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From the Editor’s Desk: Academies of health sciences   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 361.

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In This Issue . . .   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 362.

Editorials

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemias: time to act
Peter J Collignon and Marilyn Cruickshank — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 363-364.

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Systemic sclerosis: new hope for an unyielding disease
Helen J Englert and Nicholas Manolios — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 365-366.

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Reforming Australian health care
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 367.

Research

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia: a major cause of mortality in Australia and New Zealand
John D Turnidge, Despina Kotsanas, Wendy Munckhof, Sally Roberts, Catherine M Bennett, Graeme R Nimmo, Geoffrey W Coombs, Ronan J Murray, Benjamin Howden, Paul D R Johnson and Kate Dowling on behalf of the Australia New Zealand Cooperative on Outcomes in Staphylococcal Sepsis — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 368-373.

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Bringing patients’ own medications into an emergency department by ambulance: effect on prescribing accuracy when these patients are admitted to hospital
Esther W Chan, Simone E Taylor, Jennifer L Marriott and Bill Barger — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 374-377.

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Initial impact of Australia’s National Bowel Cancer Screening Program
Sumitra S Ananda, Stephen J McLaughlin, Frank Chen, Ian P Hayes, Andrew A Hunter, Iain J Skinner, Malcolm C A Steel, Ian T Jones, Ian A Hastie, Nicholas A Rieger, Susan Shedda, Daniel J Compston and Peter Gibbs — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 378-381.

Health Care Reform

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National health reform: it’s time for a decision                     
Ian B Hickie — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 382-383.

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A healthier future for all Australians: an overview of the final report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission
Christine C Bennett — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 383-387.

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Final report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission: will we get the health care governance reform we need?
Johannes U Stoelwinder — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 387-388.

Health Care

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Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia as a quality indicator for hospital infection control
Claire Dendle, Rhea D Martin, Donna R Cameron, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Barrie C Mayall, M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 389-392.

Viewpoint

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General Practice Super Clinics — how will they meet their educational objectives?
Alistair W Vickery, Jennifer Dodd and Jon D Emery — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 393-395.

Diagnostic Dilemmas

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An unusual case of recurrent fever, jaundice and right upper quadrant pain
Piers A Blombery, Prudence A Russell and John R Daffy — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 396-397.

Public Health

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A prolonged mumps outbreak among highly vaccinated Aboriginal people in the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Revle D Bangor-Jones, Gary K Dowse, Carolien M Giele, Paul G van Buynder, Meredith M Hodge and Mary M Whitty — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 398-401.

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

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My story: balancing family, work and community
John P Brady — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 402-404.

Letters

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Is viral nucleic acid testing of eye donors cost-effective?
Paul R Badenoch and Douglas J Coster — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 408.

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Inadequate data collection prevents health planning for released prisoners
Kristy A Martire and Sarah Larney — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 408-409.

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Cruelty towards the family pet: a survey of women experiencing domestic violence on the Central Coast, New South Wales
Cheryl Travers, Andrew Dixon, Karen Thorne and Kaye Spicer — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 409-410.

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The private hospital: a potential surgical training ground
Lih-Ming Wong, Lisa P Wun, Julie Shaw and Dominic Vellar — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410.

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Effect of swimming pools on antibiotic use and clinic attendance for infections in two Aboriginal communities in Western Australia
Anu A Mathew, Collin J McDonnell, Jill Benson and Hugh R Taylor — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 410-411.

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Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory
Odette R Gibson and Leonie Segal || Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 411-412.

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Are we ready for the next big thing?
Heather J Cleland || Derek H Meyers || Stephen J Duckett — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 412-413.

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Prolonged varicella viraemia and streptococcal toxic shock syndrome following varicella vaccination of a health care worker
Sam S Mehr and Andrew S Kemp — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 414-415.

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Non-invasive prenatal diagnosis — toward a new horizon
Marleen R Susman, David J Amor and Jane L Halliday — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 413-414.

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Making cars and making health care: a critical review
Susan Ieraci || Sarah Winch and Amanda J Henderson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 414-415.

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Smoking and The Simpsons
Nicholas Jefferson-Lenskyj || Becky Freeman — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 415-416.

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Chromobacterium violaceum endocarditis and hepatic abscesses treated successfully with meropenem and ciprofloxacin
Richard N Pearson — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 416.

MJA Book Launch

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MJA Books launches new quality and safety guidebook
Rivqa Berger — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 364.

Book Review

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The wisdom of whores. Bureaucrats, brothels, and the business of AIDS
reviewed by David L Bradford — Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 412.

Columns

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In Other Journals   Med J Aust 2009; 191 (7): 406.

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