Volume 170 Issue 2

Editorials

• Databases and evidence-based medicine in general practice Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 170: 52-53)
• Posthumous conception and the need for consent Anne Reichman Schiff (MJA 1999; 170: 53-54)
• Clinical pathways Denise J Kitchiner, Peter E Bundred (MJA 1999; 170: 54-55)

Research

• General practitioners' use of evidence databases Jane M Young, Jeanette E Ward (MJA 1999; 170: 56-58)
• Clinical pathways in hip and knee arthroplasty: a prospective randomised controlled study Michelle M Dowsey, Meredith L Kilgour, Nick M Santamaria, Peter F M Choong (MJA 1999; 170: 59-62)
• Sociodemographic and behavioural determinants of blood lead concentrations in children aged 11-13 years. The Port Pirie Cohort Study Peter A Baghurst, Shilu Tong, Michael G Sawyer,Jane Burns, Anthony J McMichael (MJA 1999; 170: 63-67)

Healthcare

• Opioid substitution to reduce adverse effects in cancer pain management Michael A Ashby, Peter Martin, Kate A Jackson (MJA 1999; 170: 68-71)

Notable Cases

• Locally acquired Hansen's disease in North Queensland Helen Archibald, Peter F Fitzpatrick, G Hugo Rée (MJA 1999; 170: 72-73)

Medicine and the Community

• Smoking and mental health: results from a community survey Anthony F Jorm, Bryan Rodgers, Patricia A Jacomb, Helen Christensen, Scott Henderson, Ailsa E Korten (MJA 1999; 170: 74-77)

History

• A "noble instrument": the obstetric forceps Caroline M de Costa (MJA 1999; 170: 78-80)

Review

• Vascular dementia: diagnosis, management and possible prevention Perminder S Sachdev, Henry Brodaty, Jeffrey C L Looi (MJA 1999; 170: 81-85)