Volume 174 Issue 8

Editorials

• Vocational part-time training: jobs for the girls and boys Jillian R Sewell (MJA 2001; 174: 376-377)
• Implementing evidence-based guidelines Peter G Gibson (MJA 2001; 174: 377-378)
• Can hepatitis C transmission be reduced in Australian prisons? Kate A Dolan (MJA 2001; 174: 378-379)
• The mental health of young Australians Joseph M Rey (MJA 2001; 174: 380-381)
• Heart Week 2001: "Get active"! A call to action Adrian E Bauman, Terry J Campbell (MJA 2001; 174: 381-382)

Research

• Asthma screening as part of a routine school health assessment in the Australian Capital Territory Nicholas J Glasgow, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Rachel E Yates, Tim McDonald, Robyn Attewell (MJA 2001; 174: 384-388)
• The contribution of maternal smoking to preterm birth, small for gestational age and low birthweight among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal births in South Australia Annabelle Chan, Rosemary J Keane, Jeffrey S Robinson (MJA 2001; 174: 389-393)
• Evaluating the effectiveness of evidence-based guidelines for the use of spacer devices in children with acute asthma Madlen Gazarian, Richard L Henry, Sandra R Wales, Betina E Micallef, Elizabeth M Rood, Matthew W O'Meara, Andrew H Numa (MJA 2001; 174: 394-397)

Notable cases

• Percutaneous vertebroplasty: a novel treatment for acute vertebral fractures Terrence H Diamond, William A Clark (MJA 2001; 174: 398-400)

Evidence-based medicine

• EBM in practice: internal medicine Paddy A Phillips (MJA 2001; 174: 401-402)
• EBM in practice: psychiatry Mark A Oakley-Browne (MJA 2001; 174: 403-404)

Clinical ethics

• Ethical thinking and stakeholders Kathleen Montgomery, J Miles Little (MJA 2001; 174: 405-406)

The profession

• Job-sharing in paediatric training in Australia: availability and trainee perceptions Charlotte M Whitelaw, Margot C Nash (MJA 2001; 174: 407-409)

Personal perspective

• Part-time specialty training - my experience Meegan T Gun (MJA 2001; 174: 410-412)

MJA practice essentials — Neurology

• 6: Movement disorders II: The hyperkinetic disorders Jane E Rice, Philip D Thompson (MJA 2001; 174: 413-419)

EBM in action

• Is coenzyme Q₁₀ helpful for patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy? Christopher B Del Mar, Paul P Glasziou, Anneliese B Spinks, Sharon L Sanders (MJA 2001; 174: 421)