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Contents of Volume 171, 1999
Index of all 1996-2001 issues
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Journal Activities |
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Finding ourselves in the future
Ruth M Armstrong (MJA 1999; 171: 572)
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| Editorials |
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Doctors and the "environment"
Anthony J McMichael, Charles S Guest (MJA 1999; 171: 576-577)
William Osler: a model for the 21st century?
Michael F O'Rourke (MJA 1999; 171: 577-579)
Humour in medical teaching
John B Ziegler (MJA 1999; 171: 579-580)
The burden of disease and injury in Australia: time for action
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 171: 581-582)
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| Water Hazards |
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Dead in the water: how safe are our water sports?
Robyn M Walker (MJA 1999; 171: 584-586)
Patterns of drowning in Australia, 1992-1997
Ian J Mackie (MJA 1999; 171: 587-590)
Snorkelling deaths in Australia, 1987-1996
Carl W Edmonds, Douglas G Walker (MJA 1999; 171: 591-594)
Scuba diving medical examinations in practice: a postal survey
Graham Simpson, David Roomes (MJA 1999; 171: 595-598)
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| The Weight Debate |
| What should we do about overweight and obesity?
Ian D Caterson (MJA 1999; 171: 599-600)
The sources of risk factor information for general practitioners: is physical activity under-recognised?
Fiona Dupen, Adrian E Bauman, Rose Lin (MJA 1999; 171: 601-603)
The effectiveness of popular, non-prescription weight loss supplements
Garry Egger, David Cameron-Smith, Rosemary Stanton (MJA 1999; 171: 604-608)
Obesity and virtue. Is staying lean a matter of ethics?
John N Burry (MJA 1999; 171: 609-610)
Why staying lean is not a matter of ethics
Joseph Proietto (MJA 1999; 171: 611-613)
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| Rural Healthcare |
| Accessibility to general practitioners in rural South Australia. A case study using geographic information system technology
Errol J Bamford, Lyle Dunne, Danielle S Taylor, Brian G Symon, Graeme J Hugo, David Wilkinson (MJA 1999; 171: 614-616)
Mobile intensive care services in rural South Australia
John E Gilligan, William M Griggs, Michael T Jelly, David G Morris, Ross R Haslam, Neil T Matthews, Evan R Everest, Robert L Bryce, Peter B Marshall, Ron A Peisach (MJA 1999; 171: 617-620)
Rural doctors - who are they? (MJA 1999; 171: 621)
Ups and downs of rural practice: general practice
Olga Ward (MJA 1999; 171: 621-622)
Medicine in the bush: a consultant physician's view
Peter R C Wakeford (MJA 1999; 171: 623-624)
Ups and downs of rural practice: a surgeon's view
Anthony Green (MJA 1999; 171: 625-626)
Retirement at last!
William G Flux (MJA 1999; 171: 627-628)
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| The Research Enterprise |
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Funding Australia's basic biomedical research of 1993 and 1994
Linda Butler (MJA 1999; 171: 629-633)
The Centenary Institute of Cancer Medicine and Cell Biology
Antony Basten (MJA 1999; 171: 634-637)
Nature, nurture and my experience with smallpox eradication
Frank Fenner (MJA 1999; 171: 638-641)
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| Medical Education |
| The rise and rise of academic general practice in Australia
Kerrie A Lawson, Mabel Chew, Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 171: 643-648)
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| Bites and Stings |
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Stinging insect allergy
Robyn E O'Hehir, Jo A Douglass (MJA 1999; 171: 649-650)
Funnel-web spider (Hadronyche infensa) envenomations in coastal south-east Queensland
Anthony P Harrington, Robert J Raven, Paul C Bowe, Gabrielle M Hawdon, Kenneth D Winkel
(MJA 1999; 171: 651-653)
Exotic myiasis with Lund's fly (Cordylobia rodhaini)
Merilyn J Geary, Bernard J Hudson, Richard C Russell, Andrew Hardy (MJA 1999; 171: 654-655)
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| History |
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The suicide of Thomas Wentworth Wills
Gregory M de Moore (MJA 1999; 171: 656-658)
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| Sex, Science & Society |
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Will we be having sex in 2099?
Mabel Chew (MJA 1999; 171: 659)
What if there is a "sunset clause" on the Y chromosome?
Alan O Trounson (MJA 1999; 171: 660-662)
Future change in sexual behaviour?
