Volume 173 Issue 6

Editorials

• Coronary revascularisation in the private and public sectors Nicholas Bett (MJA 2000; 173: 285-286)
• Evidence-based management of melanoma William H McCarthy (MJA 2000; 173: 286-287)
• Cancer among Indigenous Australians: time for decisive action Neil J Thomson (MJA 2000; 173: 288-289)

Healthcare

• Coronary angiography and coronary artery revascularisation rates in public and private hospital patients after acute myocardial infarction Iain K Robertson, Jeffrey R J Richardson (MJA 2000; 173: 291-295)
• Costs, charges and revenues of elective coronary angioplasty and stenting: the public versus the private system Richard W Harper, Kim D Sampson, Pei Lee See, Jane L Kealey, Ian T Meredith (MJA 2000; 173: 296-300)

Indigenous health

• Cancer among people living in rural and remote Indigenous communities in Queensland Michael Coory, Alison Thompson, Indrani Ganguly (MJA 2000; 173: 301-304)

Notable cases

• Three fatal pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine failures Jeffrey N Hanna, Drew J Wenck, Denise N Murphy (MJA 2000; 173: 305-307)

Olympic Games

• The "Sherman effect": decreased ambulatory care volumes in Atlanta during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games Stephen R Pitts, Iris S Kolla (MJA 2000; 173: 309-311)
• Drug testing at the Sydney Olympics Brian Corrigan, Ray Kazlauskas (MJA 2000; 173: 312-313)
• Newer drugs used to enhance sporting performance Michael C Kennedy (MJA 2000; 173: 314-317)
• Monitoring acute diseases during the Sydney 2000 Olympic and Paralympic Games Sarah V Thackway, Valerie C Delpech, Louisa R Jorm, Jeremy M McAnulty, Maria Visotina (MJA 2000; 173: 318-321)

Medicine and the Community

• Anabolic-androgenic steroids: medical assessment of present, past and potential users Anthony J O'Sullivan, Michael C Kennedy, John H Casey, Richard O Day, Brian Corrigan, Alex D Wodak (MJA 2000; 173: 323-327)

Viewpoint

• The health needs of people with intellectual disability Nicholas G Lennox, Helen Beange, Niki S Edwards (MJA 2000; 173: 328-330)