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Volume 176, Issue 8 — 15 April, 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

 Martin B Van Der Weyden
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 357. 

In This Issue, 15 April 2002
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 358. 

Editorials

The Medical Colleges: issues at the turn of the century

 Peter D Phelan
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 360-361.

Hepatitis C: where are we at and where are we going?

 Robert G Batey
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 361-362.

Work-related stress: care and compensation

 Ian D Steven and E Michael Shanahan
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 363-364.

Manipulation of the neck and stroke: time for more rigorous evidence

 Alan Breen
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 364-365.

Research

Occupational stress: a survey of management in general practice

 Grant M Russell and Sally M Roach
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 367-370. 

Notable cases

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in fulminant myocarditis complicating systemic lupus erythematosus

 Michael C H Leung, Richard W Harper and John Boxall
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 374-375. 

Systematic review

Manipulation of the cervical spine: a systematic review of case reports of serious adverse events, 1995–2001

 Edzard Ernst
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 376-380. 

New Drugs, Old Drugs

Thiazolidinediones and type 2 diabetes: new drugs for an old disease

 Trisha M O'Moore-Sullivan and Johannes B Prins
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 381-386.

MJA Practice Essentials: Infectious Diseases

4: Acute community-acquired meningitis and encephalitis

 Miles H Beaman and Steven L Wesselingh
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 389-396. 

Letters

Out of the shadows: Professional Standards Committee hearings

 Richard F Gorman
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 399.

Out of the shadows: Professional Standards Committee hearings

 Geoffrey K Heber
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 399. 
Out of the shadows: Professional Standards Committee hearings Eleanor Dawson
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 399-400. 
Out of the shadows: Professional Standards Committee hearings Brian C McCaughan
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 400. 

Childhood obesity: of growing urgency

 Susan Goodman, Peter R Lewis, Andrew J Dixon and Cheryl A Travers
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 400-401.

"Order effect" in the provision of medication information

 Abilio C de Almeida Neto, Timothy F Chen and Joyce H L Chan
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 401-402.

Spinal cord injuries in horse riding

 Thomas K F Taylor, Justin P Roe, Andrew J A Holland and Gerard T Roy
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 402.

Dangerous bodies: a case of fatal aluminium phosphide poisoning

 Allen J Christophers, Surjit Singh, David G Goddard and Antony Nocera
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 403.

William Osler and Dorothy Reed

 Tony E Seymour
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 404.

The Buddha and the search for evidence

 Diego Rosselli
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 404.

Assessing children's fitness for scuba diving

 Robyn M Walker
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 450.

Snapshot

Digit loss following misuse of temazepam

 Gerald FX Feeney and Harry H Gibbs
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 380. 

Columns

eMJA: In other journals - 15 April 2002
Med J Aust 2002; 176 (8): 398.

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