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Volume 186 Issue 3

5 February 2007

From the editor’s desk

The absence of many voices in protest

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 105 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 106 Free

Editorials

Impact of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine use in Australia

Robert Booy, Jane Jelfs, Haitham El Bashir and Michael D Nissen

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 108-109

Balancing academic medicine

Richard B Hays

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 110-111

Medical education

Training our prevocational doctors

Fiona R Lake and Lou Landau

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 112-113

Prevocational medical training and the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors: a junior doctor perspective

Andrew J Gleason, J Oliver Daly and Ruth E Blackham

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 114-116 Free

Testing medical school selection tests

Chris McManus and David Powis

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 118-119

Entry tests for graduate medical programs: is it time to re-think?

Michele A Groves, Jill Gordon and Greg Ryan

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 120-123 Free

Research

Stimulant prescribing for the treatment of ADHD in Western Australia: socioeconomic and remoteness differences

Janine Calver, David Preen, Max Bulsara and Frank Sanfilippo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 124-127 Free

Management of dyslipidaemia in patients with type 2 diabetes in Australian primary care

Merlin C Thomas and Paul J Nestel

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 128-130 Free

Ten-year incidence of diabetes in older Australians: the Blue Mountains Eye Study

Sudha Cugati, Jie Jin Wang, Elena Rochtchina and Paul Mitchell

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 131-135 Free

Public health

Australia’s century of meningococcal disease: development and the changing ecology of an accidental pathogen

Mahomed S Patel

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 136-141 Free

Clinical update

Beyond the evidence: is there a place for antidepressant combinations in the pharmacotherapy of depression?

Nicholas A Keks, Graham D Burrows, David L Copolov, Richard Newton, Nick Paoletti, Isaac Schweitzer and John Tiller

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 142-144 Free

New Drugs, Old Drugs

Ten years of highly active antiretroviral therapy for HIV infection

Luke F Chen, Jennifer Hoy and Sharon R Lewin

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 146-151 Free

Notable cases

Opioid overdose deaths can occur in patients with naltrexone implants

Amy E Gibson, Louisa J Degenhardt and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 152-153 Free

Letters

Organ donation from prison

Elizabeth Magee and Michael H Levy

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 156

Registering wishes about organ donation may decrease the number of donors

Mitchell Lawlor and Frank A Billson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 156

Potential for organ donation in Victoria: an audit of hospital deaths

Deepak Bhonagiri and Patricia Wills

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 157

Suicide mortality data need revision

Diego De Leo

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 157-158

An unusual cause of severe metabolic acidosis

Mark A Boyd and Stephen Hedger

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 158-159

An unusual cause of severe metabolic acidosis

John V Peter, Natasha Rogers and Sandra L Peake

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 158-159

Performance indicators of a primary care skin cancer clinic network

Deborah A Askew, David Wilkinson and Gordon L Patrick

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 159

The psychosocial impact of prostate cancer on patients and their partners

James A Smith, Shaun M Filiault, Murray J Drummond and Robert J Knapman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 159-160

The psychosocial impact of prostate cancer on patients and their partners

Jeremy W Couper

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 159-160

Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 155