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Volume 177 Issue 10

18 November 2002

From the editor’s desk

Preventive Medicine in the Pillory

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 529 Free

In This Issue, 18 November 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 531 Free

Editorials

The Cochrane Library: access for all Australians

Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 532-533

Can we better meet the healthcare needs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women?

Jennifer M Hunt and Lynore K Geia

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 533-534 Free

Primary open-angle glaucoma

Ivan Goldberg, Stuart L Graham and Paul R Healey

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 535-536

Epidural block and outcome after major surgery

Paul S Myles, Ian Power and Konrad Jamrozik

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 536-537

Research

Licit psychostimulant consumption in Australia, 1984–2000: international and jurisdictional comparison

Constantine G Berbatis, V Bruce Sunderland and Max Bulsara

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 539-543 Free

Participation in cervical cancer screening by women in rural and remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Queensland

Michael D Coory, Jennifer M Muller, Nathan A M Dunn and Patricia S Fagan

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 544-547 Free

Appropriateness of red blood cell transfusion in Australasian intensive care practice

Craig J French, Rinaldo Bellomo, Simon R Finfer, Jeffery Lipman, Marianne Chapman and Neil W Boyce, and the ANZICS Clinical Trials Group*

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 548-551 Free

Notable cases

Fatal intravenous misuse of transdermal fentanyl

Mark D Reeves and Corinne J Ginifer

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 552-554 Free

For debate

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in children: moving forward with divergent perspectives

George Halasz and Alasdair L A Vance

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 554-557 Free

Clinical update

Chlamydia pneumoniae and cardiovascular disease

Mikkel M Larsen, Birgitte Moern, Paul L Andersen, Lars J Ostergaard and Andrew Fuller

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 558-562 Free

EBM: Trials on trial

Does preoperative radiotherapy improve outcome in patients with resectable rectal cancer?

Michael J Veness

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 563-564

Randomisation in clinical trials

Elaine M Beller, Val Gebski and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 565-567

Lessons from practice

Pertussis: adults as a source in healthcare settings

Natalie M Spearing, Robert L Horvath and Joseph G McCormack

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 568-569 Free

Public health

Endemic invasive amoebiasis in northern Australia

James S McCarthy, David Peacock, Kevin P Trown, Patrick Bade, William A Petri Jr and Bart J Currie

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 570 Free

Letters

The road to consensus: considerations for the safe use and prescribing of COX-2-specific inhibitors

Agnes I Vitry and Eve Hurley

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 572-573

The road to consensus: considerations for the safe use and prescribing of COX-2-specific inhibitors

Madlen Gazarian and Karen I Kaye

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 572-573

In reply: The road to consensus: considerations for the safe use and prescribing of COX-2-specific inhibitors

John P Edmonds, Richard O Day and James V Bertouch

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 573-573

Guideline-discordant care in acute myocardial infarction: predictors and outcomes

Kristen J Pearson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 573-574

In reply: Guideline-discordant care in acute myocardial infarction: predictors and outcomes

Ian A Scott and Catherine M Harper

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 574-574

A Quality Use of Medicines program for continuity of care in therapeutics from hospital to community

Michael Jefford, Joanne L Clancy and Sharon M Butler

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 574-576

A Quality Use of Medicines program for continuity of care in therapeutics from hospital to community

Catherine L Wilson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 575-575

A Quality Use of Medicines program for continuity of care in therapeutics from hospital to community

Peter W New

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 575-575

In reply: A Quality Use of Medicines program for continuity of care in therapeutics from hospital to community

Andrea Mant, Karen I Kaye, Linda Kehoe and Wendy C Rotem

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 575-576

Competing interests and careers

Peter Arnold

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 576

In reply: Declaration of background

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (10): 576

Columns

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