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Volume 186 Issue 4

19 February 2007

From the editor’s desk

Rubbing out doctors

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 161 Free

In This Issue

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 162 Free

Editorials

Q fever: the long journey to control by vaccination

Barrie Marmion

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 164-166

The management of upper gastrointestinal symptoms: is endoscopy indicated?

Anne E Duggan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 166-167

Research

Inequitable provision of optimal services for patients with chronic heart failure: a national geo-mapping study

Robyn A Clark, Andrea Driscoll, Justin Nottage, Skye McLennan, David M Coombe, Errol J Bamford, David Wilkinson and Simon Stewart

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 169-173 Free

Management of warfarin in atrial fibrillation: views of health professionals, older patients and their carers

Beata V Bajorek, Susan J Ogle, Margaret J Duguid, Gillian M Shenfield and Ines Krass

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 175-180 Free

The mental health and wellbeing of children and adolescents in home-based foster care

Michael G Sawyer, Josephine A Carbone, Amelia K Searle and Philip Robinson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 181-184 Free

Influenza vaccine coverage among health care workers in Victorian public hospitals

Ann L Bull, Noleen Bennett, Helen C Pitcher, Philip L Russo and Michael J Richards

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 185-186 Free

Nanotechnology

Nanotechnology: a promising new technology — but how safe?

Brian G Priestly, Andrew J Harford and Malcolm R Sim

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 187-188 Free

Nanotherapeutics: new challenges for safety and cost-effectiveness regulation in Australia

Thomas A Faunce

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 189-191 Free

Medicine and the law

The rights and interests of doctors and patients: does the new Victorian Health Professions Registration Act 2005 strike a fair balance?

Sarah L Middleton, Thomas D Pearce and Michael D Buist

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 192-196 Free

Clinical update

Atrial fibrillation

Caroline Medi, Graeme J Hankey and Saul B Freedman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 197-202 Free

Viewpoint

Why do we not yet have combination chemotherapy for chronic hepatitis B?

Joseph J Sasadeusz, Stephen L Locarnini and Graeme Macdonald

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 204-206 Free

Diagnostic dilemmas

Recurrent back pain and fevers

Christina R Cameron and Carl D Burgess

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 208-209

Letters

A chest wall swelling in a young girl

Parvaiz A Koul, Abdul Wahid, Ghulam N Lone and Tariq A Bhat

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 213

Convulsions associated with an overdose of St John’s wort

Dharshi C Karalapillai and Rinaldo Bellomo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 213-214

The "therapeutic footprint" of medical, complementary and alternative therapies and a doctor's duty of care

Craig S Hassed, Vicki Kotsirilos, Marie Pirotta and Avni Sali

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 214-215

The "therapeutic footprint" of medical, complementary and alternative therapies and a doctor's duty of care

Christine R Sanderson, Bogda Koczwara and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 214-215

The doctor’s dilemma

David E Smith

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 215

The demise of professional courtesies: cui bono?

Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 215

A dangerous truth

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 215-216

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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