Volume 171 Issue 10

Editorials

• The impact of culture on technology Enrico Coiera (MJA 1999; 171: 508-509)
• Female sterilisation Gabor T Kovacs, Maxwell W Brinsmead (MJA 1999; 171: 509-510)
• The "Lost Generation": IT education for healthcare professionals Michael R Kidd, Wendy McPhee (MJA 1999; 171: 510-511)
• The communication revolution: winners and losers Martin B Van Der Weyden, Ruth M Armstrong, Mabel Chew (MJA 1999; 171: 512)

Clinical Practice

• Technology in patient care A Malcolm Mackinnon (MJA 1999; 171: 513)
• Surgery in the Information Age Patrick Cregan (MJA 1999; 171: 514-516)
• The potential impact of home telecare on clinical practice Branko G Celler, Nigel H Lovell, Daniel K Y Chan (MJA 1999; 171: 518-521)
• Health online: the future isn't what it used to be Peter M Yellowlees, Peter M Brooks (MJA 1999; 171: 522-525)
• General practice and the new technologies: high tech needs high touch Susan M DeVries (MJA 1999; 171: 526)

Diagnosis

• The stage is set for the diffusion of positron emission tomography (PET) in oncology John G Morris (MJA 1999; 171: 527-528)
• Positron emission tomography (PET): experience with a large-field-of-view three-dimensional PET scanner Rodney J Hicks, David S Binns, Meagan E Fawcett, Robert E Ware, Victor Kalff, Allan F McKenzie, John P Zalcberg, Lester J Peters (MJA 1999; 171: 529-532)
• Filmless radiology: a dream becomes reality Merl de Silva (MJA 1999; 171: 533-535)
• Culture shock. Molecular methods for diagnosis of infectious diseases Gwendolyn L Gilbert, Gregory S James, Vitali Sintchenko (MJA 1999; 171: 536-539)

Communicating Evidence

• Electronic prescribing and computer-assisted decision support systems Andrew M Nolan, Carol A Norquay, Jonathan G A Dartnell, Ken J Harvey (MJA 1999; 171: 541-543)
• The Clinical Information Access Project Dianne H M Ayres, Michelle M Wensley (MJA 1999; 171: 544-546)
• Providing evidence-based answers to clinical questions. A pilot information service for general practitioners John A Hayward, Susan M Wearne, Philippa F Middleton, Chris A Silagy, David P Weller, Jenny A Doust (MJA 1999; 171: 547-550)

Evaluation

• Health technology assessment in Australia David Weedon (MJA 1999; 171: 551-552)
• Assessing new health technologies: lessons to be learned from drugs David A Henry, Suzanne R Hill (MJA 1999; 171: 554-556)
• "Picking winners": assessing new health technology Jeremy N Anderson, Paul A Fennessy, Gabby A Fennessy, Rosa L Schattner, Elizabeth A Burrows (MJA 1999; 171: 557-559)

Law

• Telehealth: opportunities and liabilities Robert D Milstein (MJA 1999; 171: 561-562)
• Medicolegal risk in telemedicine: risk control in teleradiology Steve M Pickett, George W van der Heide (MJA 1999; 171: 563-565)

Letter

• Digital camera and the Internet: bringing the patient home Tam Dieu, Simon R Donahoe (MJA 1999; 171: 567)