Volume 173 Issue 2

Editorials

• Australian general practice: the need for leaders and vision Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 60-61)
• Diagnosing Australians at risk of diabetes mellitus in general practice Timothy A Welborn (MJA 2000; 173: 61-62)
• The BEACH study of general practice Helena C Britt, Graeme C Miller (MJA 2000; 173: 63-64)

Public health

• Editorial General practitioners and public health Peter Harris, Richard Henry (MJA 2000; 173: 66-67)
• Public health and preventive healthcare in children: current practices of Victorian GPs and barriers to participation Elizabeth B Waters, Michelle M Haby, Melissa Wake, Louisa A Salmon (MJA 2000; 173: 68-71)
• Editorial Adult vaccination: old needs, new challenges and opportunities Mark J Ferson (MJA 2000; 173: 72-73)
• Survey of pertussis morbidity in adults in western Sydney Paul F Thomas, Peter B McIntyre, Bin B Jalaludin (MJA 2000; 173: 74-76)

Caring for older people

• Healthcare for older people in residential care - who cares? Leon Flicker (MJA 2000; 173: 77-79)
• The mental health of older people in the community Brian M Draper (MJA 2000; 173: 80-82)
• Carotid sinus massage in the elderly: is it worth the risk? Peter C Veitch, Rosalind E Montague (MJA 2000; 173: 83)

Fitness and health

• Physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors: effect of advice from an exercise specialist in Australian general practice Julie A Halbert, Christopher A Silagy, Paul M Finucane, Robert T Withers, Phil A Hamdorf (MJA 2000; 173: 84-87)
• Healthy ageing: what role can physical activity play? Adrian E Bauman, Ben J Smith (MJA 2000; 173: 88-90)

Changing healthcare

• General practice reform in the United Kingdom: moving into the new millennium Brian R McAvoy (MJA 2000; 173: 91-94)
• Complementary therapies: the appeal to general practitioners Heather L Eastwood (MJA 2000; 173: 95-98)

Clinical practice

• Preliminary experiences with a single-patient trials service in general practice C Jane Nikles, Paul P Glasziou, Chris B Del Mar, Cate M Duggan, Alexandra Clavarino, Michael J Yelland (MJA 2000; 173: 100-103)
• An approach to managing depression in general practice Ian B Hickie (MJA 2000; 173: 106-110)

Letter

• What role for Divisions of General Practice in addressing health inequity within their communities? Vanessa J Traynor, Vanessa K Rose, Elizabeth Harris, John S Furler, P Gawaine Powell Davies, Mark F Harris (MJA 2000; 173: 79)