Volume 182, Issue 10 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editorial – Indigenous health

Indigenous health: partners in healing

Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden

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Video review

Crossing the line

Stephen R Leeder and Gavin Mooney

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Policy Debate – For Debate

“Mutual” obligation in Indigenous health: can shared responsibility agreements be truly mutual?

Kim S Collard, Heather A D’Antoine, Barbara R Henry, Gavin H Mooney, Dennis G Eggington and Carol A Martin

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Indigenous health – Notice

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Neil J Thomson

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Unequal Treatment – Editorial

Bridging the treatment gap for Indigenous Australians

Joan Cunningham, Alan Cass and Peter C Arnold

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Unequal Treatment – Research

Rates of percutaneous coronary interventions and bypass surgery after acute myocardial infarction in Indigenous patients

Michael D Coory and Warren F Walsh

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Community care – Research

Impact of a collaborative shared antenatal care program for urban Indigenous women: a prospective cohort study

Kathryn S Panaretto, Heather M Lee, Melvina R Mitchell, Sarah L Larkins, Vivian Manessis, Petra G Buettner and David Watson

Med J Aust 2005; 182 (10): 514-519 Free

Sustaining remote-area programs: retinal camera use by Aboriginal health workers and nurses in a Kimberley partnership

Richard B Murray, Sue M Metcalf, Philomena M Lewis, Jacqueline K Mein and Ian L McAllister

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Point-of-care testing of HbA1c and blood glucose in a remote Aboriginal Australian community

David D Martin, Timothy W Jones, Elizabeth A Davis, Mark D S Shephard, Hayley Freeman, Graeme P Maguire and Max K Bulsara

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Clinical concerns – Viewpoint

The Royal Darwin Hospital as a centre of excellence for clinical training in Aboriginal health: still a dream

Paul A Bauert

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Clinical concerns – Research

Zinc and vitamin A supplementation in Australian Indigenous children with acute diarrhoea: a randomised controlled trial

Patricia C Valery, David M Purdie, Paul J Torzillo, Peter A Stewart, Naomi C Boyce, Anne B Chang, Andrew V White, Gavin R Wheaton and John Wakerman

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Clinical concerns – Lessons from practice

Tropical sprue in Far North Queensland

Joshua P Hanson

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Clinical concerns – Personal perspective

Dreamtime and awakenings: facing realities of remote area Aboriginal health

Russell L Gruen and Theresa F M Yee

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Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay

Fishing, health and stirring stories. The Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition 2005

Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden

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Winning Essay: Fish traps — a significant part of our health and wellbeing

Geoffrey A Angeles

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Passages from essays by the finalists

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Letters

Prevalence of Helicobacter pylori in Indigenous Western Australians: comparison between urban and remote rural populations

Naomi R Mayers, Sophie Couzos, Richard Murray and John Daniels

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