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Volume 178 Issue 2

20 January 2003

From the editor’s desk

eMJA: In This Issue, 20 January 2003

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 50 Free

Editorials

Religion, spirituality and health: an American physician's response

Harold G Koenig

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 51-52

Researchers as guinea pigs

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 52-53

The hospitalist: a US model ripe for importing?

Ken Hillman

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 54-55

Research

Growth and morbidity in children in the Aboriginal Birth Cohort Study: the urban–remote differential

Dorothy E M Mackerras, Alison Reid, Susan M Sayers, Gurmeet R Singh, Kathryn A Flynn and Ingrid K Bucens

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 56-60 Free

Bupropion poisoning: a case series

Corrine R Balit, Christa N Lynch and Geoffrey K Isbister

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 61-63 Free

An evaluation of a SAFE-style trachoma control program in Central Australia

Dan P Ewald, Gillian V Hall and Christine C Franks

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 65-68 Free

Experimental human infection with the dog hookworm, Ancylostoma caninum

Juergen K Landmann and Paul Prociv

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 69-71 Free

Medicine and the community

The effect of recalling paracetamol on hospital admissions for poisoning in Western Australia

Stephen R Kisely, David Lawrence and Neil J Preston

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 72-74 Free

Notable cases

Palmar erythema and hoarseness: an unusual clinical presentation of sarcoidosis

Ravinder P S Makkar, Surabhi Mukhopadhyay, Amitabh Monga, Anju Arora and Ajay K Gupta

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 75-76 Free

Systematic review

Psychological outcomes and risk perception after genetic testing and counselling in breast cancer: a systematic review

Phyllis N Butow, Elizabeth A Lobb, Alexandra Barratt, Bettina Meiser and Katherine M Tucker

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 77-81 Free

Clinical update

Management of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in remote-dwelling Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders: an update for primary healthcare providers

Dale A Fisher and Sarah E Huffam

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 82-85 Free

Viewpoint

Religion, spirituality and health: how should Australia's medical professionals respond?

Hedley G Peach

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 86-88 Free

Snapshot

Epididymo-orchitis complicating Streptococcus pyogenes throat infection

Sebastiaan J van Hal and Robyn P Hardiman

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 89 Free

Letters

Injury caused by baby walkers

Richard L Hockey and Rob Pitt

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 91

Injury caused by baby walkers

Donald D Beard

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 91-92

In reply: Injury caused by baby walkers

Peter G Thompson

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 92

Opportunistic GP-based bowel cancer screening

Susan J Harnett, SK Cyril Wong and Gavin W Lackey

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 92-93

GP meets the psychiatrist

Greg A Lovell and Phillipa J Hay

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 93

Medical Professionalism Project

Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 93

Medical professionalism project

Keith V Woollard

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 93-94

Medical professionalism project

Russell L Gruen

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 94

In reply: Medical professionalism project

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 94-95

Developing a core clinical data set for cancer

Margaret P Staples, J Mark Elwood, Alan S Coates and Lizbeth M Kenny

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 95

Does intramuscular botulinum toxin A injection improve upper-limb function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy?

H Kerr Graham, Roslyn N Boyd and Darcy Fehlings

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 95-96

In reply: Does intramuscular botulinum toxin A injection improve upper-limb function in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy?

Jason Wasiak and Brian J Hoare

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 96

Generalists and gerontology

Leslie E Bolitho

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 96

Book reviews

No-nonsense approach to Alzheimer’s

Susan E Kurrle

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2):

Valuable resource on MS

Garry D Pearce

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2):

Columns

eMJA: In other journals - 20 January 2003

Med J Aust 2003; 178 (2): 90