Volume 164 Issue 8

Editorials

• The hospice movement matures Roger W Hunt (MJA 1996; 164: 452)
• Haemophilia -- darkest hours before the dawn Alison M Street, Henry Ekert (MJA 1996; 164: 453)
• Genetic screening and primary health care Ian R Walpole (MJA 1996; 164: 455)
• Continuity of care: in search of the Holy Grail of generalpractice Mark F Harris, John F Frith (MJA 1996; 164: 456)

Research

• Limited adverse occurrence screening: using medical record review to reduce hospital adverse patient events Alan M Wolff (MJA 1996; 164: 458) Abstract - Article
• Sequential continuity of care by general practitioners: which patients change doctor? Louis S Pilotto, John McCallum, Christopher Raymond, Charles McGilchrist, Bronwyn M Veale (MJA 1996; 164: 463)
• Suspected snakebite in children: a study of 156 patients over 10 years Helen J Mead, George A Jelinek (MJA 1996; 164: 467) Abstract - Article
• Cystic fibrosis carrier screening in two New South Wales country towns Samantha A Wake, Carolyn J Rogers, Peter W Colley, Elizabeth A Hieatt, Christine F Jenner, Gillian M Turner (MJA 1996; 164: 471)

Notable Cases

• Locally acquired Brachylaima sp. (Digenea: Brachylaimidae) intestinal fluke infection in two South Australian infants Andrew R Butcher, Graham A Talbot, Robert E Norton, Martyn D Kirk, Thomas H Cribb, Jocelyn R L Forsyth, Brodie Knight, A Scott Cameron (MJA 1996; 164: 475)

Man aging HIV

• HIV and musculoskeletal disease James V Bertouch (MJA 1996; 164: 480)
• HIV-related cardiovascular disease Michael P Feneley (MJA 1996; 164: 482) HIV and renal disease
• HIV and eye disease Peter J McCluskey, Anthony J Hall, Susan Lightmlan (MJA 1996; 164: 484)
• HIV and haematological disease Alison M Street, John Gibson (MJA 1996; 164: 487)
• HIV-related lymphoma and other malignancies Sam Milliken, Kate Clezy, Stephen Cooper, Ken Romeril (MJA 1996; 164: 489)

MJA Practice Essentials -- Dermatology

• Non-melanoma skin cancer Josephine Yeatman, Robin Marks (MJA 1996; 164: 492)

Clinical Practice

• The safety of topical beta-blockers in glaucoma treatment Ivan Goldberg (MJA 1996; 164: 498)

For Debate

• Trauma in pregnancy and cerebral palsy: is there a link? Marisa T Gilles, Eve Blair, Linda Watson, Nadia Badawi, Louisa Alessandri, Vivienne Dawes, Aileen J Plant, Fiona J Stanley (MJA 1996; 164: 500)

Medicine and the Law

• The Professional Indemnity Review: what did it accomplish? Charlotta Blomberg (MJA 1996; 164: 502)