Carl E Wood (MJA 1999; 171: 662-664)
Sex, reproduction and impregnation: by 2099 let's not confuse them
Robert P S Jansen (MJA 1999; 171: 666-667)
Reproductive technology, efficiency and equality
Julian Savulescu (MJA 1999; 171: 668-670)
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| Doctors' Tales |
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CLINICam
Michael R Kidd (MJA 1999; 171: 671)
Some thoughts while nymphing
Douglas N Gow (MJA 1999; 171: 673-674)
A new, occasional instrument for measuring marital quality. The time required to make a cream cheese and salmon bagel following funnel-web spider bite
Garry Walter (MJA 1999; 171: 674-675)
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| True Stories |
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Breaking the rules: a thoracic impalement injury
Carole L Foot, Pat Naidoo (MJA 1999; 171: 676-677)
A riposte for a fencer. The residency appointment of Alfred Edmund Finckh to Sydney Hospital in 1905. Was it just a matter of male chauvinism?
Ernest S Finckh, Andrew S Finckh (MJA 1999; 171: 679-680)
"Ute surfing": a novel cause of severe head injury
Rodney S Allan, Peter J Spittaler, John G Christie (MJA 1999; 171: 681-682)
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| Departments |
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Snapshots
Peter L Field (MJA 1999; 171: 590)
Christopher J O'Donnell | Ursula Ridley (MJA 1999; 171: 594)
Senan Nagaratnam (MJA 1999; 171: 603)
John Rouse (MJA 1999; 171: 613)
Adrienne Morey (MJA 1999; 171: 624)
Rodney Strahan (MJA 1999; 171: 628)
Simon So (MJA 1999; 171: 650)
Malcolm Feigen (MJA 1999; 171: 655)
Leon Slonim (MJA 1999; 171: 658)
Christopher J O'Donnell (MJA 1999; 171: 680)
Book Reviews
Licence to eat reviewed by Rosemary A Stanton (MJA 1999; 171: 598)
Growing up not out. A weight management guide for families reviewed by T John Boulton
(MJA 1999; 171: 675)
Christmas Competition (MJA 1999; 171: 688)
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| Letters |
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Letter from Yemen
Chris Cooper (MJA 1999; 171: 684)
On dry land
A David Grounds (MJA 1999; 171: 684)
Ruth M Armstrong (MJA 1999; 171: 685)
Sporotrichosis mimicking necrotising arachnidism
Len D Moaven, Shelley A Altman, A Richard Newnham (MJA 1999; 171: 685)
Browne's Law of Medicine
David S Browne (MJA 1999; 171: 686)
Summer vomiting disease
John A Marshall, Lilly Yuen, Michael G Catton, Peter J Wright (MJA 1999; 171: 686)
The present status of electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review
Gerald Milner (MJA 1999; 171: 687)
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15 November 1999 - special New Technologies issue
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Editorials |
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The impact of culture on technology
Enrico Coiera (MJA 1999; 171: 508-509)
Female sterilisation
Gabor T Kovacs, Maxwell W Brinsmead (MJA 1999; 171: 509-510)
The "Lost Generation": IT education for healthcare professionals
Michael R Kidd, Wendy McPhee (MJA 1999; 171: 510-511)
The communication revolution: winners and losers
Martin B Van Der Weyden, Ruth M Armstrong, Mabel Chew (MJA 1999; 171: 512)
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| Clinical Practice |
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Technology in patient care
A Malcolm Mackinnon (MJA 1999; 171: 513)
Surgery in the Information Age
Patrick Cregan (MJA 1999; 171: 514-516)
The potential impact of home telecare on clinical practice
Branko G Celler, Nigel H Lovell, Daniel K Y Chan (MJA 1999; 171: 518-521)
Health online: the future isn't what it used to be
Peter M Yellowlees, Peter M Brooks (MJA 1999; 171: 522-525)
General practice and the new technologies: high tech needs high touch
Susan M DeVries (MJA 1999; 171: 526)
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| Diagnosis |
| The stage is set for the diffusion of positron emission tomography (PET) in oncology
John G Morris (MJA 1999; 171: 527-528)
Positron emission tomography (PET): experience with a large-field-of-view three-dimensional PET scanner
Rodney J Hicks, David S Binns, Meagan E Fawcett, Robert E Ware, Victor Kalff, Allan F McKenzie, John P Zalcberg, Lester J Peters (MJA 1999; 171: 529-532)
Filmless radiology: a dream becomes reality
Merl de Silva (MJA 1999; 171: 533-535)
Culture shock. Molecular methods for diagnosis of infectious diseases
Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Gregory S James, Vitali Sintchenko (MJA 1999; 171: 536-539)
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| Communicating Evidence |
