Volume 185, Issue 10 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

The doctor’s dilemma

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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In This Issue

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Editorials

Preserving the fertility of children with cancer

Mark L Greenberg and Stacey L Urbach

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 532-533

Technologies for the diagnosis of primary melanoma of the skin

Scott W Menzies

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 533-534

Tackling partner violence in families

Angela J Taft, Kelsey L Hegarty and Gene S Feder

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Health care

Fertility preservation in children newly diagnosed with cancer: existing standards of practice in Australia and New Zealand

John A Heath and Catherine J Stern

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Dietary protein intakes in patients with hepatic encephalopathy and cirrhosis: current practice in NSW and ACT

Joanne K Heyman, Carol J Whitfield, Kaye E Brock, Geoffrey W McCaughan and Anthony J Donaghy

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 542-543 Free

Off-label use of medicines: consensus recommendations for evaluating appropriateness

Madlen Gazarian, Maria Kelly, John R McPhee, Linda V Graudins, Robyn L Ward and Terence J Campbell

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 544-548 Free

Position statement

Guidelines for the prevention, detection and management of people with chronic heart failure in Australia 2006

Henry Krum, Michael V Jelinek, Simon Stewart, Andrew Sindone, John J Atherton and Anna L Hawkes, on behalf of the CHF Guidelines Core Writers

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Medicine and the law

Wrongful life claims: dignity, disability and “a line in the sand”

Warwick J Neville and Buddhima Lokuge

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 558-560

Notable cases

Hendra virus infection in a veterinarian

Jeffrey N Hanna, William J McBride, Dianne L Brookes, Jack Shield, Carmel T Taylor, Ina L Smith, Scott B Craig and Greg A Smith

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MJA Practice Essentials — Allergy

6: Rhinitis and asthma: united airway disease

Janet Rimmer and John W Ruhno

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 565-571 Free

Allergy and sinus disease

William B Smith and Peter-John Wormald

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Letters

Public reporting of hospital outcomes based on administrative data

Kerry Innes, Kirsten McKenzie and Sue Walker

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Public reporting of hospital outcomes based on administrative data

Ian A Scott and Michael Ward

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More than task substitution and transfer

Christopher D Hogan

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 575

Bill to ban reproduction of inmates with cancer proposed in New South Wales

John E J Rasko

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Correction

Doctors behaving badly?

Martin H N Tattersall and Ian H Kerridge

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (10): 576

Supplement

Preparing for an influenza pandemic

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Book reviews

Quoting quotes

Martin B Van Der Weyden

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Step-by-step caesarean section.

Ian Pettigrew