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Volume 186 Issue 6

19 March 2007

From the editor’s desk

The heart of the matter

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 273 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 274 Free

Editorials

Managing neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a step into the light

Robyn H Guymer

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 276-277

Preventing homicide in the context of psychosis

Megan J Kalucy and Ross S Kalucy

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 277-278

Colorectal cancer

Providing colonoscopy services for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program

Finlay A Macrae

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 280-281

Waiting times for colonoscopy and colorectal cancer diagnosis

Charlie H Viiala, Kevin W Tang, Ian C Lawrance, Kevin Murray and John K Olynyk

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 282-285 Free

Modes of presentation and pathways to diagnosis of colorectal cancer in Queensland

Brigid M Lynch, Peter Baade, Lin Fritschi, Barbara Leggett, Neville Owen, Kenneth Pakenham, Beth Newman and Joanne F Aitken

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 288-291 Free

Concordance with national guidelines for colorectal cancer care in New South Wales: a population-based patterns of care study

Jane M Young, David C Leong, Katie Armstrong, Dianne O’Connell, Bruce K Armstrong, Allan D Spigelman, Stephen Ackland, Pierre Chapuis, Andrew B Kneebone and Michael J Solomon

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 292-295 Free

Comparing survival outcomes for patients with colorectal cancer treated in public and private hospitals

Melinda Morris, Barry Iacopetta and Cameron Platell

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 296-300 Free

Research

Homicide during psychotic illness in New South Wales between 1993 and 2002

Olav B Nielssen, Bruce D Westmore, Matthew M B Large and Robert A Hayes

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 301-304 Free

Systematic review

Australian school-based prevention and early intervention programs for anxiety and depression: a systematic review

Alison L Neil and Helen Christensen

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 305-308 Free

Viewpoint

Riding the wave: current and emerging trends in graduates from Australian university medical schools

Catherine M Joyce, Johannes U Stoelwinder, John J McNeil and Leon Piterman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 309-312 Free

Lessons from practice

An Australian case of New World cutaneous leishmaniasis

Pamela Konecny and Damien J Stark

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 315-317 Free

Trials on trial

Interpreting the results of a clinical trial

Anthony C Keech, Rhana Pike, Renee E Granger and Val J Gebski

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 318-319

Letters

Priorities for reducing the burden of injuries in sport: the example of Australian Football

Belinda J Gabbe, Caroline F Finch and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 321

Folate and vitamin B12 in older Australians

Victoria Flood and Paul Mitchell

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 321-322

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in cars increases the risk of persistent wheeze in adolescents

Peter D Sly, Marie Deverell, Merci M Kusel and Patrick G Holt

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 322

Immunisation coverage in refugee children

Kylee J Parsons, Maggi Osbourn, David N Durrheim and Murray T Webber

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 323

Mistakes and misconduct in the research literature: retractions just the tip of the iceberg

Alison Poulton

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 323-324

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

Gavin H Mooney

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 324-325

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

Geoffrey J Dobb

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 324-325

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 (6): 324-325

Hendra virus infection in a veterinarian

Paul Prociv

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 325-326

The Australian Health News Research Collaboration

Simon Chapman and Ross MacKenzie

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 326

The adventures of an alienist

Bruce H Peterson

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 326

The adventures of an alienist

John H T Ellard

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 326

Characteristics of Australian women who test positive for HIV: implications for giving test results

Carol A Hopkins, Rosey A Cummings, Tim R H Read and Christopher K Fairley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 327

Prisons: mental health institutions of the 21st century

Gordon R W Davies

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 327

Patient privacy and Latin: my father's story

Katherine A Haley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 328

Snapshot

Pulmonary artery aneurysm

Zubair Ahmad, Imrana Masood and Saurabh K Singh

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 314 Free

Obituary

Cyril Charles Julius Minty MB BS, FRACR, FRCR

Thomas F Sandeman

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 314 Free

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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