Volume 176, Issue 9 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 405 Free

In This Issue, 6 May 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 408 Free

Editorials

Communication in the emergency department: separating the signal from the noise

Charles A Vincent and Robert L Wears

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 409-410

Surgery for epilepsy

Gavin C A Fabinyi

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 410-411

Autism, autistic spectrum and the need for better definition

Bruce J Tonge

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 412-413

Maternal deaths in Australia

William AW Walters, Jane B Ford, Elizabeth A Sullivan and James F King

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 413-414

Research

Communication loads on clinical staff in the emergency department

Enrico W Coiera, Rohan A Jayasuriya, Jennifer Hardy, Aiveen Bannan and Max E C Thorpe

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 415-418 Free

Limitations of Health Insurance Commission (HIC) data for deriving prescribing indicators

Jane Robertson, Jayne L Fryer, Dianne L O'Connell, Anthony J Smith and David A Henry

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 419-424 Free

Projections of Australian obstetricians ceasing practice and the reasons

Alastair H MacLennan and Michael K Spencer

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 425-428 Free

Notable cases

Ventricular tachycardia following ingestion of a commonly used antihistamine

Dennis L Kuchar, Bruce D Walker and Charles W Thorburn

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 429-430 Free

Healthcare

Primary care budget holding in the United Kingdom National Health Service: learning from a decade of health service reform

David Wilkin

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 539-542 Free

Clinical update

Biological agents as weapons 1: smallpox and botulism

Michael Whitby, Alan C Street, Tilman A Ruff and Frank Fenner

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 431-433

Lessons from practice

Spinal surgery and severe vitamin D deficiency

Walter E Plehwe and Roy PL Carey

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 438-439 Free

Letters

Sharp v Port Kembla RSL Club: establishing causation of laryngeal cancer by environmental tobacco smoke

Allan O Langlands and Val J Gebski

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 448

In reply: Sharp v Port Kembla RSL Club: establishing causation of laryngeal cancer by environmental tobacco smoke

Bernard W Stewart and Peter C B Semmler

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 448

Gonorrhoea screening in general practice: perceived barriers and strategies to improve screening rates

Graeme H Johnson and Donna B Mak

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 448-449

In reply: Separating politics and scientific research on heroin prescription

Wayne D Hall, Richard P Mattick and Jo Kimber

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 450

Death in Antarctica

Eve R Merfield

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 450-451

Death in Antarctica (2)

Chris H Curry

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 451

In reply: Death in Antarctica

Paul G Lamberth

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 451-452

Books as carriers of disease

John V Roche

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 452

Obituary

Henry Oliver Lancaster AO, FAA, DSc, MD, PhD, MB BS, BA

Eugene Seneta

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 439 Free

Columns

eMJA: In other journals - 6 May 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): 447

Supplement

Chronic fatigue syndrome

Med J Aust 2002; 176 (9): Open Access

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