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Ethics and law

Viewpoint

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 2006; 185 (7): 373-376 Free

Letters

Do advance care directives improve acute care services for older people?

Andrew W Holt and Alnis E Vedig

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (7): 406

Editorials

Doctors behaving badly?

Martin H N Tattersall and Ian H Kerridge

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (6): 299-300

For debate

Potential impact of AUSFTA on Australia’s blood supply

Hilary J Bambrick, Thomas A Faunce and Kellie Johnston

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (6): 320-323 Free

Medicine and the law

Claiming behaviour in a no-fault system of medical injury: a descriptive analysis of claimants and non-claimants

Marie M Bismark, Troyen A Brennan, Peter B Davis and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (4): 203-207 Free

For debate

What can we learn from the Hwang and Sudbø affairs?

Paul Gerber

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (12): 632-635 Free

Clinical update

Challenges in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome

Kim M Summers, Jennifer A West, Madelyn M Peterson, Denis Stark, James J McGill and Malcolm J West

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (12): 627-631 Free

Letters

Doctors, prison torture and the “war on terror”

Niyi Awofeso

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (11): 588-589

Editorials

Strengthening Australia’s framework for research oversight

Warwick P Anderson, Christopher D Cordner and Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (6): 261-263

Viewpoint

Addicted to the good life: harm reduction in chronic disease management

Bradleigh D Hayhow and Michael Peter Lowe

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 235-237 Free

Letters

Ethics and access to teaching materials in the medical library: the case of the Pernkopf atlas

C Raina MacIntyre, Catherine L King and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 254-255

Editorials

New ideas about medical professionalism

Donald H Irvine

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (5): 204-205

Letters

The aromatase inhibitors in early breast cancer: who, when and why?

Alan Rodger

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 46-47

Letters

The aromatase inhibitors in early breast cancer: who, when and why?

Glen Pater

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (1): 46-47

Book reviews

Ethics, case by case

Wendy L Lipworth

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (3):

Medicine and Society

Religious perspectives on withdrawal of treatment from patients with multiple organ failure

Rachel A Ankeny, Christopher F C Jordens, Ian H Kerridge, Ross Clifford and Rod Benson

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 616-621 Free

Communication and doctors

Professional discretion, courtesy and plain good manners: an anecdotal and personal view

Jane L Nuttall

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 627-628

Communication and doctors

Communication and courtesy between medical professionals

Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (11): 629

Wellbeing

Confidential health care for adolescents: reconciling clinical evidence with family values

Lena A Sanci, Susan M Sawyer, Dagmar M Haller, George C Patton and Melissa S-L Kang

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (8): 410-414 Free

Departments

Practical evidence in favour of mature-minor consent in primary care research

Dagmar M Haller, Lena A Sanci, George C Patton and Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (8): 439

Viewpoint

Medical abortion for Australian women: it's time

Caroline M De Costa

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (7): 378-380 Free

Correction

The Messiha and Schiavo cases: third-party ethical and legal interventions in futile care disputes

Thomas A Faunce and Cameron Stewart

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (7): 392

Letters

Availability of smokeless tobacco products in south Asian grocery shops in Sydney, 2004

Preeti Sachdev and Simon Chapman

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 334

Medicine and the law

Protecting health information privacy in research: how much law do Australians need?

Colin J H Thomson

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 315-317 Free

Viewpoint

Legislation in Victoria on sexual offenders: issues for health professionals

Danny H Sullivan, Paul E Mullen and Michele T Pathé

Med J Aust 2005; 183 (6): 318-320 Free