Volume 188, Issue 12 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Derek P Chew, John V Amerena, Steve G Coverdale, Jamie M Rankin, Carolyn M Astley, Ashish Soman and David B Brieger, on behalf of the ACACIA investigators

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 691-697 Free

Causes of death in young Australians with type 1 diabetes: a review of coronial postmortem examinations

Emily Tu, Stephen M Twigg, Johan Duflou and Christopher Semsarian

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 699-702 Free

Impact of an ultrabroadband emergency department telemedicine system on the care of acutely ill patients and clinicians’ work

Johanna I Westbrook, Enrico W Coiera, Michelle Brear, Stuart Stapleton, Marilyn I Rob, Monique Murphy and Patrick Cregan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 704-708 Free

Patterns and incidence of γ-hydroxybutyrate (GHB)-related ambulance attendances in Melbourne, Victoria

Paul M Dietze, Stefan Cvetkovski, Monica J Barratt and Susan Clemens

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 709-711 Free

Health care

Cardiac rehabilitation program attendance after coronary artery bypass surgery: overcoming the barriers

Rosemary O Higgins, Barbara M Murphy, Alan J Goble, Michael R Le Grande, Peter C Elliott and Marian U C Worcester

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 712-714 Free

For debate

Preventive health reform: what does it mean for public health?

Lesley M Russell, George L Rubin and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 715-719 Free

Public health

The changing face of the Australian population: growth in centenarians

Robyn L Richmond

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 720-723 Free

Notable cases

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by Dressler’s syndrome

Edmund J Lee, Randall Hendriks and Alan P Whelan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 725-727 Free

Snapshot

In-vivo characterisation of coronary atherosclerosis with optical coherence tomography

Peter Barlis, Giuseppe Ferrante, Francesca Del Furia and Carlo Di Mario

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 728 Free

Letters

Postpartum haemorrhage occurrence and recurrence: a population-based study

Leslie A Woollard

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 731

Postpartum haemorrhage occurrence and recurrence: a population-based study

Jane B Ford, Christine L Roberts, Jane C Bell, Charles S Algert and Jonathan M Morris

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 731

Rural maternity units: how will they have a future?

L Gay Hawksworth

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 731-732

Rural maternity units: how will they have a future?

Andrew F Pesce

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 731-732

The national inpatient medication chart: critical audit of design and performance at a tertiary hospital

Ian D Coombes, Danielle A Stowasser, Carol M Reid and Charles A Mitchell

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 732-733

The national inpatient medication chart: critical audit of design and performance at a tertiary hospital

J Alasdair Millar, Robyn C Silla, Glenda E Lee and Ann Berwick

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 732-733

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): “missing the wood for the trees”

Raymond C Chan

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 733-734

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA): “missing the wood for the trees”

Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 733-734

Paragonimiasis: an unusual case of haemoptysis

Murad G Ibrahim, Richard Bunter, Stanley Rajasooriar and Francis Thien

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 734-735

Changing perceptions of solaria and cancer risk: the role of the media

Geoffrey Jalleh, Robert J Donovan, Chad Lin and Terry Slevin

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 735

National health reform needs strategic investment in health services research

Nicholas J Ferris, Stacy K Goergen and Makhan S Khangure

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 735-736

Supplement

Depression and primary care

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): Open Access

Book reviews

Hypertension fundamentals

Henry Krum

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 689

The ethics of tomorrow’s health care

Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 697

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 729

Volume 188 Issue 12

From the editor’s desk

Editorials

Research