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Contents of Volume 173, 2000
Index of all 1996-2001 issues
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Journal activities |
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More submissions and an expanding readership
Bronwyn Gaut (MJA 2000; 173: 565-567)
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| Editorials |
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"Should we treat leuchæmia in children?"
Peter J Smith (MJA 2000; 173: 568-569)
General practice research in Australia: a timely reality check
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 569-570)
Media and young minds
George C Patton, Susan M Sawyer (MJA 2000; 173: 570-571)
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| Conference report |
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XIII International AIDS Conference, Durban, 9-14 July, 2000
John B Ziegler, Rosemary A Ffrench (MJA 2000; 173: 572-574)
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| Responding to crisis |
| Crevasse fall in the Antarctic: a patient's perspective
Raina K Plowright (MJA 2000; 173: 576-578)
Sydney hailstorms: the health role in the recovery process
Lynette A Lee, Anne Collings (MJA 2000; 173: 579-582)
Malaria in the Australian Defence Force during and after participation in the International Force in East Timor (INTERFET)
Scott J Kitchener, Alyson M Auliff, Karl H Rieckmann (MJA 2000; 173: 583-585)
Medical assistance to civilians during peacekeeping operations: wielding the double-edged sword
Michael C Reade (MJA 2000; 173: 586-589)
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| Cracking the code |
| Cracking the code: how will the Human Genome Project affect life as we know it?
Mabel Chew (MJA 2000; 173: 590)
Milestones in the Human Genome Project: genesis to postgenome
Ronald J A Trent (MJA 2000; 173: 591-594)
Just how long can we live?
Grant R Sutherland (MJA 2000; 173: 594-596)
The Human Genome Project: how do we protect Australians?
Natasha Stott Despoja (MJA 2000; 173: 596-598)
The Human Genome Project in the Dock
Michael Kirby (MJA 2000; 173: 599-600)
Social consequences of manufactured longevity
Riaz Hassan (MJA 2000; 173: 601-603)
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| Forensic medicine |
| Shotgun suicide with a difference
Peter B Herdson (MJA 2000; 173: 604-605)
Homicide or suicide? A jigsaw puzzle of incinerated human remains
Alanah M Buck, Clive Cooke, Peter de la Motte, Stephen Knott (MJA 2000; 173: 606-607)
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| The research enterprise |
| General practice research in Australia, 1980-1999
Alison M Ward, Derrick G Lopez, Max Kamien (MJA 2000; 173: 608-611)
Exploring the unknown: the challenges of a career in biomedical research
Gordon L Ada (MJA 2000; 173: 612-615)
John Kerr and apoptosis
Michael G E O'Rourke, Kay A O Ellem (MJA 2000; 173: 616-617)
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| Rural health |
| A revolution in rural and remote Australia: bringing health education to the bush
Kerrie A Lawson, Mabel Chew, Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 618-624)
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| Medicine and the media |
| From Karrawingi the emu to Care factor zero. Mental health issues in contemporary Australian adolescent literature
Kathleen M Bokey, Garry Walter, Joseph M Rey (MJA 2000; 173: 625-628)
Healthcare on the Internet: buyers beware
Peter M Yellowlees (MJA 2000; 173: 629-630)
Medicine, the media and monetary interests: the need for transparency and professionalism
Ray Moynihan, Melissa Sweet (MJA 2000; 173: 631-634)
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| Medicine and beyond |
| Death and the comedian
Peter Goldsworthy (MJA 2000; 173: 635-637)
Life after medicine
Ron Elisha (MJA 2000; 173: 635-638)
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| Power of one |
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A clinician with a passion for pathology
Priscilla Kincaid-Smith (MJA 2000; 173: 639-642)
Service in three careers
Peter E Baume (MJA 2000; 173: 643-646)
