Volume 165 Issue 11

Journal Activities

• The year that was Bronwen Ross (MJA 1996; 165: 592)

Editorials

• Human rights reflections in daily medical practice Richard F Mollica (MJA 1996; 165: 594)
• Health care reform and quality of care Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1996; 165: 595)
• Climate, health and medicine in a changing world Erwin K Jackson, Charles S Guest, Alistair J Woodward (MJA 1996; 165: 597)

Airwaves

• Cancer and TV towers: association but not causation Ray A Cartwright (MJA 1996; 165: 599)
• Cancer incidence and mortality and proximity to TV towers Bruce Hocking, Ian R Gordon, Heather L Grain, Gifford E Hatfield (MJA 1996; 165: 601) Abstract - Article

Water Hazards

• Serious injuries in jet skiers Elizabeth E L Swinburn (MJA 1996; 165: 606)
• Childhood drowning in New South Wales 1990-1995: a population-based study Daniel T Cass, Frank Ross, Lawrence T Lam (MJA 1996; 165: 610)
• Outbreak of cryptosporidiosis linked to an indoor swimming pool Jennifer M Lemmon, Jeremy M McAnulty, Jason Bawden-Smith (MJA 1996; 165: 613) Abstract - Article

Grave Matters

• Digging in the desert Christopher D Browne, Maree G Browne (MJA 1996; 165: 617)
• Revealing secrets of a lost city Estelle Lazer (MJA 1996; 165: 620)

Travel

• Medical travel: an opportunistic disease Yvonne E Cossart (MJA 1996; 165: 624)
• HUGs: Holidays for undergraduates Judy Harris (MJA 1996; 165: 628)

Homeless

• Hard times for homeless people Helen E Herrman (MJA 1996; 165: 629)
• Children in homeless families in Melbourne: health status and use of health services Daryl Efron, Jillian R Sewell, Michael Horn, Francoise Jewell (MJA 1996; 165: 630)
• Asylum seekers: general health status and problems with access to health care Ingrid Sinnerbrink, Derrick M Silove, Vijaya L Manicavasagar, Zachary Steel, Annette Field (MJA 1996; 165: 634)

Medicine in Asia

• Health care delivery system and major health issues in China Kong-Lai Zhang, Min Liu, Dan Li (MJA 1996; 165: 638)
• Health services in Indonesia Soewarta Kosen, Suriadi Gunawan (MJA 1996; 165: 641)

The Research Enterprise

• The Queensland Institute of Medical Research Lawrie W Powell (MJA 1996; 165: 645)
• The Garvan Institute of Medical Research John Shine (MJA 1996; 165: 649)
• Forty years at the pitface in the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Donald Metcalf (MJA 1996; 165: 652)
• Australia's fourth Nobel laureate for medicine Antony Basten (MJA 1996; 165: 656)

Bites and Stings

• Worldwide deaths and severe envenomation from jellyfish stings Peter J Fenner, John A Williamson (MJA 1996; 165: 658)
• Severe envenomation by the taipan (Oxyuranus scutellatus) David A Southern, Victor I Callanan, Geoffrey S Gordon (MJA 1996; 165: 662)

food Safety

• foodborne disease: how to respond? Craig W Hedberg (MJA 1996; 165: 667)
• foodborne disease: emerging problems and solutions Patricia M Desmarchelier (MJA 1996; 165: 668)
• foodborne disease: current trends and future surveillance needs in Australia Scott K Crerar, Craig B Dalton, Helen M Longbottom, Edward Kraa (MJA 1996; 165: 672)

True Stories

• An encounter with a Haitian refugee boat Andrew J Galbraith, David C McGiffin (MJA 1996; 165: 678)
• The caesarean section Douglas N Gow (MJA 1996; 165: 680)