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Volume 186 Issue 2

15 January 2007

From the editor’s desk

Feeling good, doing good

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 49 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 50 Free

Editorials

Product information past perfect

John S Dowden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 51-52

Sun protection messages, vitamin D and skin cancer: out of the frying pan and into the fire?

Monika Janda, Michael G Kimlin, David C Whiteman, Joanne F Aitken and Rachel E Neale

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 52-53

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Buruli or Bairnsdale ulcer): challenges in developing management strategies

Kingsley Asiedu and Mark Wansbrough-Jones

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 55-56

Outcomes for Mycobacterium ulcerans infection with combined surgery and antibiotic therapy: findings from a south-eastern Australian case series

Daniel P O’Brien, Andrew J Hughes, Allen C Cheng, Margaret J Henry, Peter Callan, Anthony McDonald, Ian Holten, Mike Birrell, John M Sowerby, Paul D R Johnson and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 58-61 Free

First case of Mycobacterium ulcerans disease (Bairnsdale or Buruli ulcer) acquired in New South Wales

Caroline J Lavender, Sanjaya N Senanayake, Janet A M Fyfe, John A Buntine, Maria Globan, Timothy P Stinear, John A Hayman and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 62-63

Consensus recommendations for the diagnosis, treatment and control of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection (Bairnsdale or Buruli ulcer) in Victoria, Australia

Paul D R Johnson, John A Hayman, Tricia Y Quek, Janet A M Fyfe, Grant A Jenkin, John A Buntine, Eugene Athan, Mike Birrell, Justin Graham and Caroline J Lavender, on behalf of the Mycobacterium ulcerans Study Team*

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 64-68 Free

Research

Iodine status of Tasmanians following voluntary fortification of bread with iodine

Judy A Seal, Zelda Doyle, John R Burgess, Roscoe Taylor and Angus R Cameron

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 69-71 Free

“Not-for-resuscitation” orders in Australian public hospitals: policies, standardised order forms and patient information leaflets

Navdeep S Sidhu, Margaret E Dunkley and Melinda J Egan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 72-75 Free

Review

Barriers in the quest for quality drug information: salutary lessons from TGA-approved sources for thyroid-related medications

Jim R Stockigt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 76-79 Free

Health care

In the wake of hospital inquiries: impact on staff and safety

James A Dunbar, Prasuna Reddy, Bill Beresford, Wayne P Ramsey and Reginald S A Lord

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 80-83 Free

Viewpoint

Chronic disease self-management education programs: challenges ahead

Joanne E Jordan and Richard H Osborne

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 84-87 Free

For debate

Waiver of individual patient consent in research: when do potential benefits to the community outweigh private rights?

Nikolajs Zeps, Barry J Iacopetta, Lyn Schofield, Jillian M George and Jack Goldblatt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 88-90 Free

Notable cases

Potential link between HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor (statin) use and interstitial lung disease

Tim Walker, Joe McCaffery and Chris Steinfort

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 91-94 Free

Snapshot

Lung encasement by metastatic osteoblastic sarcoma

Georgina Long and Martin H Tattersall

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 100 Free

Letters

Should medical students be routinely offered BCG vaccination?

Sanjaya N Senanayake and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 98-99

Should medical students be routinely offered BCG vaccination?

David N Durrheim and Michael J Hensley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 98-99

Should medical students be routinely offered BCG vaccination?

Maryza Graham, Tanya M Howley, Robert J Pierce and Paul D R Johnson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 98-99

Does the presence of heart failure alter prescribing of drug therapy after myocardial infarction?

Lauren J Bailey and Vasi Naganathan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 99-101

Does the presence of heart failure alter prescribing of drug therapy after myocardial infarction?

Henry Krum

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 99-101

Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

John W Eikelboom, Graeme J Hankey and Paul E Langton

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 101-102

Guidelines for the management of acute coronary syndromes 2006

Constantine N Aroney and Philip Aylward

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 101-102

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Michael Montalto

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Patrick J Bradley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

Conundrums in community-acquired pneumonia

Patrick G P Charles, Paul D R Johnson and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 102-103

Chronic disease self-management education programs: challenges ahead

Sarah M Dennis, Nicholas A Zwar, Iqbal Hasan and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 103-104

Book reviews

Textbook sleep disorders

Peter Solin

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 95

Integrating telemedicine

Farah Magrabi

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 95

Aiding survivors of abuse

Lesley R Shorne

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 95

Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 97