| Electronic prescribing and computer-assisted decision support systems
Andrew M Nolan, Carol A Norquay, Jonathan G A Dartnell, Ken J Harvey (MJA 1999; 171: 541-543)
The Clinical Information Access Project
Dianne H M Ayres, Michelle M Wensley (MJA 1999; 171: 544-546)
Providing evidence-based answers to clinical questions. A pilot information service for general practitioners
John A Hayward, Susan M Wearne, Philippa F Middleton, Chris A Silagy, David P Weller, Jenny A Doust (MJA 1999; 171: 547-550)
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| Evaluation |
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Health technology assessment in Australia
David Weedon (MJA 1999; 171: 551-552)
Assessing new health technologies: lessons to be learned from drugs
David A Henry, Suzanne R Hill (MJA 1999; 171: 554-556)
"Picking winners": assessing new health technology
Jeremy N Anderson, Paul A Fennessy, Gabby A Fennessy, Rosa L Schattner, Elizabeth A Burrows (MJA 1999; 171: 557-559)
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| Law |
| Telehealth: opportunities and liabilities
Robert D Milstein (MJA 1999; 171: 561-562)
Medicolegal risk in telemedicine: risk control in teleradiology
Steve M Pickett, George W van der Heide (MJA 1999; 171: 563-565)
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| Letter |
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Digital camera and the Internet: bringing the patient home
Tam Dieu, Simon R Donahoe (MJA 1999; 171: 567)
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Editorials |
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Sentinel node biopsy: evaluating a new technique
Owen A Ung, Neil R Wetzig (MJA 1999; 171: 452-453)
Towards a society for all ages
Robert K Penhall (MJA 1999; 171: 453-454)
Where has all our iodine gone?
Creswell J Eastman (MJA 1999; 171: 455-456)
Solarium use
Robin Marks (MJA 1999; 171: 456-457)
The 1999 WHO-ISH Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension
John Chalmers (MJA 1999; 171: 458-459)
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| Research |
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Reliability of sentinel node status in predicting axillary lymph node involvement in breast cancer
James Kollias, P Grantley Gill, Barry E Chatterton, Vivian E Hall, Melissa A Bochner, Brendon J Coventry, Gelareh Farshid (MJA 1999; 171: 461-465)
Iodine deficiency in ambulatory participants at a Sydney teaching hospital: is Australia truly iodine replete?
Jenny E Gunton, Graham Hams, Marcelle Fiegert,
Aidan McElduff (MJA 1999; 171: 467-470)
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| Healthcare |
| Accidental paracetamol overdosing and fulminant hepatic failure in children
Fiona K Miles, Ramananda Kamath, Stuart FA Dorney, Kevin J Gaskin, Edward V O'Loughlin (MJA 1999; 171: 472-475)
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| Diagnostic Dilemma |
| Pelvic fractures diagnosed by bone scintigraphy in patients with normal radiographs after a fall
Sean C C Stevens, Thomas A Male, J Harvey Turner (MJA 1999; 171: 476-478)
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| Review |
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Breast cancer screening and management
A Patrick M Forrest, Elaine D C Anderson (MJA 1999; 171: 479-484)
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| Viewpoint |
| Care of older people in acute care hospitals: do we know how?
Ian A Scott (MJA 1999; 171: 485-488)
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| MJA Practice Essentials - Cardiology |
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The role of oestrogen in cardiovascular disease: benefit or harm?
Gishel New, Richard W Harper (MJA 1999; 171: 490-495)
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| Lessons from Practice |
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Childhood hepatotoxicity with paracetamol doses less than 150mg/kg per day
Jenny L Hynson, Mike South (MJA 1999; 171: 497)
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Editorials |
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Managing chest pain in the emergency department
David W Green, Paul C S Bowe (MJA 1999; 171: 396-397)
Monitoring drinking water: the receding zero
Christopher K Fairley, Martha I Sinclair, Samantha Rizak (MJA 1999; 171: 397-398)
"Problem doctors" and medical boards
Peter C Arnold (MJA 1999; 171: 399-400)
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| Research |
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Do management algorithms improve chest pain triage?
