Volume 174 Issue 10

Editorials

• Indigenous Australian children: educating for health Paul A Bauert, Ngiare J Brown, Bob Collins, Carmel M Martin (MJA 2001; 174: 488-489)
• How bright is their future? Post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in Indigenous communities in Australia Robert C Atkins (MJA 2001; 174: 489-490)
• Tobacco's uncounted victims Konrad Jamrozik, Max Le (MJA 2001; 174: 490-491)

Indigenous health research

• Childhood post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis as a risk factor for chronic renal disease in later life Andrew V White, Wendy E Hoy, David A McCredie (MJA 2001; 174: 492-496)
• Improving diabetes care in the primary healthcare setting: a randomised cluster trial in remote Indigenous communities Robyn A McDermott, Barbara A Schmidt, Ashim Sinha, Phillip Mills (MJA 2001; 174: 497-502)
• Differing influences on Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal neonatal phenotypes: a prospective study Michael D Humphrey, Deborah J Holzheimer (MJA 2001; 174: 503-506)

Medicine and the community

• Improving access to specialist care for remote Aboriginal communities: evaluation of a specialist outreach service Russell L Gruen, Ross S Bailie, Peter H d'Abbs, Ian C O'Rourke, Margaret M O'Brien, Nitin Verma (MJA 2001; 174: 507-511)

Public health

• Has the ban on smoking in New South Wales restaurants worked? A comparison of restaurants in Sydney and Melbourne Simon Chapman, Ron Borland, Anita Lal (MJA 2001; 174: 512-515)

Notable cases

• Caffeine-induced cardiac arrhythmia: an unrecognised danger of healthfood products Marianne E Cannon, Clive T Cooke, James S McCarthy (MJA 2001; 174: 520-521)

Clinical practice

• Assessing competence to refuse medical treatment Paul Biegler, Cameron Stewart (MJA 2001; 174: 522-525)

Evidence-based medicine

• Evidence-based medicine in intensive care Carlos D Scheinkestel, Andrew R Davies, Peter J Bristow (MJA 2001; 174: 526-527)

Clinical ethics

• Refusal of treatment Malcolm H Parker, Bernadette Tobin (MJA 2001; 174: 531-532)

MJA Practice essentials - Neurology

• Epilepsy Geoffrey K Herkes (MJA 2001; 174: 534-539)

EBM in action

• Treatment alternatives for nocturnal leg cramps Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks, Sharon L Sanders, Deborah J Hilton (MJA 2001; 174: 540)