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Volume 181 Issue 8

18 October 2004

From the editor’s desk

Arrogance

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): Free

Editorials

Testosterone prescribing in Australia

Bronwyn GA Stuckey

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 412-413

Maternal deaths in Australia, 1997–1999

James F King, Emma K Slaytor and Elizabeth A Sullivan

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 413-414

Human papillomavirus: a cause of some head and neck cancers?

Barbara R Rose, Christopher J O’Brien and Wei Li

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 415-416

Postcard from the UK

Lying awake worrying about asteroids

Konrad Jamrozik, Richard F Heller and David P Weller

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 417-418

Research

Trends and regional differences in testosterone prescribing in Australia, 1991–2001

David J Handelsman

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 419-422 Free

Colonoscopy screening for colorectal cancer: the outcomes of two recruitment methods

Mike Corbett, Sharon L Chambers, Bruce Shadbolt, Doug Taupin and Lybus C Hillman

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 423-427 Free

Healthcare

Using checklists and reminders in clinical pathways to improve hospital inpatient care

Alan M Wolff, Sally A Taylor and Janette F McCabe

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 428-431 Free

New Drugs, Old Drugs

The direct thrombin inhibitor melagatran/ximelagatran

Timothy A Brighton

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 432-437 Free

Viewpoint

Throwing out the baby with the spa water?

Caroline M de Costa and Stephen Robson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 438-440 Free

Research ethics committees: what is their contribution?

Bebe Loff and Jim Black

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 440-441

Medicine and the law

Gardner; re BWV: Victorian Supreme Court makes landmark Australian ruling on tube feeding

Michael A Ashby and Danuta Mendelson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 442-445 Free

Notable cases

Visceral leishmaniasis: a trip to the Greek Islands is not always idyllic

Oui Ju, David I Grove, Wilfrid J Jaksic and Geoffrey W Dart

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 446-447 Free

EBM: Trials on trial

Combined treatment with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin-receptor blockers to prevent end-stage kidney disease in patients who do not have diabetes

Giovanni FM Strippoli and Craig C Jonathan

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 450-451

Multiple analyses in clinical trials: sound science or data dredging?

Sarah J Lord, Val J Gebski and Anthony C Keech

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 452-454

Snapshot

Electrocardiogram artefacts caused by an abdominal electrostimulator

Robert F Bonvini and Edoardo Camenzind

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 455 Free

Correction

Prevalence and nature of connexin 26 mutations in children with non-syndromic deafness

Hans-Henrik M Dahl

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 437

Obituaries

John Atherton Young AO, FAA, BSc, MB BS, MD, DSc, FRACP

David I Cook

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 449 Free

Jean EdwardsMB BS, FRACR

Rebecca L Read

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 449 Free

Letters

Subsidised access to TNFα inhibitors: is the rationale for exclusion of rheumatoid-factor-negative patients defensible?

Christine Y Lu, Kenneth M Williams, Lyn March, James V Bertouch and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 457-458

Subsidised access to TNFα inhibitors: is the rationale for exclusion of rheumatoid-factor-negative patients defensible?

Lloyd N Sansom

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 457-458

The medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry: when will we open our eyes?

Tim Woodruff

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 458-459

The medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry: when will we open our eyes?

Linda V Graudins

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 458-459

The medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry: when will we open our eyes?

Scott Masters

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 458-459

The medical profession and the pharmaceutical industry: when will we open our eyes?

Rosanna Capolingua

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 458-459

Multicentre research: negotiating the ethics approval obstacle course

Hugh G Dickson

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 459-461

Multicentre research: negotiating the ethics approval obstacle course

Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 459-461

Multicentre research: negotiating the ethics approval obstacle course

David J Maxwell and Karen I Kaye

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 459-461

Multicentre research: negotiating the ethics approval obstacle course

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 459-461

Management of obesity

Gordon R W Davies

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 461-462

Management of obesity

Ray C McHenry, Richard W Gilhome and Chris Hensman

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 461-462

Management of obesity

Huy A Tran

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 461-462

Management of obesity

Joseph Proietto and Louise A Baur

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 461-462

Thyroid testing 10 years on

Richard X Davey

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 462-464

Thyroid testing 10 years on

Jan R Stockigt

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 462-464

Preventing intrathecal administration of vincristine

Peter J Gilbar and Christine V Carrington

Med J Aust 2004; 181 (8): 464

Book reviews

Organising projects — a medicos’ guide

Christopher B Del Mar

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Review of heart disease

Peter L Thompson

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Columns

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