Volume 172 Issue 2

Editorials

• Lessons from the Westgate Bridge: suicide prevention and publicity Robert D Goldney (MJA 2000; 172: 52-53)
• Defibrillation for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Michael F O'Rourke (MJA 2000; 172: 53-54)
• Preventing hepatitis C virus transmission in Australians who inject drugs Katrina J R Watson (MJA 2000; 172: 55-56)

Research

• Hepatitis C virus antibody prevalence among injecting drug users at selected needle and syringe programs in Australia, 1995-1997 Margaret A MacDonald, Alex D Wodak, Kate A Dolan, Ingrid van Beek, Philip H Cunningham, John M Kaldor, for the Collaboration of Australian NSPs (MJA 2000; 172: 57-61)
• Trends in hospital readmission for asthma: has the Australian National Asthma Campaign had an effect? Kieran A McCaul, Melanie A Wakefield, David M Roder, Richard E Ruffin, Adrian R Heard, John H Alpers, Rima E Staugas (MJA 2000; 172: 62-66)

Public Health

• Jumping from the Westgate Bridge, Melbourne Michael Coman, Alastair D McR Meyer, Peter A Cameron (MJA 2000; 172: 67-69)

Diagnostic Dilemmas

• Phantom gallbladders Michelle L Giles, James J Gome, Harry Ross (MJA 2000; 172: 71-72)

Clinical Update

• Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Alastair D McR Meyer, Peter A Cameron, Karen L Smith, John J McNeil (MJA 2000; 172: 73-76)

For Debate

• Risk management: how doctors, hospitals and MDOs can limit the costs of malpractice litigation Lionel L Wilson, Max Fulton (MJA 2000; 172: 77-80)

Systematic Review

• Effect of ambulance 12-lead ECG recording on times to hospital reperfusion in acute myocardial infarction Simon G A Brown, David M Galloway (MJA 2000; 172: 81-84)

Future Perspectives

• New millennium, new images, new treatments John W S Earwaker (MJA 2000; 172: 85-86)
• General practice in the year 2025 Margaret R Kilmartin (MJA 2000; 172: 87-88)
• New directions for reproduction, obstetrics and gynaecology in Australia beyond 2000 Ian S Fraser (MJA 2000; 172: 88-89)