M Andrew Fitzpatrick, Marilyn Dodd, Denise Schoevers, Elizabeth Tracey (MJA 1999; 171: 402-406)
End-stage renal disease in Aboriginals in New South Wales: a very different picture to the Northern Territory
Alan Cass, Adrian G Gillin, John S Horvath (MJA 1999; 171: 407-410)
Is sudden infant death syndrome still more common in very low birthweight infants in the 1990s?
Beverley Sowter, Lex W Doyle, Colin J Morley, Anne Altmann, Jane Halliday (MJA 1999; 171: 411-413)
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| Healthcare |
| Impaired practitioners notified to the Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria from 1983 to 1997
Channa P Wijesinghe, Fionnuala Dunne (MJA 1999; 171: 414-417)
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| Diagnostic Dilemma |
| Intestinal angioedema mimicking Crohn's disease
Allison Malcolm, Charlene M Prather (MJA 1999; 171: 418-420)
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| Review |
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in adults: conceptual and clinical issues
Julian N Trollor (MJA 1999; 171: 421-425)
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| Viewpoint |
| Cryptosporidiosis in the immunocompromised: weighing up the risk
Paul M Byleveld, Amanda Hunt, Jeremy M McAnulty (MJA 1999; 171: 426-428)
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| Virology Update |
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Viruses, vaccines and villains
Highlights of the XIth International Congress of Virology, Sydney, 1999
Kerrie A Lawson (MJA 1999; 171: 429-432)
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| MJA Practice Essentials - Cardiology |
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Cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention
David L Hare, Stephen J Bunker (MJA 1999; 171: 433-439)
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Editorials |
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Asthma management: still much to do
Christine R Jenkins, H John Fardy (MJA 1999; 171: 341-342)
Erectile dysfunction in the Australian community
Michael P Lowy (MJA 1999; 171: 342-343)
Screening, case finding and evidence-based guidelines
John J McNeil, Paul E O'Brien (MJA 1999; 171: 344-345)
Helicobacter pylori eradication therapy for non-ulcer dyspepsia: what is the evidence?
Anne E Duggan (MJA 1999; 171: 345-346)
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| Research |
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A South Australian population survey of the ownership of asthma action plans
Richard E Ruffin, David Wilson, Anne Marie Southcott, Brian Smith, Robert J Adams (MJA 1999; 171: 348-351)
Erectile dysfunction in the community: a prevalence study
Carole B Pinnock, Alan M F Stapleton,Villis R Marshall (MJA 1999; 171: 353-357)
Hormone therapy use in Australian-born women: a longitudinal study
Janet R Guthrie, Corrine V Garamszegi, Emma C Dudley, Lorraine Dennerstein, Adele Green, Alastair H MacLennan, Henry G Burger (MJA 1999; 171: 358-361)
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| Healthcare |
| General practitioners' perceptions of medicolegal risk
Using case scenarios to assess the potential impact of prostate cancer screening guidelines
Seham Girgis, Jeanette E Ward, Colin J H Thomson (MJA 1999; 171: 362-366)
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| Diagnostic Dilemma |
| Delay in diagnosing juvenile arthritis
Prudence J Manners (MJA 1999; 171: 367-369)
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| Viewpoint |
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Simplified DOTS to improve tuberculosis control in Asia and the Pacific?
David Wilkinson (MJA 1999; 171: 370-372)
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| For Debate |
| Sex selection: the case for
Julian Savulescu (MJA 1999; 171: 373-375)
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| New Drugs, Old Drugs, |
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Leukotriene receptor antagonist drugs for asthma
Francis C K Thien (MJA 1999; 171: 378-381)
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Editorials |
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Large bowel cancer: guidelines and beyond
Robert J S Thomas, Allan D Spigelman, Bruce K Armstrong (MJA 1999; 171: 284-285)
Preventing stroke: what is the real progress?
Graeme J Hankey (MJA 1999; 171: 285-286)
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| Research |
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Editorial: Breaking bad news: explaining cancer diagnosis and prognosis
G Peter Maguire (MJA 1999; 171: 288-289)
Communicating prognosis in early breast cancer: do women understand the language used?
