Volume 166 Issue 10

Editorials

• Alternative medicine: an expanding health industry Gillian M Shenfield, Philip A Atkin, Sean S Kristoffersen (MJA 1997; 166: 516-517)
• Sydney 2000: guarding against disasters Gordian W O Fulde (MJA 1997; 166: 517-518)
• The taxanes: miracles for breast cancer treatment or just more chemotherapy? Phillip Claringbold (MJA 1997; 166: 518-519)

Research

• Australian multicentre phase II trial of paclitaxel in women with metastatic breast cancer and prior chemotherapy Michael Michael, James F Bishop, John A Levi, David R Bell, John R Zalcberg, Michael L Friedlander, Ian N Olver, Jennifer G Smith, Guy C Toner (MJA 1997; 166: 520-523)
• Relationship of peak expiratory flow rate with mortality and ischaemic heart disease in elderly Australians Leon A Simons, John McCallum, Judith Simons, Yechiel Friedlander (MJA 1997; 166: 526-529)
• Detection of antibodies to Bartonella henselae in clinically diagnosed cat scratch disease James P Flexman, Sharon C A Chen, David J Dickeson, John W Pearman, Gwendolyn L Gilbert (MJA 1997; 166: 532-535)

Medicine and the Community

• Safety issues in herbal medicine: implications for the health professions Anna K Drew, Stephen P Myers (MJA 1997; 166: 538-541)

Notable Cases

• The St Marys fragmentation grenade explosion Antony Nocera (MJA 1997; 166: 545-548)

Clinical Practice

• Management of haematemesis and melaena Stuart K Roberts, Frank J Dudley (MJA 1997; 166: 549-553)

MJA Practice Essentials - Respiratory Medicine

• Chest imaging: indications and interpretation Greg M Briggs (MJA 1997; 166: 555-560)