Volume 179, Issue 5 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

In This Issue

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Editorials

Chronic illness: the burden and the dream

Mabel Chew and Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 229-230

Targeted approaches for reducing inequities in chronic disease

Andrew J Wilson, Alan D Lopez and Brian F Oldenburg

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 231-232

Australia confronts the challenge of chronic disease

Paul F Gross, Stephen R Leeder and Milton J Lewis

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 233-234

Through Life

Children with chronic conditions

David Isaacs and Jill R Sewell

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 235-236

Chronic illness in adolescents

Michael G Sawyer, Jennifer J Couper, A James Martin and J Declan Kennedy

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 237

Chronic illness in young Australian adults

Marie-Louise B Dick

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 238

Chronic illness in the middle years

Tim Usherwood

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 239

Chronic illness in older people

Leonard C Gray and Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 241

The Healthcare System

Using information technology to improve the management of chronic disease

Branko G Celler, Nigel H Lovell and Jim Basilakis

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 242-246 Free

Meeting the challenge of chronic illness in general practice

Bronwyn M Veale

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 247-249 Free

The public hospital of the future

Jeffrey D Zajac

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 250-252 Free

The profession

Getting it right: why bother with patient-centred care?

Adrian E Bauman, H John Fardy and Peter G Harris

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 253-256 Free

Reforming medical education to enhance the management of chronic disease

Balakrishnan R Nair and Paul M Finucane

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 257-259 Free

The impact of chronic illness: partnerships with other healthcare professionals

Peter M Brooks

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 260-262 Free

Real Life

Chronic illness and sexuality

Rosemary A McInnes

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 263-266 Free

Chronic illness in doctors: a personal view

Rhona MacDonald

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 267

Chronic illness: a carer’s perspective

Allan Fels

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 268-269

Letter

Providing healthcare for people with chronic illness: the views of Australian GPs

Abdullah Demirkol, Jan Ritchie and Pippa Craig

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (5): 269

Columns

The aged and the “chronics” — MJA 1950

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