Volume 173 Issue 4

Editorials

• Psychotropic drugs and preschoolers Joseph M Rey, Garry Walter, Philip L Hazell (MJA 2000; 173: 172-173)
• Ischaemic heart disease: across the social and geographic divides Andrew M Tonkin, Jeanette Pope, John D Glover (MJA 2000; 173: 173-174)
• SIDS: facts and controversies Ed A Mitchell (MJA 2000; 173: 175-176)
• Falls in the elderly: what can be done? Jacqueline C T Close, Ed Glucksman (MJA 2000; 173: 176-177)

Research

• Characteristics and outcomes of older patients presenting to the emergency department after a fall: a retrospective analysis Anthony J Bell, Janet K Talbot-Stern, Annemarie Hennessy (MJA 2000; 173: 179-182)
• Predictors of bone mass in healthy older men in the community Peter Smerdely, Marilyn Seller, Angela Smith, Peter Day, Terrence Diamond (MJA 2000; 173: 183-186)
• Prevalence of Huntington disease in New South Wales in 1996 Elizabeth A McCusker, Reynolds F Casse, Shanthi J Graham, David B Williams, Ross Lazarus (MJA 2000; 173: 187-190)

Public health

• Driveway motor vehicle injuries in children Andrew J A Holland, Rhea W Y Liang, Shailinder J Singh, David N Schell, Frank I Ross, Daniel T Cass (MJA 2000; 173: 192-195)

Notable cases

• Wasp sting mortality in Australia Forbes McGain, James Harrison, Kenneth D Winkel (MJA 2000; 173: 198-200)

Indigenous health

• Delay times and management of acute myocardial infarction in Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory Michael A Ong, Tarun S Weeramanthri (MJA 2000; 173: 201-204)

Clinical update

• Imagined ugliness: a symptom which can become a disorder David J Castle, Daniel Morkell (MJA 2000; 173: 205-207)

Viewpoint

• The clinical role of quantitative ultrasound in assessing fracture risk and bone status George Phillipov, Max Holsman, Patrick J Phillips (MJA 2000; 173: 208-211)

Lessons from practice

• Serious complications with neck manipulation and informed consent Roy G Beran, Andrew Schaefer, Toos Sachinwalla (MJA 2000; 173: 213-214)