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Volume 188 Issue 4

18 February 2008

From the editor’s desk

"Practising medicine without a licence"

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 193 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 194 Free

Editorials

Colorectal cancer screening: ensuring benefits outweigh the risks

Emma L Rosenfeld and Anne E Duggan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 196-197

Clinical teleradiology — the purpose of principles

Lizbeth M Kenny and Lawrence S Lau

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 197-198

Conference report

Introducing physician assistants into new roles: international experiences

Laurent A Frossard, Genevieve Liebich, Roderick S Hooker, Peter M Brooks and Lynn Robinson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 199-201

Oxford Health Alliance

Can public health advocates work alongside industry?

Stig Pramming and Ruth Colagiuri

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 202-203

Research

Limited knowledge of kidney disease in a survey of AusDiab study participants

Sarah L White, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Alan Cass, Jonathan Shaw, Robert C Atkins and Steven J Chadban

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 204-208 Free

Escherichia coli bacteraemia in Canberra: incidence and clinical features

Karina J Kennedy, Jan L Roberts and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 209-213 Free

Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001–2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database project

Diem T Dinh, Geraldine A Lee, Baki Billah, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey and Christopher M Reid

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 214-217 Free

Variations in the application of cardiac care in Australia

Darren L Walters, Constantine N Aroney, Derek P Chew, Linden Bungey, Steven G Coverdale, Roger Allan and David Brieger

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 218-223 Free

Health care

Persistence with antihypertensive medication: Australia-wide experience, 2004–2006

Leon A Simons, Michael Ortiz and Gordon Calcino

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 224-227 Free

Survey of bereavement support provided by Australian palliative care services

Mark A Mather, Phillip D Good, John D Cavenagh and Peter J Ravenscroft

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 228-230 Free

Medicine and the community

Where are older workers with chronic conditions employed?

Deborah J Schofield, Susan L Fletcher, Arul Earnest, Megan E Passey and Rupendra N Shrestha

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 231-234 Free

Consensus statement

Evidence-based recommendations for the diagnosis of ankylosing spondylitis: results from the Australian 3E initiative in rheumatology

Tracey Kain, Jane Zochling, Andrew Taylor, Nicholas Manolios, Malcolm D Smith, Mark D Reed, Matthew A Brown and Lionel Schachna

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 235-237 Free

Clinical update

Human papillomavirus vaccination for the prevention of cervical neoplasia: is it appropriate to vaccinate women older than 26?

S Rachel Skinner, Suzanne M Garland, Margaret A Stanley, Marian Pitts and Michael A Quinn

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 238-242 Free

Review

Quality in qualitative research

Simon C Kitto, Janice Chesters and Carol Grbich

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 243-246 Free

For debate

A national medical register: balancing public transparency and professional privacy

Judith M Healy, Costanza L Maffi and Paul Dugdale

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 247-249 Free

Snapshot

Perinephric haematopoiesis

Philip Y-I Choi

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 250 Free

Viewpoint

Transition care: will it deliver?

Len C Gray, Catherine M Travers, Helen P Bartlett, Maria Crotty and Ian D Cameron

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 251-253 Free

Notable cases

Parasitic myositis in tropical Australia

Ron Basuroy, Robert Pennisi, Thomas Robertson, Robert Norton, John Stokes, Jon Reimers and John Archer

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 254-256 Free

Matters arising

Trends in hospital admissions and mortality from asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Australia

E Haydn Walters, Richard Wood-Baker, David H Wilson, Graeme Tucker, Robert J Adams and Elmer V Villanueva

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 258-259

Letters

MJA policy on sponsored supplements

Jon N Jureidini

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 260-261

MJA policy on sponsored supplements

Patrick D McGorry, Anthony F Jorm, Rosemary Purcell and Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 260-261

MJA policy on sponsored supplements

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 260-261

Respiratory syncytial virus infections in children in Alice Springs Hospital

Apakasimaka Dede, David Isaacs, Paul J Torzillo, John Wakerman, Rob Roseby, Rose Fahy, George Clothier, Andrew White and Paula Kitto

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 261 Free

Cushing’s syndrome can precipitate diabetes but mask non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma

Lai Y Wong, John Moore, Debbie Hill, Phil Brenner, Warick Delprado, Jennifer Turner, Joanne Taylor, Lesley Campbell and Jerry R Greenfield

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 262

Australia needs an expanded immunisation register

Allen C Cheng, Carmel M Hobbs and Priscilla M Robinson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 263 Free

Australia needs an expanded immunisation register

Susan A Skull and Terrence M Nolan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 263 Free

Humanising medical practice: the role of empathy

Marion Lustig

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 263-264

Drowning and three-wheel strollers

Charles Bridges-Webb

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 264

Obituary

Ronald Francis (“Roman”) Rossleigh MD, MB BS, FRACGP

Monica A Rossleigh

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 246 Free

Book reviews

Through a doctor’s eyes

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 242

Psychiatric foundations

Christopher J Pollock

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 250

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 257