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Volume 181 Issue 7

4 October 2004

From the editor’s desk

In This Issue

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): Free

Editorial

Doctors’ health and wellbeing: taking up the challenge in Australia

Peter Schattner, Sandra Davidson and Nathan Serry

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 348-349

On being a doctor

Understanding the stresses and strains of being a doctor

Geoffrey J Riley

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 350-353 Free

The thin line

Ron Elisha

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 354-355

From the land of the sick*

Andrew Herxheimer

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 355

The early years

Burnout and psychiatric morbidity in new medical graduates

Simon M Willcock, Michele G Daly, Christopher C Tennant and Benjamin J Allard

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 357-360 Free

Balancing work, family and other lifestyle aspects: a qualitative study of Australian medical students’ attitudes

Helen M Tolhurst and Stephen M Stewart

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 361-364 Free

A call for community values in medical institutions*

Brad Hayhow

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 365

Let’s get physical

Surgeon, test (and heal) thyself: sharps injuries and hepatitis C risk

Katrina J R Watson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 366-367 Free

Doctors do not adequately look after their own physical health

Margaret P Kay, Geoffrey K Mitchell and Christopher B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 368-370 Free

Workshopping self-care for doctors

Richard S Hetzel

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 370

Coeliac disease: the great imitator

William Woods

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 371

Confronting dilemmas

Critical decision points in the management of impaired doctors: the New South Wales Medical Board program

Kay A Wilhelm and Alison M Reid

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 372-375 Free

The Victorian Doctors Health Program: the first 3 years

Naham (Jack) Warhaft

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 376-379 Free

Crossing professional boundaries in medicine: the slippery slope to patient sexual exploitation

Cherrie A Galletly

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 380-383 Free

The personal cost of medical litigation

Charles D Kerr and Paul Nisselle

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 384-385

An invisible workforce?

Richard B Hays

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 385

Global vision

Canada responds: an explosion in doctors’ health awareness, promotion and intervention

Derek G Puddester

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 386-387

Services for sick doctors in the UK

Jolyon R Oxley

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 388-389

Physicians’ health programs — what’s happening in the USA?

Roger L Brown and Barbara S Schneidman

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 390-391

Family matters

Medical marriages and other intimate relationships

Michael F Myers

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 392-394

Confessions of a medical mother

Melissa S-L Kang

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 394

Staying human in the medical family: the unique role of doctor-parents

Derek G Puddester

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 395-398

My Story

Helping addicted colleagues

Stephen M Jurd

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 400-402

The black hole of depression: a personal perspective

Helen M Tolhurst

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 404-405

Diabetes, my constant companion

Alan E Stocks

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): 406-407

Book review

Encyclopaedic guide to depression

John H T Ellard

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7):

Supplement

Depression: reducing the burden

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (7): Open Access