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Volume 184 Issue 10

15 May 2006

Editorials

Indigenous health: burden or opportunity?

Louis G Peachey, Kristin E McBain and Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 483-484 Free

Strengthening cardiac rehabilitation and secondary prevention for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples

Noel E Hayman, Mark Wenitong, Jenny A Zangger and Elizabeth M Hall

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 485-486 Free

Better late than never: a national approach to trachoma control

Donna B Mak

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 487-488 Free

Health inequalities

Causes of inequality in life expectancy between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people in the Northern Territory, 1981–2000: a decomposition analysis

Yuejen Zhao and Karen Dempsey

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 490-494 Free

The outcome of critically ill Indigenous patients

Kwok Ming Ho, Judith Finn, Geoffrey J Dobb and Steven A R Webb

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 496-499 Free

Research enterprise

Getting the most from Indigenous health research

David P Thomas and Ian P Anderson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 500-501 Free

Indigenous health research: a critical review of outputs over time

Robert W Sanson-Fisher, Elizabeth M Campbell, Janice J Perkins, Steve V Blunden and Bob B Davis

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 502-505 Free

Medicine and the community

Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease: an insight into Aboriginal health disadvantage and remote Australia

Graeme P Maguire and Carmel Nelson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 506 Free

B-cell antigen D8/17 is a marker of rheumatic fever susceptibility in Aboriginal Australians and can be tested in remote settings

Zinta Harrington, Kumar Visvanathan, Narelle A Skinner, Nigel Curtis, Bart J Currie and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 507-510 Free

Practical challenges of conducting research into rheumatic fever in remote Aboriginal communities

Malcolm I McDonald, Norma Benger, Alex Brown, Bart J Currie and Jonathan R Carapetis

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 511-513 Free

Challenging perceptions of non-compliance with rheumatic fever prophylaxis in a remote Aboriginal community

Zinta Harrington, David P Thomas, Bart J Currie and Joy Bulkanhawuy

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 514-517 Free

Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition

Mental health, grief and family ties The Dr Ross Ingram Memorial Essay Competition 2006

Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 518 Free

Unknown family at the taxi stand

Dennis McDermott

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 519-520 Free

Training and Workforce

Making a difference: the early impact of an Aboriginal health undergraduate medical curriculum

David Paul, Sandra Carr and Helen Milroy

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 522-525 Free

Perspectives on Aboriginal community controlled health services

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 526 Free

The general practitioner

Kathryn S Panaretto and Mark Wenitong

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 527-528 Free

The Aboriginal health worker

Melvina Mitchell and Lynette M Hussey

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 529-530 Free

The manager

Cindy Shannon, Adrian Carson and Rachel C Atkinson

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 530-531 Free

Letter

The importance of Hand Talk in communication rehabilitation among Aboriginal Australians in the Northern Territory

Patrick Jassar and Garrett F Hunter

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 532 Free

Snapshot

Emphysematous pyelonephritis

John V Peter, Vishwanath Biradar and Sandra L Peake

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 533 Free

Viewpoint

Aboriginal incarceration: health and social impacts

Anthea Susan Krieg

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): 534-536 Free

Supplement

The safety and quality of health care: where are we now?

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): Open Access

Book review

Aboriginal health: time to listen

Yin C Paradies

Med J Aust 2006; 184 (10): Free