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From the Editor’s Desk: Dying in australia   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 249.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 250.

Editorials

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Hospital capacity: what is the measure and what is the goal?
Sally M McCarthy — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 252-253.

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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.

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Influenza vaccination of the egg-allergic individual
Raymond J Mullins, Andrew Kemp and Michael Gold — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 254-255.

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Australia’s health 2010: an overview of infectious diseases
Sanjaya N Senanayake — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 256-257.

Research

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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.

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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.

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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.

Public Health

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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.

Medicine and the Law

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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.

Medical Education

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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.

Health Care

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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.

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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 for the Australian Snakebite Project Investigators — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 285-290.

For Debate

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Hospital bed occupancy: more than queuing for a bed
Andrew D Keegan — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 291-293.

Medicine and the Community

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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.

Viewpoint

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Myths of ideal hospital size
Rodney P Jones — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 298-300.

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Hospital beds: a primer for counting and comparing
Andrew Wilson, Gerard J FitzGerald and Susan Mahon — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 302-304.

Lessons from Practice

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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.

Letters

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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.

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Iodine deficiency in Australia: is iodine supplementation for pregnant and lactating women warranted?
Warwick P Anderson || Shao J Zhou, Sheila A Skeaff, Philip Ryan and Maria Makrides || Gisselle Gallego, Stephen Goodall and Creswell J Eastman — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 309-311.

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Myths of ideal hospital occupancy
Christopher A Bain — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 311.

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Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence–practice gaps in Australian general practice
Mark R Nelson — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 311-312.

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Ask patients about their internet use
Cherrie A Galletly — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 312.

Supplement

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Anxiety, depression and cancer
Coordinating editor: David M Clarke Co-editor: Ian Olver — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): S41.

Book Review

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Blood on my hands: a surgeon at war
reviewed by David A K Watters — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 304.

Awards

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MJA/Wyeth Award 2009
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 307.

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Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Prize: a public and personal dialogue
Ruth Armstrong — Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 307.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2010; 193 (5): 308.

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