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| Medicine and the community |
| A swimming program for children with asthma
Colleen P Wardell, Clair Isbister (MJA 2000; 173: 647-648)
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| Bites and stings |
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Pressure immobilisation bandages in first-aid treatment of jellyfish envenomation: current recommendations reconsidered
Peter L Pereira, Teresa Carrette, Paul Cullen, Richard F Mulcahy, Mark Little, Jamie Seymour (MJA 2000; 173: 650-652)
Envenomation by the billygoat plum stinging caterpillar (Thosea penthima)
Geoffrey K Isbister, Peter I Whelan (MJA 2000; 173: 654-655)
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| Christmas offerings |
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Alice in Blunderland
Brian J Fotheringham (MJA 2000; 173: 659-660)
De-skilling me softly: a cautionary ballad
Edwin Harari (MJA 2000; 173: 661)
Would the pharmaceutical companies please mind their Ps and Qs, and their Xs, Ys and Zs
Gordon B Parker (MJA 2000; 173: 662-663)
Olympic couch potatoes
Garry Walter (MJA 2000; 173: 664)
The Internist
Len Green (MJA 2000; 173: 664)
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| Matters arising |
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Australian general practice: the need for leaders and vision
James A Dickinson (MJA 2000; 173: 668)
R&D in general practice: time to move forward
David P Weller (MJA 2000; 173: 668)
The current situation of general practice
Paul J H Hemming (MJA 2000; 173: 669)
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| Letters |
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What a louse!
Paul Prociv (MJA 2000; 173: 603)
A possible case of intestinal myiasis due to Eristalis tenax
Phillip B Whish-Wilson (MJA 2000; 173: 652)
Chromomycosis
George R Crowe, Michael Martin (MJA 2000; 173: 656)
Setting the (medical) record straight
Alan C Young, Peter W Holmes (MJA 2000; 173: 670)
Incongruous infants: facial features in old paintings
John E Gault (MJA 2000; 173: 670)
The cough that packed a punch: is boxing a risk for tuberculosis transmission?
Michael H Levy, Craig Gater (MJA 2000; 173: 670)
Ulcerative "nintendinitis": a new kind of repetitive strain injury
T H H Guan Koh (MJA 2000; 173: 670)
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| Departments |
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Snapshots
John A M Taylor (MJA 2000; 173: 571)
David C Wong, Gail Durbridge (MJA 2000; 173: 646)
Dorothy J Radford (MJA 2000; 173: 658)
Geoffrey J Coltheart (MJA 2000; 173: 658)
John Roche, Warwick B Lee (MJA 2000; 173: 658)
Brian Jones (MJA 2000; 173: 658)
Book reviews
Stalkers and their victims, reviewed by J Murray Wright (MJA 2000; 173: 664)
For the love of children. My life and medical career, reviewed by David M Danks (MJA 2000; 173: 666)
Christmas competition (MJA 2000; 173: 669)
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Helicobacter pylori: changing patterns of ulcer disease and antibiotic resistance
Peter H Katelaris (MJA 2000; 173: 508-509)
Getting to grips with heroin and other opioid use
John B Saunders, Alun H Richards (MJA 2000; 173: 509-510)
Lessons from the MONICA Project
Konrad Jamrozik, Michael Hobbs (MJA 2000; 173: 511-512)
Domestic violence
Beverley Raphael (MJA 2000; 173: 513-514)
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| Research |
| Demographic and endoscopic characteristics of patients with Helicobacter pylori positive and negative peptic ulcer disease
Harry H-X Xia, Nghi Phung, Jamshid S Kalantar, Nicholas J Talley (MJA 2000; 173: 515-519)
Antibiotic resistance in Helicobacter pylori
Lindsay C Mollison, Neil Stingemore, Rebecca A Wake, Digby J Cullen, David B McGechie (MJA 2000; 173: 521-523)
Trends in licit opioid use in Australia, 1984-1998: comparative analysis of international and jurisdictional data
Con G Berbatis, V Bruce Sunderland, Max Bulsara, Nicholas Lintzeris (MJA 2000; 173: 524-527)
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| Public health |
| How many dependent heroin users are there in Australia?
