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Volume 200 Issue 10

2 June 2014

Highlights from our 1925 archives

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 555

In this issue

On the threshold of better futures

Christine Gee

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 557 Free

Editorials

Budget cuts risk halting Australia's progress in preventing chronic disease

Andrew Wilson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 558-559 Free

Acute respiratory infections among Indigenous children

Paul J Torzillo and Anne B Chang

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 559-560 Free

Uptake of medicines and prescribing patterns in the palliative care schedule of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

David C Currow and Lloyd N Sansom

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 560-561 Free

In brief

From the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

More emergency department patients "seen on time"

Elizabeth Ingram

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 562

News

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 563 Free

Perspectives

Health reform and activity-based funding

Shane Solomon

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 564 Free

Post-election policy pointers

Is it time for Medi-change?

Vlado Perkovic, Fiona Turnbull and Andrew Wilson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 566-567 Free

Should the legal age for alcohol purchase be raised to 21?

John W Toumbourou, Kypros Kypri, Sandra C Jones and Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 568-570 Free

The withdrawal of the Liverpool Care Pathway in the United Kingdom: what are the implications for Australia?

Raymond J Chan, Joan Webster, Jane Phillips and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 573-573 Free

Conference report

Melbourne takes the world to heart - and vice versa

Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 575

Letters

(Ir)responsible drinking campaigns

Simone Pettigrew, Mike Daube and Nicole Biagioni

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 577

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test

Christopher B Del Mar, R Gordon Wright and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 577-578

Liaise with pathologists to refine understanding of the prostate-specific antigen test

Kenneth A Sikaris

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578

Difficult but necessary conversations - the case for advance care planning

Liz Marles

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578

The hidden issues of anticipatory medications in community palliative care

Margaret O’Connor, Susan Gatens and Brian H Le

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 578-580

Removing the interview for medical school selection is associated with gender bias among enrolled students

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 580

Rural clinical school outcomes: what is success and how long do we wait for it?

William R Adam, Julian R Wright and Geoffrey J McColl

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 581

Rural, urban: the real world for medical education

Sarah Mahoney

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 581

Clinical focus

Prostate cancer survivorship: a review of erectile dysfunction and penile rehabilitation after prostate cancer therapy

Eric Chung and Michael Gillman

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 582-585 Free

Research

Geographic variation in prostate cancer survival in New South Wales

Xue Qin Yu, Qingwei Luo, David P Smith, Dianne L O’Connell and Peter D Baade

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 586-590 Free

Paediatric hospitalisations for lower respiratory tract infections in Mount Isa

Elisabeth K Janu, Bhavana I Annabattula, Saampavi Kumariah, Marta Zajaczkowska, John S Whitehall, Matthew J Edwards, Sanja Lujic and Ian B Masters

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 591-594 Free

High chlamydia positivity rates in Indigenous people attending Australian sexual health services

Catherine C O’Connor, Hammad Ali, Rebecca J Guy, David J Templeton, Christopher K Fairley, Marcus Y Chen, Bridget M Dickson, Lewis J Marshall, Andrew E Grulich, Margaret E Hellard, John M Kaldor, Basil Donovan and James S Ward

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 595-598 Free

Case reports

Lessons from practice

Acute allergic reaction after intravenous saline injection: an unusual presentation of chlorhexidine allergy

Usman Mushtaq, Aaron Tan, Ju Ann Tan and William B Smith

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 599-600 Free

Reflections

Best of Best

What would Repin do? The daily grind was not restricted to coffee

John B Best

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 601-602

Centenary reflections

Articles from 1983 and 1934

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): 603-605

Careers

Finding the right advice

Annabel McGilvray

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): C1 Free

Champion of general practice

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): C4 Free

New chief for Rural Health Workforce Australia

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (10): C4 Free