Volume 171 Issue 5

Editorials

• Dementia: current and future challenges Dina C LoGiudice, David J Ames (MJA 1999; 171: 228-229)
• Measuring the success of joint replacement surgery Owen D Williamson (MJA 1999; 171: 229-230)
• Financial incentives to change emergency service performance George A Jelinek, Christopher J Baggoley (MJA 1999; 171: 231-232)
• Computed tomography screening for coronary disease David S Celermajer, Phillip J Harris (MJA 1999; 171: 232-233)

Research

• Outcomes after hip or knee replacement surgery for osteoarthritis Lyn M March, Marita J Cross, Helen Lapsley, Alan J M Brnabic, Katherine L Tribe, Clarissa J M Bachmeier, Brett G Courtenay, Peter M Brooks (MJA 1999; 171: 235-238)
• Impact of written information on knowledge and preferences for cardiopulmonary resuscitation Ian H Kerridge, Sallie-Anne Pearson, Isobel E Rolfe, Michael Lowe, John R McPhee (MJA 1999; 171: 239-242)

Healthcare

• The effects of bonus payments on emergency service performance in Victoria Peter A Cameron, Marcus P Kennedy, John J McNeil (MJA 1999; 171: 243-246)

Notable Cases

• Poisoning by Amanita phalloides ("deathcap") mushrooms in the Australian Capital Territory Geoffrey M Trim, Heino Lepp, Matthew J Hall, Robin V McKeown, Geoffrey W McCaughan, Geoffrey G Duggin, David G Le Couteur (MJA 1999; 171: 247-249)

Review

• The present status of electroconvulsive therapy: a systematic review Chanaka Wijeratne, Graeme S Halliday, Robert W Lyndon (MJA 1999; 171: 250-254)

New Drugs, Old Drugs

• Long-acting ₂-agonists: the new symptom controllers for asthma Christine R Jenkins (MJA 1999; 171: 255-258)

Milestones

• Frank Macfarlane Burnet: virologist, immunologist and Nobel Prize winner Gordon L Ada (MJA 1999; 171: 259-261)
• John Cade and the discovery of lithium treatment for manic depressive illness Philip B Mitchell, Dusan Hadzi-Pavlovic (MJA 1999; 171: 262-264)

MJA Practice Essentials -- Cardiology

• Therapy for cardiac failure: treatments old and new Stephen V Pavia, Andrew J Galbraith (MJA 1999; 171: 265-271)