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Volume 177 Issue 8

21 October 2002

From the editor’s desk

From the Editor's Desk

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue, 21 October 2002

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Editorials

The mental health of immigrant and refugee children and adolescents

I Harry Minas and Susan M Sawyer

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 404-405

Are Australia's healthcare workers stuck with inadequate needle protection?

Janine C Jagger

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 405-406

The Heart Protection Study: implications for clinical practice

Ian Hamilton-Craig

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 407-408

Caring for family carers in general practice

Julie M Nankervis, Peter J Waxman, Denise A O'Hara and Mary Burbidge

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 408-410

Clinical trials and "real-world" medicine

R John Simes

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 410-411

Research

The prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Vietnamese children and adolescents

Robert S McKelvey, David L Sang, Loretta Baldassar, Lisa Davies, Lynne Roberts and Neil Cutler

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 413-417 Free

Hollow-bore needlestick injuries in a tertiary teaching hospital: epidemiology, education and engineering

R Michael Whitby and Mary-Louise McLaws

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 418-422 Free

Randomised controlled trial of pantoprazole versus ranitidine for the treatment of uninvestigated heartburn in primary care

Nicholas J Talley, Michael G Moore, Arn Sprogis and Peter Katelaris

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 423-427 Free

Cholesterol-lowering therapy with pravastatin in patients with average cholesterol levels and established ischaemic heart disease: is it cost-effective?

Paul P Glasziou, Simon D Eckermann, Sarah E Mulray, R John Simes, Andrew J Martin, Adrienne C Kirby, Susan Caleo, Jane P Hall, Harvey D White and Andrew M Tonkin

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 428-434 Free

Healthcare

A multidisciplinary Care Coordination Team improves emergency department discharge planning practice

Joanne E Moss, Liza M Houghton, Carolyn L Flower, Danielle L Moss, David A Nielsen and David McD Taylor

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 435-439 Free

Notable cases

Black cohosh and other herbal remedies associated with acute hepatitis

Peter W Whiting, Andrew Clouston and Paul Kerlin

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 440-443 Free

EBM: Trials on trial

The levonorgestrel intrauterine system: a simple and effective alternative for the management of menorrhagia?

Cynthia M Farquhar

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 444-445

Managing the resource demands of a large sample size in clinical trials: can you succeed with fewer subjects?

Anthony C Keech and Val Gebski

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 445-447

EBM in action

Clinical practice guidelines for depression in young people: are the treatment recommendations outdated?

Raphael T W Chan, Joseph M Rey and Philip L Hazell

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 448-451 Free

Rehabilitation medicine

2: Rehabilitation of patients after stroke

Michael R P Pollack and Peter B Disler

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 452-456 Free

Letters

Corticosteroid-induced scleroderma renal crisis

Anita T Y Lee and Simon Burnet

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 459-459

Should we still give our asthmatic patients written individualised management plans?

Andrew M Thornett, Jonathan W Newbury and Andre J Duszynski

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 459-459

Comment: Should we still give our asthmatic patients written individualised management plans?

Peter G Gibson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 460-460

Death and paramethoxyamphetamine — an evolving problem

Werner Jacobs

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 460

Hospital locums: expensive and problematic

Elizabeth Swinburn

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 460-461

Cosmetic surgery

Darryl J Hodgkinson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 461-462

RARE SALAMI trial revisited

Helge H Rasmussen, Peter S Hansen and Gregory I C Nelson

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 462

In reply: RARE SALAMI trial revisited

Michael C Kennedy

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 462-463

Continuity of care in general practice

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 463

More favourite books

C Ross Philpot

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 463

Recommendations for lightning protection in sport

David Vivian

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 463-464

In reply: Recommendations for lightning protection in sport

Michael Makdissi

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Recommendations for lightning protection in sport

Michael Gullquist

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Snapshot

Halloween CT cholangiogram

Andrew D Wills

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 461 Free

Obituaries

Joseph Correy AM MB BS FRCOG FAGO FRACS FRACOG

Gerard Gartlan

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 439 Free

Peter John RyanOAM, MB BS, MS, FRCS, FRACS, FISA(Hon)

Brian T Collopy

Med J Aust 2002; 177 (8): 451 Free

Book review

Accessible information on liver disease

Katrina J R Watson

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Columns

In other journals

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