Elizabeth A Lobb, Phyllis N Butow, Dianna T Kenny, Martin H N Tattersall (MJA 1999; 171: 290-294)
Editorial: Diagnosing osteoporosis: the value of quantitative ultrasound
Richard L Prince (MJA 1999; 171: 295-296)
Quantitative heel ultrasound as a predictor for osteoporosis
Vasi Naganathan, Lyn March, David Hunter ,Nick A Pocock, Joanna Markovey, Philip N Sambrook (MJA 1999; 171: 297-300)
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| Healthcare |
| Editorial: The go-between: general practitioners and clinical trials
Ruth M Armstrong, Mabel Chew, Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 171: 301-302)
General practitioners' attitudes to randomised clinical trials for women with breast cancer
Peter M Ellis, Melissa K Hobbs, Glenys C Rikard-Bell, Jeanette E Ward (MJA 1999; 171: 303-305)
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| Review |
| Editorial: Quantity, qualifications and quality in surgery
Brian T Collopy (MJA 1999; 171: 306-307)
Colorectal cancer: is the surgeon a prognostic factor? A systematic review
Alan P Meagher (MJA 1999; 171: 308-310)
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| For Debate |
| Hospitals and hospitalists: an alternative view
Ian A Scott and Paddy A Phillips, for the Internal Medicine Society of Australia and New Zealand (MJA 1999; 171: 312-314)
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| Viewpoint |
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Enhancing the evidence base for clinical psychiatry: are practice surveys a useful tool?
Ian B Hickie, Elizabeth M Scott, Tracey A Davenport (MJA 1999; 171: 315-318)
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| MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology |
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Warfarin or aspirin: both or others?
Roger E Peverill (MJA 1999; 171: 321-326)
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Dementia: current and future challenges
Dina C LoGiudice, David J Ames (MJA 1999; 171: 228-229)
Measuring the success of joint replacement surgery
Owen D Williamson (MJA 1999; 171: 229-230)
Financial incentives to change emergency service performance
George A Jelinek, Christopher J Baggoley (MJA 1999; 171: 231-232)
Computed tomography screening for coronary disease
David S Celermajer, Phillip J Harris (MJA 1999; 171: 232-233)
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| Research |
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Outcomes after hip or knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis
Lyn M March, Marita J Cross, Helen Lapsley, Alan J M Brnabic, Katherine L Tribe, Clarissa J M Bachmeier, Brett G Courtenay, Peter M Brooks (MJA 1999; 171: 235-238)
Impact of written information on knowledge and preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Ian H Kerridge, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Isobel E Rolfe, Michael Lowe, John R McPhee (MJA 1999; 171: 239-242)
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| Healthcare |
| The effects of bonus payments on emergency service performance in Victoria
Peter A Cameron, Marcus P Kennedy, John J McNeil (MJA 1999; 171: 243-246)
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| Notable Cases |
| Poisoning by Amanita phalloides ("deathcap") mushrooms in the Australian Capital Territory
Geoffrey M Trim, Heino Lepp, Matthew J Hall, Robin V McKeown, Geoffrey W McCaughan, Geoffrey G Duggin, David G Le Couteur (MJA 1999; 171: 247-249)
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| Review |
| The present status of electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review
Chanaka Wijeratne, Graeme S Halliday, Robert W Lyndon (MJA 1999; 171: 250-254)
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| New Drugs, Old Drugs |
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Long-acting  2-agonists: the new symptom controllers for asthma
Christine R Jenkins (MJA 1999; 171: 255-258)
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| Milestones |
| Frank Macfarlane Burnet: virologist, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner
Gordon L Ada (MJA 1999; 171: 259-261)
John Cade and the discovery of lithium treatment for manic depressive illness
Philip B Mitchell, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic (MJA 1999; 171: 262-264)
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| MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology |
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Therapy for cardiac failure: treatments old and new
Stephen V Pavia, Andrew J Galbraith (MJA 1999; 171: 265-271)
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Cluster investigations: are they worth it?
Ray A Cartwright (MJA 1999; 171: 172)
"Smoking is a major cause of blindness"
Paul Mitchell, Simon Chapman, Wayne Smith (MJA 1999; 171: 173-174)
COX-2 inhibitors: the next generation of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
Lionel Schachna, Peter F J Ryan (MJA 1999; 171: 175-176)
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| Research |
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Investigation of a cluster of leukaemia in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, 1989-1996
Victoria J Westley-Wise, Bernard W Stewart, Irene Kreis, Paolo F Ricci, Anthony Hogan, Chris Darling, Steve Corbett, John Kaldor, Neill H Stacey, Pauline Warburton (MJA 1999; 171: 178-183)
Prostate cancer testing: behaviour, motivation and attitudes among Western Australian men
Terry J Slevin, Neil Donnelly, Johanna P Clarkson, Dallas R English, Jeanette E Ward (MJA 1999; 171: 185-188)
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| Healthcare |
| Hepatitis C: an economic evaluation of extended treatment with interferon
Alan Shiell, Sue Brown, Geoff C Farrell (MJA 1999; 171: 189-193)
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| Diagnostic Dilemma |
| What is the cause of a rash after measles-mumps-rubella vaccination?
