Volume 172 Issue 1

Editorials

• Relief of acute pain: a basic human right? Michael J Cousins (MJA 2000; 172: 3-4)
• Allies or enemies? Evidence-based medicine and consumer choice Hilda Bastian (MJA 2000; 172: 5-6)
• Hepatitis A, liver transplants and Indigenous communities Geoffrey W McCaughan, Paul J Torzillo (MJA 2000; 172: 6-7)

Conference Report

• Towards Unity for Health David Wilkinson (MJA 2000; 172: 8)

Medicine and the Community

• Patient attitudes to commonly promoted medical interventions Stephen P Fitzgerald, George Phillipov (MJA 2000; 172: 9-12)
• Survival of patients with colorectal cancer detected by a community screening program Leslie C Rae, Robert W Gibberd (MJA 2000; 172: 13-15)

Healthcare

• Concordance between use of proton pump inhibitors and prescribing guidelines Peter I Pillans, Paul A Kubler, James M Radford, Victoria Overland (MJA 2000; 172: 16-18)

Notable Cases

• Fulminant hepatitis A in Indigenous children in north Queensland Jeffrey N Hanna, Tim H Warnock, Ross W Shepherd, Linda A Selvey (MJA 2000; 172: 19-21)

Viewpoint

• General practice computerisation: lessons from the United Kingdom Nicola T Ellis, Michael R Kidd (MJA 2000; 172: 22-24)

For Debate

• An integrated electronic health record and information system for Australia? Christopher D Mount, Christopher W Kelman, Leonard R Smith, Robert M Douglas (MJA 2000; 172: 25-27)
• Integrated electronic health records and patient privacy: possible benefits but real dangers Meredith Carter (MJA 2000; 172: 28-30)

Future Perspectives

• The great leap forward Bruce H Barraclough (MJA 2000; 172: 33-34)
• More than minding the machine Jack W Hamer (MJA 2000; 172: 35-36)
• "Eyes-open optimism": one view of the future for physicians Donald P Cameron (MJA 2000; 172: 36-37)

Lessons From Practice

• Fallopian tube carcinoma detected by ThinPrep cytology smear Farhad Rahimpanah, Richard I Reid (MJA 2000; 172: 38)