Wayne D Hall, Joanne E Ross, Michael T Lynskey, Matthew G Law, Louisa J Degenhardt (MJA 2000; 173: 528-531)
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| Medicine and the community |
| What can we do about domestic violence?
Danielle Mazza, Joan M Lawrence, Gwenneth L Roberts, Sheila M Knowlden (MJA 2000; 173: 532-535)
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| Clinical practice |
| The rediscovery of methadone for cancer pain management
Oyekoya T Ayonrinde, Douglas T Bridge (MJA 2000; 173: 536-540)
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| New drugs, old drugs |
| Forty years of combined oral contraception: the evolution of a revolution
Ian S Fraser (MJA 2000; 173: 541-544)
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| Personal perspective |
| Depression: dispirited or spiritually deprived?
Craig S Hassed (MJA 2000; 173: 545-547)
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| Lessons from practice |
| Pituitary apoplexy: the importance of citing the differential diagnosis
Paul Glendenning, Peter T Pullan, Neville W Knuckey (MJA 2000; 173: 548-549)
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| EBM in action |
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Does cleansing the birth canal at delivery reduce postnatal infection rates?
Ornella Clavisi, Sue Shaw, Jeremy N Anderson (MJA 2000; 173: 550-551)
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Palliative medicine: the way ahead
Paul A Glare, J Norelle Lickiss (MJA 2000; 173: 452-453)
Depressed Australians: should we worry?
Gordon B Parker (MJA 2000; 173: 453-455)
Science, legal action and journals
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 455)
Neglect of bereavement care in general hospitals
David W Kissane (MJA 2000; 173: 456)
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| Research |
| Recent trends in the use of antidepressant drugs in Australia, 1990-1998
Peter McManus, Andrea Mant, Philip B Mitchell, William S Montgomery, John Marley, Merran E Auland (MJA 2000; 173: 458-461)
Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk people: update of a community-based project
Judith A Collett, John K Olynyk, Cameron F Platell (MJA 2000; 173: 463-466)
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| Public health |
| Measles outbreak in young adults in Victoria, 1999
Stephen B Lambert, Melissa L Morgan, Michaela A Riddell, Ross M Andrews, Heath A Kelly, Jennie A Leydon, Mike C Catton, Pauline A Lynch, Debbie K Gercovich, Rosemary A Lester, John A Carnie, Graham J Rouch (MJA 2000; 173: 467-471)
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| Healthcare |
| Virtual colonoscopy compared with conventional colonoscopy: a developing technology
Richard M Mendelson, Noellene M Foster, John T Edwards, Christopher J Wood, Melanie S Rosenberg, Geoffrey M Forbes (MJA 2000; 173: 472-475)
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| Notable cases |
| Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in children and adolescents
Nicholas D Manton, Jill Lipsett, David J Moore, Geoffrey P Davidson, Anthony J Bourne, Richard T L Couper (MJA 2000; 173: 476-479)
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| Medicine and the community |
| Improving services to bereaved relatives in the emergency department: making healthcare more human
Aled G Williams, Debra L O'Brien, Kylie J Laughton, George A Jelinek (MJA 2000; 173: 480-483)
The perpetrators of domestic violence
Sarah E Romans, Marion R Poore, Judy L Martin (MJA 2000; 173: 484-488)
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| EBM in action |
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Can tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil prevent MRSA?
Jeremy N Anderson, Paul A Fennessy (MJA 2000; 173: 489)
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| New drugs, old drugs |
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Erectile dysfunction
Chris G McMahon (MJA 2000; 173: 492-497)
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| Supplement |
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Identifying and promoting the specific nutrition and physical activity needs of women aged 40 and over
(MJA 2000; 173: S89-S112)
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Editorials |
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Hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia: largely preventable?
