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Volume 195 Issue 5

5 September 2011

Editor's choice

Renovation and renewal

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 245 Free

Editorials

Medicolegal aspects of the third wave of asbestos-related disease in Australia

John R C Gordon and James Leigh

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 247-248

Minimising the misuse of oxycodone and other pharmaceutical opioids in Australia

Wayne D Hall and Michael P Farrell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 248-249

Hendra virus

Jeannette R Young, Christine E Selvey and Rick Symons

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 250-251

In brief

In brief

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 252

From the NHMRC: Research translation network targets the evidence-practice lag

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 253

Perspectives

Why the tobacco industry fears plain packaging

Simon Chapman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 255

Should more Australian doctors be salaried than paid by fee-for-service? — Yes

Brian B Peat

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 256

Should more Australian doctors be salaried than paid by fee-for-service? — No

Douglas G Travis

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 257

PatientsLikeMe and the tale of three brothers

Lyndal J Trevena

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 258-259

Is it time to commence newborn screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia in Australia?

Joyce Y Wu, Sudeep, David M Cowley, Mark Harris, Ivan N McGown and Andrew M Cotterill

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 260-262 Free

Letters

What does the future hold for general medicine?

Joanna R Sutherland

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 263

What does the future hold for general medicine?

Alan E O’Connor

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 263

A no-fault compensation scheme for serious adverse events attributed to vaccination

Mark R Nelson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 263

Bipartisan support for Australia’s supervised injecting facility: a decade in the making

Marianne E Jauncey, Ingrid A van Beek, Allison M Salmon and Lisa Maher

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 264

Should opioids be used for chronic non-cancer pain?

Mark S Awerbuch

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 264-265

How can Australia do better for Indigenous health?

Lachlan J McIver

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 265-266 Free

Development of clinical-quality registries in Australia: the way forward

Guy J Maddern, Julian A Smith, Wendy Babidge and Gordon S Guy

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 266

Hospital and emergency department use in the last year of life: a baseline for future modifications to end-of-life care

Claire E Johnson and Geoffrey K Mitchell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 267

Predictive validity of the Undergraduate Medicine and Health Sciences Admission Test for medical students’ academic performance

Barry N J Walters

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 267-268

The impact of potential new diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Australia

Barbara Depczynski, Vincent W Wong, Hamish D Russell and Nicole Opie

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 268

Contrast induced nephropathy in patients with pre-existing renal impairment undergoing invasive coronary procedures — a long-term follow-up

Akash Dhawan, Devang Parikh, Ibrahim Shugman, John French, Hisham Hallani, Clyne Fernandes and Craig P Juergens

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 268-269

Research

Increasing incidence of malignant mesothelioma after exposure to asbestos during home maintenance and renovation

Nola J Olsen, Peter J Franklin, Alison Reid, Nicholas H de Klerk, Timothy J Threlfall, Keith Shilkin and Bill Musk

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 271-274 Free

Reusable venesection tourniquets: a potential source of hospital transmission of multiresistant organisms

Angie N Pinto, Thuy Phan, Gabriela Sala, Elaine Y L Cheong, Steven Siarakas and Thomas Gottlieb

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 276-279 Free

Prescription of opioid analgesics and related harms in Australia

Amanda Roxburgh, Raimondo Bruno, Briony Larance and Lucy Burns

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 280-284 Free

Case reports

Tunnel vision and night blindness in a 52-year-old man

Esra Sanli, Edwin C Figueira, Gaurav Bhardwaj, Stephanie L Watson and Ian C Francis

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 287-288 Free

Harlequin syndrome after jogging

Agustín Toll and Alberto Gálvez-Ruiz

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 288 Free

Reflections

Beyond builders and miners: mesothelioma hits home

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 290-291

George Rowan Nicks AO, OBE, MD(Honoris Causa), FRCS, FRACS

John Masterton and and Brian Morgan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 294 Free

“You’re not like other black people”

Lisa J Whop

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 292-293 Free

Imaging guide for iPad

Robert P Dowsett

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 294

Firsts

Imogen A Mitchell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (5): 295