Volume 168 Issue 12

Editorials

• Junior doctors' working hours: an unhealthy tradition? Gerry Holmes (MJA 1998; 168: 587-588)
• Drug abuse and illicit drug trafficking Desmond R A Manderson (MJA 1998; 168: 588-589)
• General practitioners and pathology testing Ross F Vining, Paul Mara (MJA 1998; 168: 591-592)
• New classification and criteria for diabetes: moving the goalposts closer Paul Zimmet, George Alberti, Maximilian P de Courten (MJA 1998; 168: 593-594)

Research

• Feasibility of prescribing injectable heroin and methadone to opiate-dependent drug users: associated health gains and harm reductions Nicky Metrebian, William Shanahan,Brian Wells, Gerry V Stimson (MJA 1998; 168: 596-600) Abstract - Article
• Trends in infectious disease mortality in Australia, 1979-1994 Gregory J Dore, Yeuming Li, Aileen J Plant, John M Kaldor (MJA 1998; 168: 601-604)

Healthcare

• Near-patient testing for serum cholesterol: attitudes of general practitioners andpatients, appropriateness, and costs Jonathan Cohen, Leon Piterman, Louise M McCall, Leonie Segal (MJA 1998; 168: 605-609)

Notable Cases

• Lepidopterism: two cases of systemic reactions to the cocoon of a common moth, Chelepteryx collesi Jane K Mulvaney, Paul A Gatenby, Jennifer G Brookes (MJA 1998; 168: 610-611)

Viewpoint

• Working harder - working dangerously? Fatigue and performance in hospitals Leslie G Olson, Antonio Ambrogetti (MJA 1998; 168: 614-616)

MJA Practice Essentials - Gastroenterology

• Chronic viral hepatitis Geoffrey C Farrell (MJA 1998; 168: 619-626)

MJA Practice Essentials - Mental Health

• Treatments that work in anxiety disorders Gavin Andrews, Caroline Hunt (MJA 1998; 168: 628-634)