Darrell H G Crawford, Jonathon Fawcett (MJA 2000; 173: 396-397)
Emergency department observation wards
Donald A Campbell, Peter Greenberg, Peter Cameron (MJA 2000; 173: 397-398)
Guidelines for unstable angina: evidence-based medicine in the information age
Terry Campbell, Richard W Harper (MJA 2000; 173: 399-400)
What's in a name? The labelling of back pain
Nikolai Bogduk (MJA 2000; 173: 400-401)
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| Research |
| Primary hepatocellular carcinoma in Australia, 1978-1997: increasing incidence and mortality
Matthew G Law, Stuart K Roberts, Gregory J Dore, John M Kaldor (MJA 2000; 173: 403-405)
Use of "preventer" medications and written asthma management plans among adults with asthma in New South Wales
Guy B Marks, Bin B Jalaludin, Margaret Williamson, Nicola L Atkin, Adrian Bauman, for the NSW Health Department Asthma Data Working Group (MJA 2000; 173: 407-410)
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| Healthcare |
| The effect on hospital admission profiles of establishing an emergency department observation ward
Aled G Williams, George A Jelinek, Ian R Rogers, Judy A Wenban, Ian G Jacobs (MJA 2000; 173: 411-414)
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| Notable cases |
| The Brugada syndrome: a recently recognised genetic disease causing sudden cardiac death
Cameron B Singleton, Mark A McGuire (MJA 2000; 173: 415-418)
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| Medicine and the community |
| Diagnoses and treatment recommendations on workers compensation medical certificates
Eva Schönstein, Dianna T Kenny (MJA 2000; 173: 419-422)
Rationing healthcare in New Zealand: the use of clinical guidelines
Colin M Feek (MJA 2000; 173: 423-426)
The impact of domestic violence on individuals
Jill Astbury, Judy Atkinson, Janet E Duke, Patricia L Easteal, Susan E Kurrle, Paul R Tait, Jane Turner (MJA 2000; 173: 427-431)
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| New drugs, old drugs |
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COX-2 inhibitors
Peter M Brooks, Richard O Day (MJA 2000; 173: 433-436)
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| Viewpoint |
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Economic sanctions and public health: the case of Iraq
Susan J Wareham (MJA 2000; 173: 438-439)
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| Lessons from practice |
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An uncommon cause of postoperative confusion
Carole L Foot, Robert J Barnett (MJA 2000; 173: 440-441)
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| Supplement |
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Management of unstable angina: Guidelines - 2000 (MJA 2000; 173: S65-S88)
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Editorials |
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Abdominal aortic aneurysm: endovascular repair
James May (MJA 2000; 173: 340-341)
Lower-limb amputation and diabetes: the key is prevention
Peter G Colman, Andrew D Beischer (MJA 2000; 173: 341-342)
Reinventing ourselves
Enrico Coiera, S Bruce Dowton (MJA 2000; 173: 343-344)
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| Research |
| Screening for abdominal aortic aneurysm: lessons from a population-based study
Konrad Jamrozik, Paul E Norman, Carole A Spencer, Richard W Parsons, Raywin Tuohy, Michael M Lawrence-Brown, James A Dickinson (MJA 2000; 173: 345-350)
Diabetes-related lower-limb amputations in Australia
Craig B Payne (MJA 2000; 173: 352-354)
Potential roles for quantitative ultrasound in the management of osteoporosis
Nicholas A Pocock, Nicole L Culton, Guerlain R Gilbert, Melanie L Hoy, Rosalie Babicheva, John M Chu, Kien S Lee, Judith Freund (MJA 2000; 173: 355-358)
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| Notable cases |
| Sertraline treatment of interferon-alfa-induced depressive disorder
T Mark Schramm, Bruce R Lawford, Graeme A Macdonald, W Graham E Cooksley (MJA 2000; 173: 359-361)
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| Medicine and the community |
| Domestic violence in Australia: definition, prevalence and nature of presentation in clinical practice
Kelsey Hegarty, Elizabeth D Hindmarsh, Marisa T Gilles (MJA 2000; 173: 363-367)
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| Position statement |
