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Volume 177 Issue 9

4 November 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue, 4 November 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 466 Free

Editorials

National guidelines for antenatal testing

Euan M Wallace and Jeremy J N Oats

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 468

The Australian coordinated care trials: success or failure?

Adrian J Esterman and David I Ben-Tovim

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 469-470

The ethics of participating in research

Annette J Braunack-Mayer

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 471-472

Conference report

Global cardiology comes to Australia: 14th World Congress of Cardiology, Sydney, 5–9 May 2002

Saul B Freedman

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 473-475

Research

The clinical utility of routine urinalysis in pregnancy: a prospective study

Noreen Murray, Caroline S E Homer, Gregory K Davis, Julie Curtis, George Mangos and Mark A Brown

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 477-480 Free

The effectiveness of coordinated care for people with chronic respiratory disease

Brian J Smith, Heather J McElroy, Richard E Ruffin, Adrian R Heard, Peter A Frith, Malcolm W Battersby, Adrian J Esterman, Peter Del Fante and Peter J McDonald

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 481-485 Free

Gestational diabetes in Victoria in 1996: incidence, risk factors and outcomes

Christine A Stone, Kylie A McLachlan, Jane L Halliday, Peter Wein and Christine Tippett

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 486-491 Free

Healthcare

The access-block effect: relationship between delay to reaching an inpatient bed and inpatient length of stay

Drew B Richardson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 492-495 Free

Professional monitoring and critical incident reporting using personal digital assistants

Paul D Bent, Stephen N Bolsin, Bernie J Creati, Andrew J Patrick and Mark E Colson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 496-499 Free

Notable cases

Remission of lymphoma after drug withdrawal in rheumatoid arthritis

Irwin G S Lim and James V Bertouch

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 500-501 Free

Systematic review

Clinicians' attitudes to clinical practice guidelines: a systematic review

Cynthia M Farquhar, Emma W Kofa and Jean R Slutsky

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 502-506 Free

The Research Enterprise

Does research into sensitive areas do harm? Experiences of research participation after a child's diagnosis with Ewing's sarcoma

Debbie A Scott, Frances M Boyle, Christopher J Bain and Patricia C Valery

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 507-510 Free

Clinical update

Treatment of sore throat in light of the Cochrane verdict: is the jury still out?

Margaret H Danchin, Nigel Curtis, Jonathan R Carapetis and Terence M Nolan

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 512-515 Free

Clinical practice

Improving doctors' letters

Martin H N Tattersall, Phyllis N Butow, Judith E Brown and John F Thompson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 516-520 Free

Letters

Privacy legislation and research

Jonathan R Carapetis, Jonathon W Passmore and Kerry Ann O'Grady

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 523

Comment: Privacy legislation and research

Kerry J Breen and Sandra M Hacker

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 523-524

Comment: Privacy legislation and research

Loane LC Skene

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 524

Opportunistic screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in public hospitals

Anthony T Zimmermann, Stephen N Stranks, Sally L Gall and Geoffrey S Hebbard

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 524-525

Is breastfeeding best practice?

Sandra L Neate

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 525

In reply: Is breastfeeding best practice?

Patricia McVeagh

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 525-525

Chronic fatigue syndrome clinical practice guidelines: psychological factors

James D Hundertmark

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 525-527

Chronic fatigue syndrome clinical practice guidelines: psychological factors

Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 526

Chronic fatigue syndrome clinical practice guidelines: psychological factors

Donald D Beard

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 526

In reply: Chronic fatigue syndrome clinical practice guidelines: psychological factors

Richard G Larkins and Simon R Molesworth

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 526-527

Colorectal cancer prevention

Finlay A Macrae and Geoffrey S Hebbard

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 527-528

In reply: Colorectal cancer prevention

Terry Bolin, Alistair E Cowen and Melvyn G Korman

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 527-528

Should radiologists and pathologists talk to patients?

Josephine C Wiseman

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 528

Snapshot

Recurrent facial swelling following dental procedures

Louise A Evans, Judy Pointing, Edward J Wills, Stephen Adelstein and John Michalopoulos

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 522 Free

Obituaries

Edward Seavington ("Ted") StuckeyMB BS, MS, FRACS

Michael EV Stuckey

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 510 Free

Max Warwick DunstoneAM, MB BS, FRACGP

Robert Cooter

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 511 Free

Edwin Cordeaux BlomfieldMB BS(Hons), OAM

John D McKee

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (9): 511 Free

Book review

Overview of anaesthetics

Sesto Cairo

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Columns

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