Volume 174 Issue 5

Editorials

• Changes to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee David A Henry, Donald J Birkett (MJA 2001; 174: 209-210)
• Time to move beyond clinical practice guidelines? Peter L Thompson (MJA 2001; 174: 211-212)
• Awareness during general anaesthesia: is it worth worrying about? Kate Leslie, Paul S Myles (MJA 2001; 174: 212-213)
• Evidence-based medicine - time for a reality check George L Rubin, Michael S Frommer (MJA 2001; 174: 214-215)

Research

• Randomised controlled trial to change the hospital management of unstable angina Richard F Heller, Catherine D'Este, Lynette L-Y Lim, Rachel L O'Connell, Heather Powell (MJA 2001; 174: 217-221)
• Training general practitioners to recognise and respond to psychological distress and suicidal ideation in young people Jon J Pfaff, John G Acres, Robert S McKelvey (MJA 2001; 174: 222-226)

Healthcare

• Adverse events associated with rush Hymenoptera venom immunotherapy Glen P Westall, Frank C K Thien, Dan Czarny, Robyn E O'Hehir, Jo A Douglass (MJA 2001; 174: 227-230)

Medicine and the community

• Firecracker injuries to the hand Duncan N MacKenzie, Jennifer A Green, Wayne Viglione (MJA 2001; 174: 231-232)

Position statement

• Non-valvular atrial fibrillation and stroke prevention Graeme J Hankey, on behalf of the National Blood Pressure Advisory Committee of the National Heart Foundation (MJA 2001; 174: 234-239)

For debate

• Disease control in the information era Robert M Douglas (MJA 2001; 174: 241-243)

Medicine and the law

• Trichloroethylene and cancer: a carcinogen on trial Bernard W Stewart (MJA 2001; 174: 244-247)

Evidence-based medicine

• Evidence-based medicine: useful tools for decision making Jonathan C Craig, Les M Irwig, Martin R Stockler (MJA 2001; 174: 248-253)