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The lower limb in people with diabetes
Position statement of the Australian Diabetes Society
Lesley V Campbell, Antony R Graham, Rosalind M Kidd, Hugh F Molloy, Sharon R O'Rourke, Stephen Colagiuri (MJA 2000; 173: 369-372)
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| Health informatics |
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Clinical practice guidelines and the computer on your desk
Michael R Kidd, Danielle Mazza (MJA 2000; 173: 373-375)
The intersection of health informatics and evidence-based medicine: computer-based
systems to assist clinicians
Josephine S Weekley, Brian J Smith, Malcolm Pradhan (MJA 2000; 173: 376-378)
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| For debate |
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Screening gamete donors for cystic fibrosis status
Ian Findlay, Kevin L Forbes, Malcolm H Parker (MJA 2000; 173: 380-381)
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| The profession |
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Disruptive doctors. Unprofessional interpersonal behaviour in doctors
Kay A Wilhelm, Helen Lapsley (MJA 2000; 173: 384-386)
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| Supplement |
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Pneumococcal disease in Australia (MJA 2000; 173: S17-S64)
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Coronary revascularisation in the private and public sectors
Nicholas Bett (MJA 2000; 173: 285-286)
Evidence-based management of melanoma
William H McCarthy (MJA 2000; 173: 286-287)
Cancer among Indigenous Australians: time for decisive action
Neil J Thomson (MJA 2000; 173: 288-289)
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| Healthcare |
| Coronary angiography and coronary artery revascularisation rates in public and private hospital patients after acute myocardial infarction
Iain K Robertson, Jeffrey R J Richardson (MJA 2000; 173: 291-295)
Costs, charges and revenues of elective coronary angioplasty and stenting: the public versus the private system
Richard W Harper, Kim D Sampson, Pei Lee See, Jane L Kealey, Ian T Meredith (MJA 2000; 173: 296-300)
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| Indigenous health |
| Cancer among people living in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Queensland
Michael Coory, Alison Thompson, Indrani Ganguly (MJA 2000; 173: 301-304)
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| Notable cases |
| Three fatal pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine failures
Jeffrey N Hanna, Drew J Wenck, Denise N Murphy (MJA 2000; 173: 305-307)
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| Olympic Games |
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The "Sherman effect": decreased ambulatory care volumes in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games
Stephen R Pitts, Iris S Kolla (MJA 2000; 173: 309-311)
Drug testing at the Sydney Olympics
Brian Corrigan, Ray Kazlauskas (MJA 2000; 173: 312-313)
Newer drugs used to enhance sporting performance
Michael C Kennedy (MJA 2000; 173: 314-317)
Monitoring acute diseases during the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Sarah V Thackway, Valerie C Delpech, Louisa R Jorm, Jeremy M McAnulty, Maria Visotina (MJA 2000; 173: 318-321)
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| Medicine and the Community |
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Anabolic-androgenic steroids: medical assessment of present, past and potential users
Anthony J O'Sullivan, Michael C Kennedy, John H Casey, Richard O Day, Brian Corrigan, Alex D Wodak (MJA 2000; 173: 323-327)
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| Viewpoint |
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The health needs of people with intellectual disability
Nicholas G Lennox, Helen Beange, Niki S Edwards (MJA 2000; 173: 328-330)
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The medical emergency team: no evidence to justify not implementing change
Ross K Kerridge (MJA 2000; 173: 228-229)
Blood transfusion practice: mayhem or monitoring?
Alison M Street, Merrole F Cole-Sinclair (MJA 2000; 173: 230-231)
Alcohol: the good, the bad and the ugly
Greg Whelan, Alan T Gijsbers (MJA 2000; 173: 231-232)
Non-cardiac chest pain: squeezing the life out of the Australian healthcare system?
