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From the Editor’s Desk: Confronting conflict of interest   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 241.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 242.

Editorials

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From medical school to medical practice: a national tracking system to underpin planning for a sustainable medical workforce in Australasia
John S Humphreys, David Prideaux, Justin J Beilby and Nicholas J Glasgow — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 244-245.

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Child protection and the health professional: mandatory responding is our duty
Peter M Winterton — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 246-247.

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Translational research and rational therapy: structural barriers in Australia
Richard M Fox — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 247-248.

Research

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An expert-supported monitoring system for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in general practice: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial
Lisette van den Bemt, Tjard R J Schermer, Ivo J M Smeele, Leandra J M Boonman-de Winter, Ton van Boxem, Joke Denis, Joke G Grootens-Stekelenburg, Richard P T M Grol and Chris van Weel — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 249-254.

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Is uptake of genetic testing for colorectal cancer influenced by knowledge of insurance implications?
Louise A Keogh, Christine M van Vliet, David M Studdert, Judith A Maskiell, Finlay A Macrae, D James St John, Clara L Gaff, Mary Anne Young, Melissa C Southey, Graham G Giles, Doreen A Rosenthal, John L Hopper and Mark A Jenkins — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 255-258.

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Adequacy of consent documentation in a specialty surgical unit: time for community debate?
Mark T Siddins, Elizabeth M Klinken and Lee R Vocale — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 259-262.

Systematic Review

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Is reflexology an effective intervention? A systematic review of randomised controlled trials
Edzard Ernst — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 263-266.

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

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The community’s attitude towards swine flu and pandemic influenza
Holly Seale, Mary-Louise McLaws, Anita E Heywood, Kirsten F Ward, Chris P Lowbridge, Debbie Van, Jan Gralton and C Raina MacIntyre — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 267-269.

Health Care Reform

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Why health reform?
Steven J Lewis and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 270-272.

Viewpoint

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Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry
Philip B Mitchell — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 273-275.

For Debate

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A national approach to perinatal mental health in Australia: exercising caution in the roll-out of a public health initiative
Jane S Yelland, Georgina A Sutherland, Jan L Wiebe and Stephanie J Brown — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 276-279.

Research Enterprise

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A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials
Sian C Hicks, Rebecca E James, Nicole Wong, Niall C Tebbutt and Kate Wilson, on behalf of the Australasian Gastro-Intestinal Trials Group — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 280-282.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

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Acute psychiatric illness in a young woman: an unusual form of encephalitis
Kaitlyn L Parratt, Martin Allan, Simon J G Lewis, Josep Dalmau, Gabor M Halmagyi and Judith M Spies — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 284-286.

Letters

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Australia’s influenza containment plan and the swine flu epidemic in Victoria
Michael G Catton, Julian D Druce and Chris J Birch — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 288.

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A pandemic problem with public transport
Benjamin C Cowie — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 288-289.

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First clinical case of a locally acquired carbapenem-resistant VIM-1 metallo-β-lactamase in Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Australia
John Merlino, Harold W Stokes, Elaine Y-L Cheong and Thomas Gottlieb — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 289.

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Melioidosis in south-eastern Queensland
Roger W Guard, Peter J Morero, Win Yi and Maureen J Mackay — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 290.

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Severe Queensland tick typhus complicated by diabetes in south-eastern Queensland
Theo F Birch and Michael Muller — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 290-291.

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Glycaemic control in patients with type 1 diabetes after provision of public hospital-funded insulin pumps
Ken Y Thong, P Gerry Fegan and Bu B Yeap — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 291.

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Access block: it’s all about available beds
Charles P Denaro — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 292.

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Interventions to circumvent intensive care access block: a retrospective 2-year study across metropolitan Melbourne
Helen E Stark, Chris N Maxwell and Robert W Gibberd — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 292.

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Access block can be managed
Antony Nocera — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 292-293.

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Should the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee extend the range of free nicotine replacement therapies available for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people?
Jan A Robertson, David J MacLaren and Alan R Clough — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 293.

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Poor outcomes among gastrostomy-fed patients in the community
William H Watt, Kate A Needham, Peter L Talbot, Janet P Bell and Glen J Pang — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 294.

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Anxiety and depression among long-term survivors of cancer in Australia: results of a population-based survey
Jeremy W Couper, Anthony W Love, Annabel C Pollard and Sidney Bloch || Allison W Boyes, Afaf Girgis, Alison C Zucca and Christophe Lecathelinais — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 294-295.

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Bicycling injuries and mortality in Victoria, 2001–2006
Malcolm J Wardlaw || Antonina A Mikocka-Walus, Francis T McDermott and Peter A Cameron — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 295-296.

Snapshot

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Three synchronous tumours identified by FDG-PET/CT
Paul M Leong, Michael Lin and Allan R Fowler — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 275.

Corrections

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Retirement intentions of general practitioners aged 45–65 years
Thomas D Brett, Diane Arnold-Reed, Diane A Hince, Ian K Wood and Robert G Moorhead — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 296.

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Improving general practice consultations for older people with asthma: a cluster randomised control trial
Dianne P Goeman, Lena A Sanci, Simon L Scharf, Michael Bailey, Robyn E O’Hehir, Christine R Jenkins and Jo A Douglass — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 296.

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Evolution of a house: Darwin’s link to Pambula
George D Repin — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 296.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (5): 287.

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