Grant A Jenkin, Doris Chibo, Heath A Kelly, Pauline A Lynch, Mike G Catton (MJA 1999; 171: 194-195)
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| Public Health |
| A population-based study of children with cerebral tuberculosis in New South Wales
Nik Arestis, Yeh-Jui Tham, Peter B McIntyre, David Isaacs, Pam Palasanthiran, John K Ferguson, Ian Wilkinson, David Dawson, Amanda J Christensen (MJA 1999; 171: 197-200)
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| Viewpoint |
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Antenatal screening for HIV in Australia: time to revise policies?
John B Ziegler (MJA 1999; 171: 201-203)
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| Sports Medicine |
| Ethics of prescribing drugs to enhance sporting performance
Michael C Kennedy, Judith R Kennedy (MJA 1999; 171: 204-205)
Dehydroepiandrosterone and sport
A Brian Corrigan (MJA 1999; 171: 206-208)
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| Clinical Update |
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Essential thrombocythaemia
Mark A Bentley, Kerry McD Taylor, Susan J Wright (MJA 1999; 171: 210-213)
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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci: causes and control
John K Ferguson (MJA 1999; 171: 117-118)
Who should be screened for thyroid dysfunction?
Jan R Stockigt (MJA 1999; 171: 119-120)
Management of cerebral aneurysms: current best practice
Peter J Mitchell, Brian M Tress (MJA 1999; 171: 121-122)
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| Conference Report |
| HIV vaccines - promise and directions
Stephen J Kent (MJA 1999; 171: 124-125)
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| Research |
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Vancomycin and teicoplanin use in Victorian hospitals
Marion B Robertson, Jonathan GA Dartnell, Tony M Korman, on behalf of the Victorian Drug Usage Evaluation Group (MJA 1999; 171: 127-131)
Outcome of a screening program for vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital in Victoria
M Lindsay Grayson, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Paul D R Johnson, Dianne Olden, Melissa Aberline, H Y Li, Geoffrey Hogg, Marguerite Abbott, Peter G Kerr (MJA 1999; 171: 133-136)
Australian suicide trends 1964-1997: youth and beyond?
Christopher H Cantor, Kerryn Neulinger, Diego De Leo (MJA 1999; 171: 137-141)
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| Diagnostic Dilemma |
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Diaphragmatic endometriosis
Michael J W Cooper, Peter Russell, P James Gallagher (MJA 1999; 171: 142-143)
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| Viewpoint |
| Vancomycin-resistant enterococci and use of avoparcin in animal feed: is there a link?
Peter J Collignon (MJA 1999; 171: 144-146)
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| Medicine and the Law |
| Medicolegal activity in obstetrical and gynaecological ultrasound
Nicole L Woodrow, Lachlan J de Crespigny, Ross H Gillies (MJA 1999; 171: 147-150)
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| MJA Practice Essentials - Cardiology |
| The acute coronary syndromes: myocardial infarction and unstable angina
Peter L Thompson, Paul Stobie (MJA 1999; 171: 153-159)
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| Letter |
| Rethinking the early childcare agenda
Linda M Slack-Smith, Anne W Read, Stephen R Zubrick (MJA 1999; 171: 166-167)
Peter S Cook (MJA 1999; 171: 167)
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Promoting an evidence base for general practice
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 171: 60-61)
Acne and acne scarring: why should we treat?
Gregory J Goodman (MJA 1999; 171: 62-63)
Medicine and palliative care
Ian Maddocks (MJA 1999; 171: 63-64)
Oral agents in type 2 diabetes: where to now?
Lesley V Campbell, Donald J Chisholm (MJA 1999; 171: 64-65)
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| Research |
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Editorial: Asthma in general practice: action plans or planned actions?