Guy D Eslick, Nicholas J Talley (MJA 2000; 173: 233-234)
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| Research |
| Rates of in-hospital arrests, deaths and intensive care admissions: the effect of a medical emergency team
Peter J Bristow, Ken M Hillman, Tien Chey, Kathy Daffurn, Theresa C Jacques, Sandra L Norman, Gillian F Bishop, E Grant Simmons (MJA 2000; 173: 236-240)
Infrastructure for monitoring blood transfusion practice in New South Wales hospitals
Mark G Dean, Niki C Vincent (MJA 2000; 173: 241-243)
Overseas visitors admitted to Queensland hospitals for water-related injuries
Jeffrey Wilks, Michael Coory (MJA 2000; 173: 244-246)
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| Healthcare |
| Reducing medical errors: a practical guide
Alan M Wolff, Jo Bourke (MJA 2000; 173: 247-251)
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| Diagnostic dilemmas |
| Isospora belli infection and chronic electrolyte disturbance in a child with fetal alcohol syndrome
Ingrid K Bucens, Russell O P King (MJA 2000; 173: 252-255)
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| Review |
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Topically acquired bacterial zoonoses from fish: a review
Leigh Lehane, Grant T Rawlin (MJA 2000; 173: 256-259)
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| For debate |
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Should we conduct a trial of distributing naloxone to heroin users for peer administration to prevent fatal overdose?
Simon R Lenton, Kim M Hargreaves (MJA 2000; 173: 260-263)
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| Personal perspective |
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The New South Wales Drug Summit: a view from a local foreign observer
Jeffrey H Samet (MJA 2000; 173: 264-265)
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| Viewpoint |
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Intraoperative blood salvage: the missing link in providing a safe and effective blood transfusion service
James B Semmens, Michael M D Lawrence-Brown, Lauren E C Miles, Michael J Hellings (MJA 2000; 173: 266-268)
An analgesic role for cannabinoids
Christopher W Vaughan, Macdonald J Christie (MJA 2000; 173: 270-272)
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Psychotropic drugs and preschoolers
Joseph M Rey, Garry Walter, Philip L Hazell (MJA 2000; 173: 172-173)
Ischaemic heart disease: across the social and geographic divides
Andrew M Tonkin, Jeanette Pope, John D Glover (MJA 2000; 173: 173-174)
SIDS: facts and controversies
Ed A Mitchell (MJA 2000; 173: 175-176)
Falls in the elderly: what can be done?
Jacqueline C T Close, Ed Glucksman (MJA 2000; 173: 176-177)
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| Research |
| Characteristics and outcomes of older patients presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a retrospective analysis
Anthony J Bell, Janet K Talbot-Stern, Annemarie Hennessy (MJA 2000; 173: 179-182)
Predictors of bone mass in healthy older men in the community
Peter Smerdely, Marilyn Seller, Angela Smith, Peter Day, Terrence Diamond (MJA 2000; 173: 183-186)
Prevalence of Huntington disease in New South Wales in 1996
Elizabeth A McCusker, Reynolds F Casse, Shanthi J Graham, David B Williams, Ross Lazarus (MJA 2000; 173: 187-190)
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| Public health |
| Driveway motor vehicle injuries in children
Andrew J A Holland, Rhea W Y Liang, Shailinder J Singh, David N Schell, Frank I Ross, Daniel T Cass (MJA 2000; 173: 192-195)
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| Notable cases |
| Wasp sting mortality in Australia
Forbes McGain, James Harrison, Kenneth D Winkel (MJA 2000; 173: 198-200)
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| Indigenous health |
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Delay times and management of acute myocardial infarction in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory
Michael A Ong, Tarun S Weeramanthri (MJA 2000; 173: 201-204)
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| Clinical update |
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Imagined ugliness: a symptom which can become a disorder
David J Castle, Daniel Morkell (MJA 2000; 173: 205-207)
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| Viewpoint |
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The clinical role of quantitative ultrasound in assessing fracture risk and bone status
George Phillipov, Max Holsman, Patrick J Phillips (MJA 2000; 173: 208-211)
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| Lessons from practice |
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Serious complications with neck manipulation and informed consent
Roy G Beran, Andrew Schaefer, Toos Sachinwalla (MJA 2000; 173: 213-214)
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Alcohol and cardiovascular disease: still a research priority?
