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Volume 189 Issue 3

4 August 2008

From the editor’s desk

Medical workforce expansion — uncertain times

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 129 Free

In This Issue

Bronwyn Gaut

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 130 Free

Editorials

Pelvic pain in women: common and challenging

Cynthia M Farquhar

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 131-132

Mandatory reporting of professional incompetence

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 132-133

Venous thromboembolism — a major health and financial burden: how can we do better to prevent this disease?

Beng H Chong, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Mark F Harris and John P Fletcher

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 134-135

Problem gambling: what do general practitioners need to know and do about it?

Shane A Thomas, Leon Piterman and Alun C Jackson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 135-136

Research

Prevalence and correlates of three types of pelvic pain in a nationally representative sample of Australian women

Marian K Pitts, Jason A Ferris, Anthony M A Smith, Julia M Shelley and Juliet Richters

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 138-143 Free

The incidence of venous thromboembolism: a prospective, community-based study in Perth, Western Australia

Wai Khoon Ho, Graeme J Hankey and John W Eikelboom

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 144-147 Free

How will Australian general practitioners respond to an influenza pandemic? A qualitative study of ethical values

Olga Anikeeva, Annette J Braunack-Mayer and Jackie M Street

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 148-150 Free

Variable uptake of recommended interventions to reduce mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Australia, 1982–2005

Michelle L Giles, Ann M McDonald, Elizabeth J Elliott, John B Ziegler, Margaret E Hellard, Sharon R Lewin and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 151-154 Free

Medicine and the media

The newsworthiness of cancer in Australian television news

Ross MacKenzie, Simon Chapman, Natalie Johnson, Kevin McGeechan and Simon Holding

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 155-158 Free

Medical education

The mini clinical evaluation exercise (mini-CEX) for assessing clinical performance of international medical graduates

Balakrishnan R Nair, Heather G Alexander, Barry P McGrath, Mulavana S Parvathy, Eve C Kilsby, Johannes Wenzel, Ian B Frank, George S Pachev and Gordon G Page

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 159-161 Free

Development of the Australian Core Competencies in Musculoskeletal Basic and Clinical Science project — phase 1

Mellick J Chehade and Aleksander Bachorski

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 162-165 Free

Efficiency of clinical training at the Northern Territory Clinical School: placement length and rate of return for internship

Anna McDonnel Smedts and Michael P Lowe

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 166-168 Free

Health care reform

Health policy and reform: gathering the evidence

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 169-170

What is the health service for?

John Menadue

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 170-171

The people principle in Australian health care

Gavin H Mooney

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 171-172

Notable cases

Paediatric lobar lung transplantation: addressing the paucity of donor organs

Dominic T Keating, Glen P Westall, Silvana F Marasco, Jacquie H Burton, Mark R Buckland, Colin F Robertson, Trevor J Williams and Gregory I Snell

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 173-175 Free

Letters

Pancreatitis following human papillomavirus vaccination

Amitabha Das, David Chang, Andrew V Biankin and Neil D Merrett

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 178

Feeding choice for children with immediate allergic reactions to cows milk protein

Sam S Mehr and Andrew S Kemp

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 178-179

Recognition of USA300 isolates of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Australia

Thomas Gottlieb, Wei-Yuen Su, John Merlino and Elaine Y-L Cheong

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 179-180

Bupropion and bradycardia

Jacqueline Landau and Andrew E Ajani

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 180

Misleading advertising of PI-based drug information?

Lilon G Bandler

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 181

Personal carbon trading: a potential “stealth intervention” for obesity reduction?

Cathal A Smith

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 181

Personal carbon trading: a potential “stealth intervention” for obesity reduction?

Barry N J Walters

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 181

Probiotics: sorting the evidence from the myths

Shimonti Chatterjee and John Fraser

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 182-183

Probiotics: sorting the evidence from the myths

Sanjaya N Senanayake

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 182-183

Probiotics: sorting the evidence from the myths

Mimi Pham, Daniel A Lemberg and Andrew S Day

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 182-183

Booster seat use by children aged 4–11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children

Yvonne A Zurynski, Lynne Bilston and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 183

Mandometer treatment of Australian patients with eating disorders

Phillip Gray

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 184

South African medical graduates in Australia

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 184

Obituary

Cyril Swaine MB BS, FRACGP, FAFOM, FACTM, DOROG, CMP, DipObs, RACOG

Peter P Thomas

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 143 Free

Book review

Radiology and the law

Paul Nisselle

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 177

Corrections

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; 189 (3): 180

The increasing problem of motorcycle injuries in children and adolescents

Catherine A Bevan, Franz E Babl, Penny Bolt and Lisa N Sharwood

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 180

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (3): 176