Gregor J E Brown and Finlay A Macrae — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 464-465.

Snapshot

Impacted fishbone in Meckel diverticulum
Uei Pua — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 417.

Letters

Trimethylaminuria (fish malodour syndrome): a “benign” genetic condition with major psychosocial sequelae
Helen Mountain, Joanna M Brisbane, Amanda J Hooper, John R Burnett and Jack Goldblatt — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 468.

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants
D Martyn Lloyd-Jones || Mark Little and Lindsay M Murray || Michael P W Kozminsky || Colin L Brewer || Nicholas Lintzeris — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 468-471.

Medication self-administration by patients: a way to prevent errors?
Frank T Formby — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 471.

Physician on call: Sweden compared with Australia
Henrik Falhammar — Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 471-472.

Columns

In Other Journals Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 466.

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