Volume 171 Issue 1

Editorials

• Australian prisons are still health risks Michael H Levy (MJA 1999; 171: 7-8)
• Recognising and preventing serious in-hospital events Ken M Hillman (MJA 1999; 171: 8-9)
• Is naltrexone a cure for heroin dependence? Wayne D Hall, Alex Wodak (MJA 1999; 171: 9-10)

Conference Report

• The New South Wales Drug Summit Alex Wodak, Peter Baume (MJA 1999; 171: 12-13)

Research

• HIV transmission in a prison system in an Australian State Kate A Dolan, Alex Wodak (MJA 1999; 171: 14-17)
• HIV prevalence at reception into Australian prisons, 1991-1997 Ann M McDonald, James W Ryan, Phillip R Brown, Chris J Manners, Anthony D Falconer, Raylee C Kinnear, William J Harvey, Peter R Hearne, Mick Banaszczyk, John M Kaldor (MJA 1999; 171: 18-21)
• Recognising clinical instability in hospital patients before cardiac arrest or unplanned admission to intensive care. A pilot study in a tertiary-care hospital Michael D Buist, Elizabeth Jarmolowski, Paul R Burton, Stephen A Bernard, Bruce P Waxman, Jeremy Anderson (MJA 1999; 171: 22-25)

Healthcare

• A pilot study of naltrexone-accelerated detoxification in opioid dependence James R Bell, Malcolm R Young, Sibyl C Masterman, Amanda Morris, Richard P Mattick, Gabriele Bammer (MJA 1999; 171: 26-30)

Notable Cases

• Transmission of hepatitis C within Australian prisons Paul S Haber, Sandra J Parsons, Susan E Harper, Peter A White, William D Rawlinson, Andrew R Lloyd (MJA 1999; 171: 31-33)

Public Health

• Opioid overdose mortality in Australia, 1964-1997: birth-cohort trends Wayne D Hall, Louisa J Degenhardt, Michael T Lynskey (MJA 1999; 171: 34-37)

Viewpoint

• The realities of ethical review of research in Australia John H Pearn (MJA 1999; 171: 38-39)

MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology

• Stable angina pectoris: treatment and referral options Don McTaggart (MJA 1999; 171: 43-49)