Peter G Gibson (MJA 1999; 171: 67)
Randomised controlled trial of general practice based asthma clinics
Adrian R Heard, Ian J Richards, John H Alpers, Louis S Pilotto, Brian J Smith, Julie A Black (MJA 1999; 171: 68-71)
Comparison of patients with asthma managed in general practice and in a hospital clinic
Omar A Abdulwadud, Michael J Abramson, Larry Light, Francis C K Thien, E Haydn Walters (MJA 1999; 171: 72-75)
Editorial: General practice consultations: quality time?
Deborah C Saltman, Natalie A O'Dea (MJA 1999; 171: 76)
Consultation length and chronic illness care in general practice: a qualitative study
Carmel M Martin, Cathy L Banwell, Dorothy H Broom, Meherun Nisa (MJA 1999; 171: 77-81)
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Editorial: Vaccines and the cold chain: is it too hot ... or too cold?
Margaret A Burgess, Peter B McIntyre (MJA 1999; 171: 82)
Electronic temperature monitoring and feedback to correct adverse vaccine storage in general practice
Michael S Gold, Louise Martin, Claire L Nayda, Ann E Kempe (MJA 1999; 171: 83-84)
Shared care through divisions of general practice: moving forward
Mark F Harris, Gawaine Powell Davies (MJA 1999; 171: 85-88)
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| Viewpoint |
| Out-of-surgery care: will there be a role for Australian general practitioners?
Harry M Nespolon (MJA 1999; 171: 89-90)
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| Evidence-Based General Practice |
| Clinical practice guidelines and general practice: the sleeping giant in Australian healthcare integration?
Claire L Jackson, Inge C de Jong (MJA 1999; 171: 91-93)
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| Medicine and the Community |
| Medical care in aged-care facilities: new directions
Brian M Draper (MJA 1999; 171: 94-96)
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| Notable Cases |
| Editorial: Necrotising arachnidism
Julian White (MJA 1999; 171: 98)
Acute and recurrent skin ulceration after spider bite
Steven J Pincus, Kenneth D Winkel, Gabrielle M Hawdon, Struan K Sutherland (MJA 1999; 171: 99-102)
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| Personal Perspective |
| As doctors, we are healers
Charles D Kerr (MJA 1999; 171: 104)
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Australian prisons are still health risks
Michael H Levy (MJA 1999; 171: 7-8)
Recognising and preventing serious in-hospital events
Ken M Hillman (MJA 1999; 171: 8-9)
Is naltrexone a cure for heroin dependence?
Wayne D Hall, Alex Wodak (MJA 1999; 171: 9-10)
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| Conference Report |
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The New South Wales Drug Summit
Alex Wodak, Peter Baume (MJA 1999; 171: 12-13)
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| Research |
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HIV transmission in a prison system in an Australian State
Kate A Dolan, Alex Wodak (MJA 1999; 171: 14-17)
HIV prevalence at reception into Australian prisons, 1991-1997
Ann M McDonald, James W Ryan, Phillip R Brown, Chris J Manners, Anthony D Falconer, Raylee C Kinnear, William J Harvey, Peter R Hearne, Mick Banaszczyk, John M Kaldor (MJA 1999; 171: 18-21)
Recognising clinical instability in hospital patients before cardiac arrest or unplanned admission to intensive care
A pilot study in a tertiary-care hospital
Michael D Buist, Elizabeth Jarmolowski, Paul R Burton, Stephen A Bernard, Bruce P Waxman, Jeremy Anderson (MJA 1999; 171: 22-25)
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| Healthcare |
| A pilot study of naltrexone-accelerated detoxification in opioid dependence
James R Bell, Malcolm R Young, Sibyl C Masterman, Amanda Morris, Richard P Mattick, Gabriele Bammer (MJA 1999; 171: 26-30)
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| Notable Cases |
| Transmission of hepatitis C within Australian prisons
Paul S Haber, Sandra J Parsons, Susan E Harper, Peter A White, William D Rawlinson, Andrew R Lloyd (MJA 1999; 171: 31-33)
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| Public Health |
| Opioid overdose mortality in Australia, 1964-1997: birth-cohort trends
Wayne D Hall, Louisa J Degenhardt, Michael T Lynskey (MJA 1999; 171: 34-37)
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| Viewpoint |
| The realities of ethical review of research in Australia
John H Pearn (MJA 1999; 171: 38-39)
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| MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology |
| Stable angina pectoris: treatment and referral options
Don McTaggart (MJA 1999; 171: 43-49)
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