Volume 200 Issue 7

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How do general practitioners view this possible change in financial arrangements?

Christopher B Del Mar MD, FRACGP

Australian researchers are proving the usefulness of data linkage, but their access to data is hindered

Ian N Olver MB BS, MD, PhD

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Through our language, we are unthinkingly privileging doctors’ views over those of parents

Rosalind J McDougall BSc/BA(Hons), BPhil, PhD · Lynn Gillam BA(Hons), MA, PhD

While fee-for-service is still important, other more flexible forms of funding are needed

Liz Marles BMed(Hons), BSc(Hons), FRACGP

There is still no consensus about the VTE risk with newer contraceptive pills

Therese M Foran MB BS, MClinEd, FAChSHM

A well organised, rurally based intern program delivers high-quality training and diverse experience

John B Best AO, MD BS, PhD, DSc(Hon) · Shane L Boyer BHlthSc (Health Promotion) · Craig J De Lacy RN, RM, BN · Jacque S Phillips MPA · Terrence M Welch BAppSc(Nursing), MBA, GAICD · Geoff J McColl MB BS, PhD, FRACP

Adequately supervised oncology nurse practitioners may help meet the increasing need for cancer care

Samantha E Bowyer MB BCh, MRCP, FRACP · Deborah J Schofield BSpPath, GradDipCompSc, PhD

Vertical or horizontal transmission of beta-lactam-resistant gram-negative bacteria has occurred in Australia

Christopher C Blyth · Lynette Pereira · Namraj Goire

Is the “publish or perish” culture breeding dodgy journals seeking to make a profit?

Lileane Liang Xu · Anthony Minh Tien Chau

Clinical guidelines are ideally suited to electronic publication and updating

Richard I Lindley · Richard G Larkins · Erin Lalor

Population-based strategies are needed to prevent breast cancer and to complement identification and treatment

Rosalie Schultz

A growing shortage of academic clinicians provokes calls for an explicit academic training pathway

Harris A Eyre · Rob D Mitchell · William J Milford

The potential for unwarranted terminations being contemplated is concerning

Ronald P Batagol

More attention to treating women is needed to prevent FASD

Lucy Burns · Courtney Breen · Adrian J Dunlop

The advent of thrombolytic treatment has focused global research and public awareness on ischaemic events rather than other stroke subtypes

Linda J Nichols · Lindsay Smith · Penny L Allen

Current national monitoring excludes subarachnoid haemorrhage, but a separate national registry to monitor process of care may be warranted

Dominique A Cadilhac · Craig S Anderson

A Senate inquiry offers an opportunity to redress the balance

Adam P Vogel · Sarah E Plant

Safety concerns about sleep deprivation in a growing junior doctor workforce present a chance for roster reforms

Dev A S Kevat MB BS, LLB, MPH · Peter A Cameron MB BS, FACEM, MD · Andrew R Davies MB BS, FRACP, FJFICM · Chris P Landrigan MD, MPH · Shantha W Rajaratnam BSc, LLB, PhD

Over 40% of GPs would like to reduce their working hours, but only about a quarter of these have managed to do so

Richard Norman PhD · Jane P Hall BA, PhD

Linking data improves monitoring of hospital performance and identification of patients at risk

Mikaela L Jorgensen BAppSc(SpPath)(Hons) · Jane M Young MB BS, PhD, FAFPHM · Timothy A Dobbins BMath, PhD · Michael J Solomon MB BCh, MSc(ClinEpi), FRACS

Relationship between hospital volume and outcomes supports the consolidation of oesophagogastric cancer surgery

Ross C Smith MB BS, MD, FRACS · Nicola Creighton MAppStats · Reginald V Lord MB BS, MD, FRACS · Neil D Merrett MB BS, FRACS · Gregory W Keogh MB BS, FRACS · Winston S Liauw MB BS, MMedSci, FRACP · David C Currow BMed, MPH, FRACP

Fewer women receive information and counselling about emergency contraception from their GP

Danielle Mazza MD, FRACGP · Christopher M Harrison BPsych(Hons), MSocHlth · Angela J Taft BA, MPH, PhD · Helena C Britt BA, PhD · Melissa Hobbs RN, MPH, PhD · Kay Stewart BPharm(Hons), PhD · Safeera Hussainy BPharm(Hons), PhD, GCHE · Bianca R Brijnath BA(Hons), PhD

Text message surveillance of vaccine safety has the capacity to complement passive reporting systems

Alan Leeb MB BCh, DCH, FRACGP · Annette K Regan MPH · Ian J Peters BA · Candice Leeb MB BS, DCH · Gregory Leeb · Paul V Effler MD, MPH, FAFPHM

Beware of herbal supplements from unregulated sources

Janet V Warner FRCPA, PhD · Adam P Morton FRACP · Ashley-Jane Hall BBiotech · Michael G Henman BSc, MSc · Louis F S Pool FRCPA

Bernard (Bun) Neal was born on 18 July 1924 and spent his childhood in the Melbourne suburb of Preston, where his father was a general practitioner. He graduated in medicine from the University of Melbourne in 1947.

James A Keipert

An editorial by Dr Mervyn Archdall for the 3 May 1941 issue The full content of this article is available by downloading the PDF.

The Queensland contracts dispute has drawn attention to the industrial relations of Australian medicine

Annabel McGilvray

Young doctors and medical students are being targeted in a new campaign to encourage general practitioners to practice in rural areas.

Cate Swannell

Dr Graeme Duke is an intensivist with a happy knack for making the most of the opportunities that come his way. It’s advice he passes on to his students daily.

Cate Swannell