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Volume 176 Issue 10

20 May 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue, 20 May 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 454 Free

Editorials

Parasite elimination programs: at home and away

James S McCarthy and Stuart C Garrow

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 456-457

Rural health: why it matters

John Wakerman and John S Humphreys

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 457-458

Child sexual abuse revisited

Gavin Andrews, Bronwyn Gould and Justine Corry

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 458-459

Indigenous health

End-stage renal disease in the Northern Territory: current and future treatment costs

Jiqiong You, Yuejen Zhao, Carol Beaver, Wendy Hoy and Kathy Eagar

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 461-465 Free

Sharing the true stories: improving communication between Aboriginal patients and healthcare workers

Alan Cass, Anne Lowell, Michael Christie, Paul L Snelling, Melinda Flack, Betty Marrnganyin and Isaac Brown

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 466-470 Free

Rural health

Workforce retention in rural and remote Australia: determining the factors that influence length of practice

John S Humphreys, Judith A Jones, Michael P Jones and Paul R Mara

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 472-476 Free

Dispelling the myths about rural consultant physician practice: the Victorian Physicians Survey

David Simmons, Les E Bolitho, Grant J Phelps, Rob Ziffer and Gary J Disher

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 477-481 Free

Clinical ethics

Development of guidelines for non-Indigenous people undertaking research among the Indigenous population of north-east Victoria

Rick Henderson, David S Simmons, Lisa Bourke and Janice Muir

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 482-485 Free

New Drugs, Old Drugs

The pharmacotherapy of smoking cessation

Matthew J Peters and Lucy C Morgan

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 486-490 Free

EBM: Trials on trial

Specifying objectives and outcomes for clinical trials

Val J Gebski, Ian Marschner and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 491-492

Which substitution pharmacotherapy is most effective in treating opioid dependence?

Linda R Gowing, Robert L Ali and Jason M White

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 493-494

EBM in action

Is subcutaneous or intramuscular naloxone as effective as intravenous naloxone in the treatment of life-threatening heroin overdose?

Jason Wasiak and Ornella Clavisi

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 495

Lessons from practice

Death and paramethoxyamphetamine — an evolving problem

Roger W Byard, Nicholas G Rodgers, Ross A James, Chris Kostakis and Andrew M Camilleri

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 496 Free

Letters

Relapsing vivax malaria

Scott J Kitchener and Isaac Seidl

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 502

Household infrastructure in Aboriginal communities and the implications for health improvement

Paul J Torzillo and Paul Pholeros

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 502-503 Free

Separating politics and scientific research on heroin prescription

Alex D Wodak, Alison J Ritter and Charles RR Watson

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 449

In reply: Household infrastructure in Aboriginal communities and the implications for health improvement

Ross S Bailie

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 503 Free

Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures among Australian hospital patients identified as Indigenous

James S Lawson

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 504 Free

In reply: Diagnostic and therapeutic procedures among Australian hospital patients identified as Indigenous

Joan Cunningham

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 504 Free

Hindsight bias in medicolegal expert reports

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 504-505

Hindsight bias in medicolegal expert reports

John B Hickie

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 505

In reply: Hindsight bias in medicolegal expert reports

Thomas B Hugh and G Douglas Tracy

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 505-506

Ethics and evidence-based medicine

Gil M Anaf

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 507

In reply: Ethics and evidence-based medicine

Malcolm H Parker, Chris B Del Mar and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 507-508

Aboriginal language interpreting service

Tea C Dietterich

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 508 Free

Haemochromatosis: Red Cross Blood Service policy

Margaret L Buring

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 564

Obituary

John St George MB BS, FRCS, FRCOG, FRACOG

Lourdes I St George

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 558 Free

John Frances McCaffrey MB BS MS FRACS FRCS

Ian C Bennett

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 498 Free

Supplement: Depression and the community

Responding to the Australian experience of depression: the view of the Mental Health Council of Australia

John F McGrath

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 60

General practitioners play a vital role in providing information

Lara M Bishop

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 61

Responding to the Australian experience of depression

Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 61

Monitoring awareness of and attitudes to depression in Australia

Nicole J Highet, Ian B Hickie and Tracey A Davenport

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 63 Free

Exploring the perspectives of people whose lives have been affected by depression

Bernard G McNair, Nicole J Highet and Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 69 Free

Effectiveness of complementary and self-help treatments for depression

Anthony F Jorm, Helen Christensen, Kathleen M Griffiths and Bryan Rodgers

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 84 Free

The quality and accessibility of Australian depression sites on the World Wide Web

Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 97 Free

Book reviews

Essentials of blood products

James Isbister

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10):

Meeting the challenges of dementia

Dina LoGiudice

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10):

Health policy: getting it right

Donald A Campbell

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10):

Snapshot

Fatalities from bread tag ingestion

Trevor W Beer

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 506 Free

eMJA: In other journals - 20 May 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (10): 501 Free