Volume 174 Issue 1

The nation

• Celebrating the centenary of Federation Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2001; 174: 3)
• Diversity in Australia Ross Terrill (MJA 2001; 174: 4-5)
• "I love a sunburnt country..." Roger P Strasser, Jo Wainer, John S Humphreys (MJA 2001; 174: 6)

Defining moments in medicine

• A golden age defined Bronwyn Gaut (MJA 2001; 174: 8)
• General practice Max Kamien (MJA 2001; 174: 9)
• Internal medicine Colin I Johnston, Mark E Cooper, Andrew J Taylor, James A Shaw (MJA 2001; 174: 9-11)
• Pathology Peter B Herdson, Richard A Scolyer, Alistair R McGregor (MJA 2001; 174: 11-12)
• Surgery John P Maddern, Guy J Maddern (MJA 2001; 174: 12-13)
• Obstetrics and gynaecology Carl E Wood, Simon J Gordon (MJA 2001; 174: 13-14)
• Radiology John W S Earwaker, William S C Hare, David A Lisle (MJA 2001; 174: 14-15)
• Paediatrics Peter D Phelan, Don M Roberton, Mike South (MJA 2001; 174: 16-17)
• Anaesthesia Garry D Phillips (MJA 2001; 174: 17-18)
• Psychiatry Gordon B Parker, John H Ellard (MJA 2001; 174: 18-19)

Changes in health

• Death, disease and diversity in Australia, 1951 to 2000 Diana M S Hetzel (MJA 2001; 174: 21-24)
• Expansion and diversification of medical education in Australia, 1951-2000 Peter M Brooks, Ralph L Doherty, Kenneth J Donald (MJA 2001; 174: 25-28)
• A half-century of Australian health and medical research John Chalmers, Judith A Whitworth (MJA 2001; 174: 29-32)
• Half a century of healthcare in Australia Basil S Hetzel, Stephen R Leeder (MJA 2001; 174: 33-36)
• A short history of vaccination in Australia Heather F Gidding, Margaret A Burgess, Ann E Kempe (MJA 2001; 174: 37-40)
• The growth of ethics in medicine over the past 50 years Paul A Komesaroff, Alex Cohen (MJA 2001; 174: 41-44)
• Fifty years of medical specialisation: from foundation to fragmentation John B Hickie, Ian B Hickie (MJA 2001; 174: 45-47)
• Pharmacotherapeutics: what a difference five decades makes! Richard O Day, M Laurence Mashford (MJA 2001; 174: 48-51)

Reflections

• Women in medicine: two generations Catherine E Yelland, Margaret E Yelland (MJA 2001; 174: 52-53)
• Medical themes on Australian coins Rowan Nicks, John Pearn, Frank Fenner, Stuart Braga (MJA 2001; 174: 54-55)
• Preoccupations of the medical profession in Australia 100 years ago Bill Coote (MJA 2001; 174: 56-58)
• On the writing and reading of obituaries Ben Haneman (MJA 2001; 174: 59-60)