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Volume 196 Issue 3

20 February 2012

Editor's choice

What does obesity mean for individual and population health?

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 151 Free

Editorials

The problem just keeps getting bigger

Anthea M Magarey

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 152-153

Challenges and opportunities for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Philip M Clarke

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 153-154

Patient aggression: a serious issue requiring a dedicated organisational response

Brett McDermott

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 154-155

In brief

From the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 156

News

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 157

Perspectives

A healthy dose of disinvestment

Ray N Moynihan

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 158

Well meant or well spent? Accountability for $8 billion of mental health reform

Sebastian P Rosenberg, John Mendoza and Lesley Russell

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 159-161

Controlling occupational cancers in Australia

Lin Fritschi, Renae C Fernandez, Deborah A Vallance, Terry J Slevin, Alison Reid, Timothy R Driscoll and Deborah C Glass

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 162-164

Why exercise is an important component of risk reduction in obesity management

Daniel J Green and Andrew J Maiorana

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 165-166

Legal clarification of “loss of chance of a better outcome” in Australia

Neera Bhatia and James Tibballs

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 167-168

Letters

What is wrong with Medicare?

Arthur Karagiannis and William J H Glasson

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 169

What is wrong with Medicare?

Peter M Sumich

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 169

What is wrong with Medicare?

Nigel Morlet

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 170

What is wrong with Medicare?

A Stuart Reece

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 170

A Pandora’s box: sustainable pharmaceutical supply

Robert Pearce, Simon Quilty, Jacqueline Kewley and Lisa M Harris

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 170-171

Soft drink consumption and obesity in NSW school students

Chris E Rissel, Tracie A Reinten-Reynolds, Li M Wen and Louise L Hardy

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 171-172

A to X: the problem of categorisation of drugs in pregnancy — an Australian perspective

Ronald P Batagol

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 172

A to X: the problem of categorisation of drugs in pregnancy — an Australian perspective

Adam P Morton

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 172

A to X: the problem of categorisation of drugs in pregnancy — an Australian perspective

Debra S Kennedy

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 172-173

Australian general practitioner doctorates and doctoral candidates, 2005–2009

Gerard F Gill

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 173

Clinical focus

Physical activity guidelines for preschoolers: a call for research to inform public health policy

Helen Skouteris, Daniela Dell'Aquila, Louise A Baur, Genevieve M Dwyer, Marita P McCabe, Lina A Ricciardelli and Matthew Fuller-Tyszkiewicz

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 174-176 Free

Practical neurology Part 7 - Recurrent headaches with visual disturbance

Alessandro S Zagami and Sian L Goddard

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 178-183 Free

Research

Overweight and obesity in Australian mothers: epidemic or endemic?

H David McIntyre, Kristen S Gibbons, Vicki J Flenady and Leonie K Callaway

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 184-188 Free

What factors are associated with excess body weight in Australian secondary school students?

Belinda C Morley, Maree L Scully, Philippa H Niven, Anthony D Okely, Louise A Baur, Iain S Pratt and Melanie A Wakefield, on behalf of the NaSSDA Study Team*

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 189-192 Free

Outcomes from the REACH Registry for Australian general practice patients with or at high risk of atherothrombosis

Christopher M Reid, Zanfina Ademi, Mark R Nelson, Greg Connor, Derek P Chew, Louise Shiel, Ana Smeath, Fred De Looze, Ph Gabriel Steg, Deepak L Bhatt and Danny Liew, on behalf of the REACH Registry Investigators

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 193-197 Free

Aggression management in a children’s hospital setting

Sandy M Hopper, Franz E Babl, Claire E Stewart and Jia Wei Woo

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 198-201 Free

Case reports

Lessons from practice - Meningitis and pneumonitis caused by pet rodents

Lito E Papanicolas, Judith M Holds and Narin Bak

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 202-203 Free

Reflections

You and me

Hilton Immerman

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 204 Free

You and me

Josef McDonald

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 205 Free

Practical advice on sexual health

Janice G Newton

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 206

Regimental doctor in “Sufferer’s Paradise”

Bruce H Short

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 206 Free

Healthy eating app

Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 207

Clement J Walter ASTC, MB BS, DO, FRANZCO

Alfred W Wechsler, Donald B Dunlop and Ian B Wechsler

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): 207 Free

Careers

Doctors on the Honour Roll

Amanda Bryan

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C1 Free

Dr Ian Darnton-Hill reflects on his career in international public health after receiving an AO

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C5 Free

Should you advertise your medical practice?

Kath Ryan

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C6 Free

Creating a lasting change

Amanda Bryan

Med J Aust 2012; 196 (3): C8 Free