Volume 169 Issue 10

Editorials

• How much should we be spending on health services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people? Gavin H Mooney, Virginia L Wiseman, Stephen Jan (MJA 1998; 169: 508-509)
• Should research ethics change at the border? Paul M McNeill (MJA 1998; 169: 509-510)
• United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study: the end of the beginning? T M E Davis (MJA 1998; 169: 511-512)
• A national approach to skin cancer prevention: the National SunSmart Schools Program Suzanne Dobbinson, Alison Peipers, Dorothy Reading, Craig Sinclair (MJA 1998; 169: 513-514)

Research

• The management of elderly patients with femoral fractures
• A randomised controlled trial of early intervention versus standard care Cheryl E Swanson, Gregory A Day, Catherine E Yelland, Josiane R Broome, Lorraine Massey, Helen R Richardson, Karel Dimitri, Alan Marsh (MJA 1998; 169: 515-518)
• Home-based treatment of cellulitis with twice-daily cefazolin Karin Leder, John D Turnidge, M Lindsay Grayson (MJA 1998; 169: 519-522)

Notable Cases

• Serotonin syndrome resulting from drug interactions Betty S H Chan, Andis Graudins, Ian M Whyte, Andrew H Dawson, George Braitberg, Geoffrey G Duggin (MJA 1998; 169: 523-525)

Medicine and the Community

• Reducing indigenous mortality in Australia: lessons from other countries Ian T Ring, David Firman (MJA 1998; 169: 528-533)

Viewpoint

• Heparin in acute ischaemic stroke -- The T wave is negative and it's time to stop Graeme J Hankey (MJA 1998; 169: 534-536)

For Debate

• Polycystic ovary syndrome: a new direction in treatment Warren Kidson (MJA 1998; 169: 537-540)

Ethics

• Clinical trials in developing countries: scientific and ethical issues David M Studdert, Troyen A Brennan (MJA 1998; 169: 545-548)

MJA Practice Essentials - Gastroenterology

• Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease David J de Carle (MJA 1998; 169: 549-554)