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Volume 185 Issue 2

17 July 2006

Editorials

Uncertainty in general practice: a sure thing

Ruth M Armstrong and Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 58-59

Accessing oral health care in Australia

Roderick I Marshall and A John Spencer

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 59-60

The Chronic Disease Strategy for Australia

Christopher Dowrick

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 61-62

Clinical practice

Patients presenting to the general practitioner with pain of dental origin

Mohammed H Mansour and Stephen C Cox

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 64-67 Free

An audit of structured diabetes care in a rural general practice

Evan W Ackermann and Geoffrey K Mitchell

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 69-72 Free

Weight management in general practice: what do patients want?

Daisy Tan, Nicholas A Zwar, Sarah M Dennis and Sanjyot Vagholkar

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 73-75 Free

Muscle pain as an indicator of vitamin D deficiency in an urban Australian Aboriginal population

Jill Benson, Anne Wilson, Nigel Stocks and Nicole Moulding

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 76-77 Free

General practitioners' experiences of managing patients with chronic leg ulceration

Genevieve M Sadler, Grant M Russell, Duncan P Boldy and Michael C Stacey

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 78-81 Free

The common problem of rare disease in general practice

Andrew W Knight and Timothy P Senior

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 82-83 Free

Information Technology

Extent and utilisation of computerisation in Australian general practice

Joan Henderson, Helena Britt and Graeme Miller

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 84-87 Free

General practitioners’ use of computers for prescribing and electronic health records: results from a national survey

D Keith McInnes, Deborah C Saltman and Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 88-91 Free

Information mastery and the 21st century doctor: change management for general practitioners

Justin Tse and Brian R McAvoy

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 92-93 Free

Information mastery and 21st century general practice

Patrick G M Bolton

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 94

Quality and Safety

The Threats to Australian Patient Safety (TAPS) study: incidence of reported errors in general practice

Meredith A B Makeham, Michael R Kidd, Deborah C Saltman, Michael Mira, Charles Bridges-Webb, Chris Cooper and Simone Stromer

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 95-98 Free

Field testing a complaints register proposal as a requirement of Australian general practice

Ronelle L Hutchinson and Ian T Watts

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 99-101 Free

Workforce

Fewer medical graduates are choosing general practice: a comparison of four cohorts, 1980–1995

Catherine M Joyce and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 102-104 Free

The independent effect of age of general practitioner on clinical practice

Janice Charles, Helena Britt and Lisa Valenti

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 105-109 Free

Research

Supporting research in primary care: are practice-based research networks the missing link?

Nicholas A Zwar, David P Weller, Lucy McCloughan and Vanessa J Traynor

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 110-113 Free

What supports effective research links between Divisions of General Practice and universities?

Elizabeth C Kalucy, Christopher M Pearce, Barbara Beacham, Belinda L Lowcay and Rachel E Yates

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 114-116 Free

Primary health care research — essential but disadvantaged

Julie J Yallop, Brian R McAvoy, Joanne L Croucher, Andrew Tonkin and Leon Piterman, on behalf of the CHAT Study Group

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 118-120 Free

Future

Facing the challenges: general practice in 2020

Mark F Harris and Elizabeth Harris

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 122-124 Free

General practice in Australia 2020: “robust and ready” or “rudderless and reeling”?

Claire L Jackson

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 125-127 Free

Letter

Research is needed before GPs can engage in "positive" family planning

Danielle Mazza, Leslie Cannold and Cate Nagle

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2): 121

Book reviews

GPs: acting the part

Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2):

Beyond the machismo

Simon Cowap

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2):

Communicating electronically

Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2):

Meaningful curiosity

Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2006; 185 (2):