Timothy R Stockwell (MJA 2000; 173: 116-117)
C-reactive protein: a new cardiovascular risk factor?
John R Burnett, Gerald F Watts, Samuel D Vasikaran (MJA 2000; 173: 117-118)
Women in rural general practice: conflict and compromise
Helen M Tolhurst, Jane M Talbot, Louise L T Baker (MJA 2000; 173: 119-120)
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| Research |
| Moderate alcohol intake is associated with survival in the elderly: the Dubbo Study
Leon A Simons, John McCallum, Yechiel Friedlander, Michael Ortiz, Judith Simons (MJA 2000; 173: 121-124)
A randomised crossover trial of chemotherapy in the home: patient preferences and cost analysis
Danny Rischin, Michelle A White, Jane P Matthews, Guy C Toner, Kathryn Watty, Anthony J Sulkowski, Jan L Clarke, Lois Buchanan (MJA 2000; 173: 125-127)
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| Healthcare |
| Topical negative pressure in wound management
Anand K Deva, Garry H Buckland, Emma Fisher, Steven C C Liew, Steven Merten, Michael McGlynn, Mark P Gianoutsos, Michael A R Baldwin, Paul G Lendvay (MJA 2000; 173: 128-131)
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| Notable cases |
| Dangerous bodies: a case of fatal aluminium phosphide poisoning
Antony Nocera, Howard W Levitin, John M N Hilton (MJA 2000; 173: 133-135)
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| Rural health |
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Associations between rural background and where South Australian general practitioners work
David Wilkinson, Justin J Beilby, David J Thompson, Gillian A Laven, Nicole L Chamberlain, Caroline O M Laurence (MJA 2000; 173: 137-140)
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| Clinical update |
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Potential for patient harm from intrathecal administration of preserved solutions
Natalie J Hetherington, Michael J Dooley (MJA 2000; 173: 141-143)
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| For debate |
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Asthma clinics in general practice: what is the evidence?
Louis S Pilotto, Justin J Beilby, Brian J Smith (MJA 2000; 173: 144-146)
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| Ethics |
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Ethical issues in placebo-controlled trials in Alzheimer's disease
Robert D Goldney, Brian F Stoffell (MJA 2000; 173: 147-148)
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| Review |
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Update on histamine fish poisoning
Leigh Lehane (MJA 2000; 173: 149-152)
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| Viewpoint |
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Should there be more teaching of critical thinking in Australian general practice?
Eugen Mattes (MJA 2000; 173: 153-157) [link is to PDF]
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| Personal perspective |
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Learning to become a doctor
Ryan J Hodges (MJA 2000; 173: 158-159)
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| Supplement |
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Recommendations for nutrition and physical activity for Australian children
(MJA 2000; 173: S1-S16)
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Australian general practice: the need for leaders and vision
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 60-61)
Diagnosing Australians at risk of diabetes mellitus in general practice
Timothy A Welborn (MJA 2000; 173: 61-62)
The BEACH study of general practice
Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller (MJA 2000; 173: 63-64)
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| Public health |
| Editorial General practitioners and public health
Peter Harris, Richard Henry (MJA 2000; 173: 66-67)
Public health and preventive healthcare in children: current practices of Victorian GPs and barriers to participation
Elizabeth B Waters, Michelle M Haby, Melissa Wake, Louisa A Salmon (MJA 2000; 173: 68-71)
Editorial Adult vaccination: old needs, new challenges and opportunities
Mark J Ferson (MJA 2000; 173: 72-73)
Survey of pertussis morbidity in adults in western Sydney
Paul F Thomas, Peter B McIntyre, Bin B Jalaludin (MJA 2000; 173: 74-76)
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| Caring for older people |
| Healthcare for older people in residential care - who cares?
