eMJA: Contents - 19 July 2010

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19 July 2010

Editorials

Has the investment in general practice research been worthwhile?
Christopher B Del Mar and Mieke L van Driel — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 66-67.

For love or money? Changing the way GPs are paid to provide diabetes care
Doris Young, Anthony Scott and James D Best — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 67-68.

General practice and e-health reform
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 69.

Postcard from the UK

Pressures on UK general practice
Roger H Jones — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 70.

Health Reform

General practice and the Australian Government’s National Health Reform Plan
Michael R Kidd — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 71-74.

Divisions of General Practice: will they transform, or die? — For Debate
Philip K Davies — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 75-77.

Health reform and the Medical Journal of Australia — Research
Elizabeth C Kalucy and Eleanor M Jackson Bowers — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 78-79.

Decline with a capital D: long-term changes in general practice consultation patterns across Australia — Research
Michael J Taylor, Dell Horey, Charles Livingstone and Hal Swerissen — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 80-83.

Ascendancy with a capital A: the practice nurse and short general practice consultations — Commentary
Helena C Britt, Salma Fahridin and Graeme C Miller — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 84-85.

Are general practitioners becoming coordinators and managers, not clinicians? — Letter
James A Best — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 85.

Meeting local complex health needs by building the capacity of general practice: the University of Queensland GP super clinic model — Viewpoint
Jared M Dart, Claire L Jackson, Helen J Chenery, Paul N Shaw and David Wilkinson — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 86-89.

The Australian Primary Care Collaboratives: an Australian general practice success story
Dale R Ford and Andrew W Knight — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 90-91.

Workforce and Education

Interprofessional education for interprofessional practice: does it make a difference? — Editorial
Leon Piterman, Jennifer M Newton and Benedict J Canny — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 92-93.

Good medical practice: professionalism, ethics and law — Book Review
reviewed by Bernadette M Tobin — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 93.

Professional satisfaction in general practice: does it vary by size of community? — Research
Matthew R McGrail, John S Humphreys, Anthony Scott, Catherine M Joyce and Guyonne Kalb — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 94-98.

General practice as a career: insights for workforce policy — Viewpoint
Lesley M Piko and Christine B Phillips — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 99-100.

In Clinical Practice

Improving implementation of evidence-based prevention in primary care — Editorial
Danielle Mazza and Mark F Harris — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 101-102.

General practice nursing — Book Review
reviewed by James A Best and Sylvia M Lavis — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 103.

Diagnostic tests: how do you walk the line? — Letter
Joe M Kosterich — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 103.

Do spirometry and regular follow-up improve health outcomes in general practice patients with asthma or COPD? A cluster randomised controlled trial — Research
Michael J Abramson, Rosa L Schattner, Nabil D Sulaiman, Kate E Birch, Pam P Simpson, Eleonora A Del Colle, Rosalie A Aroni, Rory Wolfe and Francis C K Thien — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 104-109.

Evidence of increasing frequency of herpes zoster management in Australian general practice since the introduction of a varicella vaccine — Research
Mark R Nelson, Helena C Britt and Christopher M Harrison — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 110-113.

Are rates of pathology test ordering higher in general practices co-located with pathology collection centres? — Research
David M Studdert, Helena C Britt, Ying Pan, Salma Fahridin, Clare F Bayram and Lyle C Gurrin — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 114-119.

Potential implications of genomic medicine in general practice — Review
Frank M Sullivan, Pauline M Lockhart and Timothy P Usherwood — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 120-123.

Palliative care beyond that for cancer in Australia — Viewpoint
Geoffrey K Mitchell, Claire E Johnson, Keri Thomas and Scott A Murray — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 124-126.

Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence–practice gaps in Australian general practice — Letters
Peter J Radford || Emma L Heeley, Craig S Anderson, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, David P Peiris and John P Chalmers — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 127-128.

How my uncle broke his back — Poem
Richard Bronson — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 89.

Obituary — Charles Bridges-Webb
Michael R Kidd, Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller and Deborah C Saltman — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 123.

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