Volume 181, Issue 2 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

MJA/Wyeth Award 2003

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 58 Free

Editorials

Battling red tape

Mabel Chew

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 60

Good for your heart but bad for your baby?

Hilary J Bambrick and Tord E Kjellström

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 61-62

Avian influenza and planning for pandemics

David Isaacs, Dominic E Dwyer and Alan W Hampson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 62-63

Managing medical indemnity: must we choose between quality assurance and risk management?

Paul Nisselle

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 64-65

Conference report

The way forward: the International Primary Care Respiratory Group 2nd World Conference, Melbourne, 19–22 February 2004

Justin J Beilby, Nicholas J Glasgow and H John Fardy

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 67-68

GP In Action — Research

How people with chronic illnesses view their care in general practice: a qualitative study

Fernando A Infante, Judith G Proudfoot, Gawaine Powell Davies, Mark F Harris, Tanya K Bubner, Chris H Holton and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 70-73 Free

Clinical psychology in general practice: a cohort study

Robyn F Vines, Don Thomson, Michelle Kluin, Louise Vesely, Jeffrey C Richards and Margaret Brechman-Toussaint

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 74-77 Free

Barriers to diagnosing and managing heart failure in primary care

Susan M Phillips, Geoffrey H Tofler and Richard L Marton

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 78-81 Free

GP In Action — For Debate

Secondary prevention of overweight in primary school children: what place for general practice?

Melissa A Wake and Zoë McCallum

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 82-84 Free

Letter

Ciprofloxacin in the treatment of chronic suppurative otitis media

James D Kidd

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 84

Nothing new under the hard Bourke sun: international medical graduates, conditional medical registration and areas of need

W Ian Cameron

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 95

Factors influencing billing status in general practice

Robert W Pegram and Lisa Valenti

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 115

GP Workforce — Research

The evolution of the general practice workforce in Australia, 1991–2003

Janice Charles, Helena Britt and Lisa Valenti

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 85-90 Free

Still the doctor — by a country mile! Preferences for health services in two country towns in north-west New South Wales

Karly B Smith, John S Humphreys, Yuliya Lenard, Judith A Jones, Vanessa Prince and Gil Soo Han

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 91-95 Free

GP Workforce — Personal perspective

I want to work and have a life as well

Peter Joyner, Stephen Napoli and Kylie Booth

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 96-97

GP Funding — Editorial

How should GPs be paid?

Chris Van Weel and Chris B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 98-99

GP Funding — Research

Determinants of GP billing in Australia: content and time

Helena Britt, Lisa Valenti, Graeme C Miller and Jillann Farmer

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 100-104 Free

GP Funding — Viewpoints

How general practice is funded in New Zealand

Laurence A Malcolm

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 106-107

How general practice is funded in the United Kingdom

David P Weller and Alan Maynard

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 109-110

How general practice is funded in The Netherlands

Chris Van Weel

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 110-111

How family physicians are funded in Canada

Carmel M Martin and William E Hogg

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 111-112

How family physicians are funded in the United States

Larry A Green

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 113-114

Obituary

Hamilton Stuart PattersonAM, OStJ, MB ChB, LRCP, LRCS, LRFPS, DCH, FRACGP, FRCGP, FAMA

John A Comerford

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 116 Free

Medicine and the law

Implanon and medical indemnity: a case study of risk management using the Australian Standard

Beres C A Wenck and Penelope J Johnston

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (2): 117-119 Free

Correction

The Medical Journal of Australia — prospere, procede et regna