Volume 170 Issue 7

Editorials

• Research and the acute-care hospital of the future Jeffrey Braithwaite, Don Hindle (MJA 1999; 170: 292-293)
• Psychotropic drug prescribing: first the good news Nicholas A Keks, Graham D Burrows (MJA 1999; 170: 293-294)
• Improving world health - Australia's focus on the Pacific David E Theile (MJA 1999; 170: 295-296)
• Emotions at work Rob Moodie, Chris Borthwick (MJA 1999; 170: 296-297)

Research

• A follow-up survey of psychotropic drug use in Sydney nursing homes John Snowdon (MJA 1999; 170: 299-301)
• Rainfall, evaporation and the risk of non-contact anterior cruciate ligament injury in the Australian Football League John Orchard, Hugh Seward, Jeanne McGivern, Simon Hood (MJA 1999; 170: 304-306)
• Repetition of deliberate self-poisoning in an Australian hospital-treated population Gregory L Carter, Ian M Whyte, Kylie Ball, Natalia T Carter, Andrew H Dawson, Vaughan J Carr, Jayne Fryer (MJA 1999; 170: 307-311)

Healthcare

• Management of insulin-treated diabetes in Tasmania Daniel J McCarty, Timothy M Greenaway, Maarten C Kamp, Terry Dwyer, Paul Z Zimmet (MJA 1999; 170: 312-315)

Notable Cases

• Scrub typhus in north Queensland William J H McBride, Carmel T Taylor, Jenny A Pryor, John D Simpson (MJA 1999; 170: 318-320)

Viewpoint

• Privatisation of teaching hospitals Peter M Brooks (MJA 1999; 170: 321-322)

Personal Perspective

• Other people's practices: a world close to home Allen C Cheng (MJA 1999; 170: 323-324)

For Debate

MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology

• Management of cardiovascular disease Richard W Harper, John T Dowling (MJA 1999; 170: 329)
• The heart patient: what tests are helpful? David J Rose (MJA 1999; 170: 330-336)