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Volume 186 Issue 12

18 June 2007

From the editor’s desk

The raison d’être of Royal Colleges

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 609 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 610 Free

Editorials

Clinical trial registration: looking back and moving ahead

Christine Laine, Richard Horton, Catherine De Angelis, Jeffrey M Drazen, Frank A Frizelle, Fiona Godlee, Charlotte Haug, Paul C Hébert, Sheldon Kotzin, Ana Marusic, Peush Sahni, Torben V Schroeder, Harold C Sox, Martin B Van Der Weyden and Freek W A Verheugt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 612-613

New roles in health care: what are the key questions?

Kathryn M McPherson and Duncan A Reid

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 614-615

Addressing radiology workforce issues

Lizbeth M Kenny and Matthew W Andrews

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 615-616

Research

Paediatric food allergy trends in a community-based specialist allergy practice, 1995–2006

Raymond J Mullins

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 618-621 Free

Management outcomes of patients with type 2 diabetes: targeting the 10-year absolute risk of coronary heart disease

Tuck Y Yong, George Phillipov and Patrick J Phillips

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 622-624 Free

Health care

Experienced physiotherapists as gatekeepers to hospital orthopaedic outpatient care

Leonie B Oldmeadow, Harvinda S Bedi, Hugh T Burch, Jenni S Smith, Edmund S Leahy and Miron Goldwasser

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 625-628 Free

Radiographers’ role in radiological reporting: a model to support future demand

Tony N Smith and Marilyn Baird

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 629-631 Free

Domiciliary oxygen therapy services in Tasmania: prescription, usage and impact of a specialist clinic

Andrew Jones, Richard Wood-Baker and E Haydn Walters

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 632-634 Free

Public health

Seatbelts and the law: how well do we protect Australian children?

Katie N Reeve, Yvonne A Zurynski, Elizabeth J Elliott and Lynne Bilston

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 635-638 Free

Medicine and the community

Hatzolah emergency medical responder service: to save a life

Tony Chan, George Braitberg, Danny Elbaum and David McD Taylor

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 639-642 Free

Viewpoint

HRT: a reappraisal of the risks and benefits

Alastair H MacLennan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 643-646 Free

Prisons, hepatitis C and harm minimisation

Michael H Levy, Carla Treloar, Rodney M McDonald and Norman Booker

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 647-649 Free

Notable cases

A case of hyoscine-related oesophagitis

Stephen Philcox and Andrew Keegan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 650-651 Free

Lessons from practice

Characteristic adverse skin reactions to antiseptic bath oils

Mignon Moyle, Elizabeth J Moore and George A Varigos

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 652-653 Free

Snapshot

Waterlily sign

Maneesh Khanna, Sandeep Chauhan, Usha Dalal and Sarabmeet S Lehl

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 654 Free

Letters

Physician migration and the Millennium Development Goals for maternal health: the untold story

Onyebuchi A Arah

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 659-660

Potential impact of AUSFTA on Australia’s blood supply

Albert Farrugia

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 660

“Failure to thrive” or failure to use the right growth chart?

Barbara Radcliffe, Jan E Payne, Helen Porteous and Simone G Johnston

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 660-661

“Meth mouth”

Anne-Marie L Laslett and John N Crofts

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 661

Men’s health

Kenneth W Sleeman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 661-662

Men’s health

Ann T Gregory

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 661-662

Evaluating medicines: let’s use all the evidence

Mira L Harrison-Woolrych

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 662

Research misconduct: can Australia learn from the UK’s stuttering system?

Peter T Wilmshurst

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 662-663

Antenatal care implications of population-based trends in Down syndrome birth rates

Caroline M De Costa and Cait Calcutt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 663

The difficulty with data: greater accuracy required for policy making

Susan Downes and Sally M Roach

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 663-664 Free

Supplement

Clinical practice guidelines for communicating prognosis and end-of-life issues with adults in the advanced stages of a life-limiting illness, and their caregivers

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): Open Access

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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