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Volume 179 Issue 9

3 November 2003

From the editor’s desk

The medicos from Randwick Racecourse

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): Free

Editorials

Pet ownership: good for health?

Bruce Headey

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 460-461

Cardiac arrest in Australian hospitals

Michael F O’Rourke and C Siân Davies

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 461-462

Duchenne muscular dystrophy: hopes for the sesquicentenary

Edward Byrne, Andrew J Kornberg and Robert Kapsa

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 463-464

Research

Pet ownership and risk factors for cardiovascular disease: another look

Ruth A Parslow and Anthony F Jorm

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 466-468 Free

Cardiac arrest resuscitation policies and practices: a survey of Australian hospitals

Judith C Finn and Ian G Jacobs

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 470-474 Free

Healthcare

Achieving equity in the Australian healthcare system

Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 475-478

For debate

“Cancer in the family” and genetic testing: implications for life insurance

Elly L Lynch, Rebecca J Doherty, Clara L Gaff, Finlay A Macrae and Geoffrey J Lindeman

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 480-483 Free

Notable cases

Ectopic parathyroid adenoma localised with sestamibi SPECT and image-fused computed tomography

Patrick Ng, Nat P Lenzo, Michael C McCarthy, Ivan Thompson and Peter J Leedman

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 485-487 Free

Systematic review

Evidence-based guidelines for fixing broken hips: an update

Michael N Chilov, Ian D Cameron and Lyn M March

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 489-493 Free

Lessons from practice

Major pulmonary embolism and shock

Warong Lapanun, Darren L Walters, John McCarthy and Darryl J Burstow

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 495-496 Free

MJA Practice Essentials — Endocrinology

3: Preventing complications of diabetes

Katherine L Bate and George Jerums

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 498-503 Free

Matters arising

General practice is not in crisis

Christopher M Pearce

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 506-507

“Only a GP?”: is the solution to the general practice crisis intellectual?

Joachim P Sturmberg and Carmel M Martin

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 507

Is general practice vocational training at risk?

Umberto Boffa

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 508

Back to the future

Keith S Jones

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 508-509

Badmouthing GPs

Peter M Brooks

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 509-510

Letters

Integrated critical care: an approach to specialist cover for critical care in the rural setting

Michael J O’Leary

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 510-512

Integrated critical care: an approach to specialist cover for critical care in the rural setting

Neil T Matthews

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 510-512

Integrated critical care: an approach to specialist cover for critical care in the rural setting

John Stokes

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 510-512

Integrated critical care: an approach to specialist cover for critical care in the rural setting

Craig T Hore, William Lancashire, John B Roberts and Robert Fassett

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 510-512

Breast self-examination: be alert but not alarmed?

John Boyages

Med J Aust 2003; 179 (9): 456

Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

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