Volume 189, Issue 8 | The Medical Journal of Australia

From the editor’s desk

Armchair reform

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 417 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 418 Free

Editorials

Humanising doctors: what can the medical humanities offer?

J Jill Gordon

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 420-421

High-density lipoproteins: the next frontier in lipid management

Sanjay Patel

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 421-422

Research

Outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary Australian practice: insights from a large multicentre registry

Andrew E Ajani, Christopher M Reid, Stephen J Duffy, Nick Andrianopoulos, Jeffrey Lefkovits, Alexander Black, Gishel New, Robert Lew, James A Shaw, Bryan P Yan, Ronen Gurvitch, Ali Al-Fiadh, Angela L Brennan and David J Clark

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 423-428 Free

Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care

Debbie A Quain, Mark W Parsons, Allan R Loudfoot, Neil J Spratt, Malcolm K Evans, Michelle L Russell, Angela T Royan, Andrea G Moore, Ferdinand Miteff, Carolyn J Hullick, John Attia, Patrick McElduff and Christopher R Levi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 429-433 Free

Public health

Recent increases in mumps incidence in Australia: the “forgotten” age group in the 1998 Australian Measles Control Campaign

Padmasiri E Aratchige, Peter B McIntyre, Helen E Quinn and Gwendolyn L Gilbert

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 434-437 Free

The epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in African refugee children resettled in Australia

Sarah Cherian, David Forbes, Frank Sanfilippo, Angus Cook and David Burgner

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 438-441 Free

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program

Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo, Vivien A Hammond, Stephanie T Coulter and Adrienne C Kirby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 442-445 Free

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program — a postscript

Rae-Lin Huang, Paul J Torzillo and Adrienne C Kirby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 446 Free

Medicine and the community

Chronic disease and labour force participation among older Australians

Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra N Shrestha, Megan E Passey, Arul Earnest and Susan L Fletcher

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 447-450 Free

Health reform

A robust clinical review process: the catalyst for clinical governance in an Australian tertiary hospital

Imogen A Mitchell, Bobby Antoniou, Judith L Gosper, John Mollett, Mark D Hurwitz and Tracey L Bessell

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 451-455 Free

Clinical update

Mumps: a resurgent disease with protean manifestations

Sanjaya N Senanayake

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 456-459 Free

Viewpoint

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Soren Sondergaard

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 460-462 Free

Commentary

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Leona F Wilson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 463

Notable cases

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma following infliximab therapy for Crohn’s disease

Musa Drini, Peter J Prichard, Gregor J E Brown and Finlay A Macrae

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 464-465 Free

Snapshot

Impacted fishbone in Meckel diverticulum

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 417 Free

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 466

Volume 189 Issue 8

From the editor’s desk

Armchair reform

In This Issue

Editorials

Humanising doctors: what can the medical humanities offer?

High-density lipoproteins: the next frontier in lipid management

Research

Outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention in contemporary Australian practice: insights from a large multicentre registry

Improving access to acute stroke therapies: a controlled trial of organised pre-hospital and emergency care

Public health

Recent increases in mumps incidence in Australia: the “forgotten” age group in the 1998 Australian Measles Control Campaign

The epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in African refugee children resettled in Australia

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program

Epidemiology of sexually transmitted infections on the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara Lands: results of a comprehensive control program — a postscript

Medicine and the community

Chronic disease and labour force participation among older Australians

Health reform

A robust clinical review process: the catalyst for clinical governance in an Australian tertiary hospital

Clinical update

Mumps: a resurgent disease with protean manifestations

Viewpoint

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Commentary

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Notable cases

Hepatosplenic T-cell lymphoma following infliximab therapy for Crohn’s disease

Snapshot

Impacted fishbone in Meckel diverticulum

Letters

Trimethylaminuria (fish malodour syndrome): a “benign” genetic condition with major psychosocial sequelae

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Unplanned admissions to two Sydney public hospitals after naltrexone implants

Medication self-administration by patients: a way to prevent errors?

Physician on call: Sweden compared with Australia

Columns

In Other Journals