Volume 173 Issue 9

Editorials

• Palliative medicine: the way ahead Paul A Glare, J Norelle Lickiss (MJA 2000; 173: 452-453)
• Depressed Australians: should we worry? Gordon B Parker (MJA 2000; 173: 453-455)
• Science, legal action and journals Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 455)
• Neglect of bereavement care in general hospitals David W Kissane (MJA 2000; 173: 456)

Research

• Recent trends in the use of antidepressant drugs in Australia, 1990-1998 Peter McManus, Andrea Mant, Philip B Mitchell, William S Montgomery, John Marley, Merran E Auland (MJA 2000; 173: 458-461)
• Flexible sigmoidoscopy screening for colorectal cancer in average-risk people: update of a community-based project Judith A Collett, John K Olynyk, Cameron F Platell (MJA 2000; 173: 463-466)

Public health

• Measles outbreak in young adults in Victoria, 1999 Stephen B Lambert, Melissa L Morgan, Michaela A Riddell, Ross M Andrews, Heath A Kelly, Jennie A Leydon, Mike C Catton, Pauline A Lynch, Debbie K Gercovich, Rosemary A Lester, John A Carnie, Graham J Rouch (MJA 2000; 173: 467-471)

Healthcare

• Virtual colonoscopy compared with conventional colonoscopy: a developing technology Richard M Mendelson, Noellene M Foster, John T Edwards, Christopher J Wood, Melanie S Rosenberg, Geoffrey M Forbes (MJA 2000; 173: 472-475)

Notable cases

• Non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in children and adolescents Nicholas D Manton, Jill Lipsett, David J Moore, Geoffrey P Davidson, Anthony J Bourne, Richard T L Couper (MJA 2000; 173: 476-479)

Medicine and the community

• Improving services to bereaved relatives in the emergency department: making healthcare more human Aled G Williams, Debra L O'Brien, Kylie J Laughton, George A Jelinek (MJA 2000; 173: 480-483)
• The perpetrators of domestic violence Sarah E Romans, Marion R Poore, Judy L Martin (MJA 2000; 173: 484-488)

EBM in action

• Can tea tree (Melaleuca alternifolia) oil prevent MRSA? Jeremy N Anderson, Paul A Fennessy (MJA 2000; 173: 489)

New drugs, old drugs

• Erectile dysfunction Chris G McMahon (MJA 2000; 173: 492-497)

Supplement

• Identifying and promoting the specific nutrition and physical activity needs of women aged 40 and over (MJA 2000; 173: S89-S112)