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Volume 194 Issue 9

2 May 2011

Editor's choice

“The Women in Surgery Committee was established to encourage and support all Trainees, but females in particular” — RACS Women in Surgery

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 435 Free

Editorials

Cuts to the NHMRC budget will undermine the health of all Australians — today and in the future

Garry L R Jennings, Stephen MacMahon and Geoffrey A Donnan

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 436-437

Does decompressive craniectomy improve outcomes in patients with diffuse traumatic brain injury?

D James Cooper and Jeffrey V Rosenfeld

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 437-438

Early detection of breast cancer the second time around: mammography in women with a personal history of breast cancer

Nehmat Houssami and Diana L Miglioretti

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 439-440

Is laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer the way to the future?

Ned S Abraham

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 441-442

Research

National trends in the uptake of laparoscopic resection for colorectal cancer, 2000–2008

Bridie S Thompson, Michael D Coory and John W Lumley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 443-447 Free

Streamlining elective surgery care in a public hospital: the Alfred experience

Judy A Lowthian, Andrea J Curtis, Bernadette L Comitti, Peter A Cameron, Martin J Keogh, William R Johnson, James Tomlinson and Andrew M Stripp

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 448-451 Free

Doctors disciplined for professional misconduct in Australia and New Zealand, 2000–2009

Katie J Elkin, Matthew J Spittal, David J Elkin and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 452-456 Free

Opposing views

Public or private: where would you choose to work? — Public

Diana R McKay

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 458

Public or private: where would you choose to work? — Private

Terry J Coyne

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 459

Viewpoint

Adding flexibility to physician training

Suzanne E Mahady

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 460-462 Free

How can surgical training benefit from theories of skilled motor development, musical skill acquisition and performance psychology?

Andrew W McCaskie, Dianna T Kenny and Sandeep Deshmukh

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 463-465 Free

The profession

Distressed doctors: a hospital-based support program for poorly performing and “at-risk” junior medical staff

Alison J Dwyer, Peter Morley, Esther Reid and Cassandra Angelatos

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 466-469 Free

Notable cases

A synthetic haemoglobin-based oxygen carrier and the reversal of cardiac hypoxia secondary to severe anaemia following trauma

Mark C Fitzgerald, Julie Y Chan, Andrew W Ross, Susan M Liew, Warwick W Butt, David Baguley, Hatem H Salem, Matthias K Russ, Conor Deasy, Katherine E Martin, Joseph K Mathew and Jeffrey V Rosenfeld

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 471-473 Free

Book reviews

Frank discussion of women’s issues

Karen M Flegg

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 473

Medicine and the law

Implementing US-style anti-fraud laws in the Australian pharmaceutical and health care industries

Thomas A Faunce, Gregor Urbas and Lesley Skillen

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 474-478 Free

Position statement

Alcohol and cancer: a position statement from Cancer Council Australia

Margaret H Winstanley, Iain S Pratt, Kathryn Chapman, Hayley J Griffin, Emma J Croager, Ian N Olver, Craig Sinclair and Terry J Slevin

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 479-482 Free

Lessons from practice

Wernicke’s encephalopathy in a non-alcoholic patient with a normal blood thiamine level

Sarah B Davies, Fredrick F Joshua and Alessandro S Zagami

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 483-484 Free

Letters

Misuse of codeine-containing combination analgesics

Michael A McDonough

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 486

Scurvy and stroke: is there an association?

Felicity J Rose and Jonathan P Whitehead

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 486

Role substitution: a reactionary approach to health care change

Patrick S Hanrahan

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 487

Academic health science centres in Australia: let’s get competitive

Michael K Morgan and Janet D Greeley

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 487-488

Academic health science centres in Australia: let’s get competitive

David A Kandiah

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 487-488

Columns

In Other Journals

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (9): 486