Volume 171 Issue 2

Editorials

• Promoting an evidence base for general practice Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 1999; 171: 60-61)
• Acne and acne scarring: why should we treat? Gregory J Goodman (MJA 1999; 171: 62-63)
• Medicine and palliative care Ian Maddocks (MJA 1999; 171: 63-64)
• Oral agents in type 2 diabetes: where to now? Lesley V Campbell, Donald J Chisholm (MJA 1999; 171: 64-65)

Research

• Editorial: Asthma in general practice: action plans or planned actions? Peter G Gibson (MJA 1999; 171: 67)
• Randomised controlled trial of general practice based asthma clinics Adrian R Heard, Ian J Richards, John H Alpers, Louis S Pilotto, Brian J Smith, Julie A Black (MJA 1999; 171: 68-71)
• Comparison of patients with asthma managed in general practice and in a hospital clinic Omar A Abdulwadud, Michael J Abramson, Larry Light, Francis C K Thien, E Haydn Walters (MJA 1999; 171: 72-75)
• Editorial: General practice consultations: quality time? Deborah C Saltman, Natalie A O'Dea (MJA 1999; 171: 76)
• Consultation length and chronic illness care in general practice: a qualitative study Carmel M Martin, Cathy L Banwell, Dorothy H Broom, Meherun Nisa (MJA 1999; 171: 77-81)

Healthcare

• Editorial: Vaccines and the cold chain: is it too hot ... or too cold? Margaret A Burgess, Peter B McIntyre (MJA 1999; 171: 82)
• Electronic temperature monitoring and feedback to correct adverse vaccine storage in general practice Michael S Gold, Louise Martin, Claire L Nayda, Ann E Kempe (MJA 1999; 171: 83-84)
• Shared care through divisions of general practice: moving forward Mark F Harris, Gawaine Powell Davies (MJA 1999; 171: 85-88)

Viewpoint

• Out-of-surgery care: will there be a role for Australian general practitioners? Harry M Nespolon (MJA 1999; 171: 89-90)

Evidence-Based General Practice

• Clinical practice guidelines and general practice: the sleeping giant in Australian healthcare integration? Claire L Jackson, Inge C de Jong (MJA 1999; 171: 91-93)

Medicine and the Community

• Medical care in aged-care facilities: new directions Brian M Draper (MJA 1999; 171: 94-96)

Notable Cases

• Editorial: Necrotising arachnidism Julian White (MJA 1999; 171: 98)
• Acute and recurrent skin ulceration after spider bite Steven J Pincus, Kenneth D Winkel, Gabrielle M Hawdon, Struan K Sutherland (MJA 1999; 171: 99-102)

Personal Perspective

• As doctors, we are healers Charles D Kerr (MJA 1999; 171: 104)