Volume 178, Issue 10 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

Breaking bureaucratic chains

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

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Editorials

Why have asthma action plans failed the consumer test?

E Haydn Walters, Julia AE Walters and Richard Wood-Baker

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 477-478

The SARS epidemic: lessons for Australia

Peter A Cameron, Timothy H Rainer and Pieter De Villiers Smit

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 478-479

Managing atrial fibrillation — redrawing a line in the sand

Michael J Kilborn

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 480-481

Research

Prevalence of asthma and asthma action plans in South Australia: population surveys from 1990 to 2001

David H Wilson, Robert J Adams, Sarah L Appleton, Graeme Hugo, Janet Hiller, Philip Ryan, Richard E Ruffin, David Wilkinson and Julianne Cheek

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 483-485 Free

The effect of dexamethasone on the longevity of syringe driver subcutaneous sites in palliative care patients

Liz Reymond, Pat Treston, Margaret A Charles and Jan Bowman

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 486-489 Free

Indigenous health

Respiratory morbidity in central Australian Aboriginal children with alveolar lobar abnormalities

Anne B Chang, John P Masel, Naomi C Boyce and Paul J Torzillo

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 490-494 Free

Inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal population: relationships to coronary disease risk factors and nutritional markers

Kevin Rowley, Jacob Cohen, Alicia J Jenkins, David O'Neal, James D Best, Karen Z Walker, Qing Su and Kerin O'Dea

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 495-500 Free

Surgical training — a personal Koori journey

Kelvin M Kong

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 501-503 Free

Indigenous health: it's time for a change

Louis G Peachey

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 503-504 Free

Diagnostic dilemma

Pneumococcal meningitis masquerading as subarachnoid haemorrhage

Taposh Chatterjee, John R Gowardman and Tony D Goh

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 505-507

Viewpoint

Caring for the dying: the doctor as healer

Michael Barbato

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 508-509

Daniel's message for doctors

Ken Cox

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 510-511

Personal perspective

The plague within: an Australian doctor's experience of SARS in Hong Kong

Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 512-513

The New Genetics

Working in partnership with support services in the era of the "new genetics"

Kristine K Barlow-Stewart and Clara L Gaff

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 515-519 Free

Letters

Enhanced chlamydia surveillance indicates more screening needed

Megan L Counahan, Jane S Hocking and Christopher K Fairley

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 523

Amoebic appendicitis

Ibrahim M Zardawi, Joseph S Kattampallil and Jurgen W Rode

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 523-524

The clinical utility of routine urinalysis in pregnancy

Deirdre J Murphy and Christopher W Redman

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 524

In reply: The clinical utility of routine urinalysis in pregnancy

Mark A Brown, Caroline S E Homer, Gregory K Davis and George Mangos

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 524-525

Pap smear participation rates, primary healthcare and Indigenous women

Katie S Panaretto, Sarah Larkins and Vivienne Manessis

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 525 Free

In reply: Pap smear participation rates, primary healthcare and Indigenous women

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

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 525-526 Free

How long should drug treatment of depression last?

Giovanni A Fava, Chiara Ruini and Eliana Tossani

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 526

In reply: How long should drug treatment of depression last?

Pete M Ellis

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 526-527

Boundaries of medicine

Keith S Jones

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 527

In reply: Boundaries of medicine

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 527

Access block: problems and progress

Daniel M Fatovich

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 527-528

Access block: problems and progress

Peter A Roberts and Paul A Cunningham

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 528

Inappropriate use of hospital emergency departments

Peter J Burke

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 528

Obituary

Timothy Francis McArdleMB BS DipRACOG FRACGP

Peter McArdle

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Correction

Injecting drug use in Australia: needle/syringe programs prove their worth, but hepatitis C still on the increase

Matthew G Law and Robert G Batey

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 494

Fatal intravenous misuse of transdermal fentanyl

Mark D Reeves and Corinne J Ginifer

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (10): 526

Columns

The influenza and other epidemics

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