Volume 166 Issue 7

Editorials

• Gestational diabetes: a diagnostic dilemma? Jeremy J N Oats (MJA 1997; 166: 340-341)
• Sexual health -- reaching out Christopher K Fairley (MJA 1997; 166: 341-342)
• “Medical manslaughter” Alan F Merry, Alexander A McCall Smith (MJA 1997; 166: 342-343)
• Arthritis and the community Kenneth D Muirden (MJA 1997; 166: 344-345)

Research

• Evaluation of sexual health services within Australia and New Zealand Caron Marks, Robin L Tideman, Adrian Mindel (MJA 1997; 166: 348-352) Abstract - Article
• A follow-up program for women with previous gestational diabetes mellitus Norman A Beischer, Peter Wein, Mary T Sheedy (MJA 1997; 166: 353-357)
• Comparison of alcohol consumption patterns and social problems between women and men drink-drivers Donna M Rogers, Alan J Gijsbers, Anne Raymond, John F McMahon, Greg Whelan (MJA 1997; 166: 358-361)

Notable Cases

• Opportunistic lung infection with Corynebacterium pseudodiphtheriticum after lung and heart transplantation Gregory J Burke, Monique A Malouf, Allan R Glanville (MJA 1997; 166: 362-364)

Update

Viewpoint

• What’s in a name? Michael F O’Rourke (MJA 1997; 166: 372-373)

Medicine and the Community

• Impact of pet ownership on elderly Australians’ use of medical services: an analysis using Medicare data Anthony F Jorm, Patricia A Jacomb, Helen Christensen, Scott Henderson, Ailsa E Korten, Bryan Rodgers (MJA 1997; 166: 376-377)

MJA Practice Essentials - Rheumatology

• Toxicity of antirheumatic drugs Thomas Lehmann, Richard O Day, Peter M Brooks (MJA 1997; 166: 378-383)