Leon Flicker (MJA 2000; 173: 77-79)
The mental health of older people in the community
Brian M Draper (MJA 2000; 173: 80-82)
Carotid sinus massage in the elderly: is it worth the risk?
Peter C Veitch, Rosalind E Montague (MJA 2000; 173: 83)
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| Fitness and health |
| Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors: effect of advice from an exercise specialist in Australian general practice
Julie A Halbert, Christopher A Silagy, Paul M Finucane, Robert T Withers, Phil A Hamdorf (MJA 2000; 173: 84-87)
Healthy ageing: what role can physical activity play?
Adrian E Bauman, Ben J Smith (MJA 2000; 173: 88-90)
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| Changing healthcare |
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General practice reform in the United Kingdom: moving into the new millennium
Brian R McAvoy (MJA 2000; 173: 91-94)
Complementary therapies: the appeal to general practitioners
Heather L Eastwood (MJA 2000; 173: 95-98)
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| Clinical practice |
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Preliminary experiences with a single-patient trials service in general practice
C Jane Nikles, Paul P Glasziou, Chris B Del Mar, Cate M Duggan, Alexandra Clavarino, Michael J Yelland (MJA 2000; 173: 100-103)
An approach to managing depression in general practice
Ian B Hickie (MJA 2000; 173: 106-110)
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| Letter |
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What role for Divisions of General Practice in addressing health inequity within their communities?
Vanessa J Traynor, Vanessa K Rose, Elizabeth Harris, John S Furler, P Gawaine Powell Davies, Mark F Harris (MJA 2000; 173: 79)
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In the beginning... |
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Medibank, 25 years on: looking back, looking forward
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 2)
The alternative national health programme
E G Whitlam (MJA 2000; 173: 3-4)
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| Looking back |
| Medibank, 25 years on: looking back, looking forward
Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 2)
The alternative national health programme
E G Whitlam (MJA 2000; 173: 3-4)
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| Looking back |
| Milestones on the road to Medibank and Medicare
Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 5-7)
Medibank: from conception to delivery and beyond
Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 9-11)
Down a different path in Melbourne: how Medibank was conceived
John Menadue (MJA 2000; 173: 12-14)
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| The struggle |
| Medibank: looking back after 25 years
Keith S Jones (MJA 2000; 173: 15-16)
They can't say they weren't warned!
George D Repin (MJA 2000; 173: 17-19)
The Medibank campaign
Lionel L Wilson (MJA 2000; 173: 20-21)
Medibank and the Doctors Reform Society
Alf Liebhold (MJA 2000; 173: 22-23)
The battle to put Medibank in place
Bill Hayden (MJA 2000; 173: 24-26)
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| Reflections |
| Medibank and rural general practice
Clyde Scaife (MJA 2000; 173: 27-28)
Medibank remakes general practice
George R Santoro (MJA 2000; 173: 29-30)
Medibank and the decline of general practice
Edward J Lines (MJA 2000; 173: 31-32)
Medibank and the physician
Alex K Cohen (MJA 2000; 173: 33-34)
Medibank and Medicare: a case for surgery
Brian P Morgan (MJA 2000; 173: 35-36)
The impact of Medibank on surgical practice
Robert D Marshall (MJA 2000; 173: 37-38)
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| Looking forward |
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Increased capability, diminished possibility
J Miles Little (MJA 2000; 173: 39-40)
Medicare: options for the next 25 years
Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 41-43)
Medicare's maturity: shaping the future from the past
John S Deeble (MJA 2000; 173: 44-47)
The future of Medicare and health service financing
Stephen R Leeder and Ian A McAuley (MJA 2000; 173: 48-51)
Medicare: diagnosis and prognosis
Frances C Cunningham (MJA 2000; 173: 52-55)
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