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Volume 193 Issue 5

6 September 2010

From the editor’s desk

Dying in Australia

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 249 Free

In This Issue

Ann T Gregory

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 250 Free

Editorials

Hospital capacity: what is the measure and what is the goal?

Sally M McCarthy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 252-253

Mandatory performance reporting as part of health care reform: but where are the clinical data?

Leonie M Watterson, Ross B Holland, Jan M Davies and Clifford F Hughes

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 253-254

Influenza vaccination of the egg-allergic individual

Raymond J Mullins, Andrew Kemp and Michael Gold

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 254-255

Australia’s health 2010: an overview of infectious diseases

Sanjaya N Senanayake

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 256-257

Research

Late mortality and second cancers in an Australian cohort of childhood cancer survivors

Carmen L Wilson, Richard J Cohn, Karen A Johnston and Lesley J Ashton

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 258-261 Free

International medical students and migration: the missing dimension in Australian workforce planning?

Lesleyanne Hawthorne and Jan Hamilton

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 262-265 Free

Brain abnormalities detected on magnetic resonance imaging of amphetamine users presenting to an emergency department: a pilot study

Daniel M Fatovich, David L McCoubrie, Swithin J Song, David M Rosen, Nick D Lawn and Frank F Daly

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 266-268 Free

Public health

How much is too much? Alcohol consumption and related harm in the Northern Territory

Steven J Skov, Tanya N Chikritzhs, Shu Q Li, Sabine Pircher and Steven Whetton

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 269-272 Free

Medicine and the law

Legal aspects of open disclosure: a review of Australian law

David M Studdert and Mark W Richardson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 273-276 Free

Medical education

Perceptions of preparation for further training: how our medical schools prepare graduates and the perceived factors influencing access to training

Sarah J Hyde, Pippa L Craig, Ann J Sefton, Greg L Ryan, Stephanie J Arnold and Vasi Naganathan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 277-280 Free

Health care

Outcomes of appendicectomy in an acute care surgery model

Robert C Gandy, Phillip G Truskett, Shing W Wong, Sanchia Smith, Michael H Bennett and Andrew D Parasyn

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 281-284 Free

Changes in serial laboratory test results in snakebite patients: when can we safely exclude envenoming?

Graham Ireland, Simon G A Brown, Nicholas A Buckley, Jeff Stormer, Bart J Currie, Julian White, David Spain and Geoffrey K Isbister

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 285-290 Free

For debate

Hospital bed occupancy: more than queuing for a bed

Andrew D Keegan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 291-293 Free

Medicine and the community

Serious morbidity associated with misuse of over-the-counter codeine–ibuprofen analgesics: a series of 27 cases

Matthew Y Frei, Suzanne Nielsen, Malcolm D H Dobbin and Claire L Tobin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 294-296 Free

Viewpoint

Myths of ideal hospital size

Rodney P Jones

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 298-300 Free

Hospital beds: a primer for counting and comparing

Andrew Wilson, Gerard J FitzGerald and Susan Mahon

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 302-304 Free

Lessons from practice

Posterior scleritis mimicking orbital cellulitis

Michael Rossiter-Thornton, Lia Rossiter-Thornton, Raf Ghabrial and Domit A Azar

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 305-306 Free

Letters

Closing the gap — better health intelligence is required

Anthony D Merritt, April R Roberts-Witteveen and David N Durrheim

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309 Free

Iodine deficiency in Australia: is iodine supplementation for pregnant and lactating women warranted?

Warwick P Anderson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309-311

Iodine deficiency in Australia: is iodine supplementation for pregnant and lactating women warranted?

Shao J Zhou, Sheila A Skeaff, Philip Ryan and Maria Makrides

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309-311

Iodine deficiency in Australia: is iodine supplementation for pregnant and lactating women warranted?

Gisselle Gallego, Stephen Goodall and Creswell J Eastman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309-311

Myths of ideal hospital occupancy

Christopher A Bain

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 311

Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence–practice gaps in Australian general practice

Mark R Nelson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 311-312

Ask patients about their internet use

Cherrie A Galletly

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 312

Supplement

Anxiety, depression and cancer

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): Open Access

Book review

Doctor at war

David A K Watters

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 304

Awards

MJA/Wyeth Award 2009

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 307

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Prize: a public and personal dialogue

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 307

Columns

In Other Journals

Alison Williams

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 308