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Volume 177 Issue 4

19 August 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 169 Free

In This Issue, 19 August 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 170 Free

Editorials

Newborn hearing screening: decision time for Australia

Melissa A Wake

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 172-173

Risks and benefits of postmenopausal combined hormone replacement therapy

Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 173-174

The xenotransplantation research debate: time to involve the community

Kerry J Breen, on behalf of the NHMRC Working Party on Xenotransplantation

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 175

Grief and loss: past, present and future

Allan Kellehear

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 176-177

Otitis media in Aboriginal children: tackling a major health problem

Harvey L Coates, Peter S Morris, Amanda J Leach and Sophie Couzos

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 177-178 Free

Research

Newborn hearing screening in Western Australia

Helen D Bailey, Carol Bower, Jay Krishnaswamy and Harvey L Coates

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 180-185 Free

Medicine and the community

Communication problems between dementia carers and general practitioners: effect on access to community support services

David G Bruce, Glenys A Paley, Peter J Underwood, David Roberts and Duncan Steed

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 186-188 Free

Collaborative medication management services: improving patient care

Andrew L Gilbert, Elizabeth E Roughead, Kathy Mott, John D Barratt and Justin Beilby

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 189-192 Free

Notable cases

Severe congenital lead poisoning in a preterm infant due to a herbal remedy

Paul A Tait, Amish Vora, Simon James, D James Fitzgerald and Beverly A Pester

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 193-195 Free

Clinical update

Chemical–biological–radiological (CBR) response: a template for hospital emergency departments

Gim A Tan and Mark C B Fitzgerald

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 196-199 Free

Position statement

Bronchiectasis in Indigenous children in remote Australian communities

Anne B Chang, Keith Grimwood, E Kim Mulholland and Paul J Torzillo, for the Working Group on Indigenous Paediatric Respiratory Health

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 200-204 Free

Viewpoint

Measuring outcomes in patients with depression or anxiety: an essential part of clinical practice

Ian B Hickie, Tracey A Davenport and Gavin Andrews

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 205-207

The profession

Professionalism for medicine: opportunities and obligations

Sylvia R Cruess, Sharon Johnston and Richard L Cruess

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 208-211 Free

MJA Practice Essentials — Infectious Diseases

9: Infections in the returned traveller

David F M Looke and Jennifer M B Robson, Series Editors:

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 212-219 Free

Letters

Should radiologists and pathologists talk to patients?

Ibrahim M Zardawi

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 222

The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Beverly M Sibthorpe, Ross S Bailie, Maggie A Brady, Sandra A Ball, Polly Sumner-Dodd, Wayne D Hall, Alan Pettigrew and Tom Gavranic

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 222-223 Free

The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Beverly M Sibthorpe, Ross S Bailie, Maggie A Brady, Sandra A Ball, Polly Sumner-Dodd, Wayne D Hall, Alan Pettigrew and Tom Gavranic

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 222-223 Free

The demise of a planned randomised controlled trial in an urban Aboriginal medical service

Beverly M Sibthorpe, Ross S Bailie, Maggie A Brady, Sandra A Ball, Polly Sumner-Dodd and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 222-223 Free

EBM in action

Richard L Prince, Christopher B Del Mar and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 223-224

EBM in action

Richard L Prince, Christopher B Del Mar and Paul P Glasziou

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 223-224

eMJA: In other journals - 19 August 2002

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 221

Thalidomide and cancer

William McBride

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (4): 278