Volume 165 Issue 5

Editorials

• Autism: time for a national approach to early assessment and management Bruce J Tonge (MJA 1996; 165: 244)
• Epilepsy: progress in solving mysteries and dispelling myths Samuel F Berkovic, Peter F Bladin (MJA 1996; 165: 245)
• Changing perceptions of osteoarthritis Nicholas Bellamy (MJA 1996; 165: 247)

Research

• Bicycle riding and oral/maxillofacial trauma in young children Caroline H C Acton, James W Nixon, Ronald C Clark (MJA 1996; 165: 249)
• Managing chronic back pain: impact of an interdisciplinary team approach Hilary A Flavell, Gino P Carrafa, Clayton H Thomas, Peter B Disler (MJA 1996; 165: 253)
• An outbreak of Japanese encephalitis in the Torres Strait, Australia, 1995 Jeffrey N Hanna, Scott A Ritchie, Debra A Phillips, Jack Shield, M Clare Bailey, John S Mackenzie, Michael Poidinger, Bradley J McCall, Phillip J Mills Article - Abstract (MJA 1996; 165: 256)

Notable Cases

• A diving fatality due to oxygen toxicity during a "technical" dive Christopher H Lawrence Article - Abstract (MJA 1996; 165: 262)

Managing HIV

• Protecting the blood supply from HIV Brenton R Wylie, Roger Y Dodd (MJA 1996; 165: 264)
• HIV prevention in the community: injecting drug users Alex Wodak, Kate Dolan (MJA 1996; 165: 266)
• Epidemiological surveillance for HIV and AIDS John M Kaldor, Nick Crofts (MJA 1996; 165: 268)

Point of View

• Price competition, professional cooperation and standards Peter C Arnold (MJA 1996; 165: 272)

MJA Practice Essentials - Dermatology

• Advances in topical therapy for skin diseases Elizabeth M Willsteed (MJA 1996; 165: 274)

Ethics

• The clinical and ethical implications of hepatitis C for organ transplantation in Australia Ian H Kerridge, Peter Saul, Robert G Batey Article (MJA 1996; 165: 282)