Volume 171 Issue 6

Editorials

• 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)

Research

• 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)

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)

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)

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)

Viewpoint

• 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)

MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology

• Warfarin or aspirin: both or others? Roger E Peverill (MJA 1999; 171: 321-326)