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Volume 189 Issue 9

3 November 2008

From the editor’s desk

“On the one hand ... but on the other hand ...”

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 473 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 474 Free

Editorials

Understanding gastroenteritis in elderly residents of aged-care facilities

Martyn D Kirk, Leslee Roberts and John Horvath

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 476-477

Good Medical Practice: developing an Australian code

Joanna M Flynn, on behalf of the Australian Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct Working Group

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 477-478

Research

Drinking by professional Australian Football League (AFL) players: prevalence and correlates of risk

Paul M Dietze, John L Fitzgerald and Rebecca A Jenkinson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 479-483 Free

Vaccination and screening of medical students: results of a student health initiative

Adrienne J Torda

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 484-486 Free

Health care

The pathway to dementia diagnosis

Catherine M Speechly, Charles Bridges-Webb and Erin Passmore

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 487-489 Free

Indigenous health — Research

Effect of smoking among Indigenous and non-Indigenous mothers on preterm birth and full-term low birthweight

Rachael-Anne Wills and Michael D Coory

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 490-494 Free

The roles of socioeconomic status and Aboriginality in birth outcomes at an urban hospital

Angela T Titmuss, Elizabeth Harris and Elizabeth J Comino

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 495-498 Free

“All they said was my kidneys were dead”: Indigenous Australian patients’ understanding of their chronic kidney disease

Kate Anderson, Jeannie Devitt, Joan Cunningham, Cilla Preece and Alan Cass

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 499-503 Free

Viewpoint

Rational thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients: not quite there yet

J Alasdair Millar

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 504-506 Free

Current models of child and adolescent mental health service delivery

Vicki A Degotardi

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 507-508

Clinical update

Avoiding common problems associated with intravenous fluid therapy

Andrew K Hilton, Vincent A Pellegrino and Carlos D Scheinkestel

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 509-513 Free

Medical education

The rising tide of medical graduates: how will postgraduate training be affected?

Gregory J Fox and Stephanie J Arnold

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 515-518 Free

Lessons from practice

Disseminated Saksenaea vasiformis in an immunocompetent host

Dean J Trotter, Gena Gonis, Erin Cottrill and Christopher Coombs

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 519-520 Free

Notable cases

Zygomycosis due to Saksenaea vasiformis caused by a magpie peck

Paul A Wilson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 521-522 Free

Obituaries

Sarah Mitchell BSc(Hons), MB BS, MRCP, FRACP

Karen N Simmer and Katharine Gardiner

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 523 Free

Clifford Warmbrunn MB BS

Trevor A Banks

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 523 Free

Snapshot

Ooh — bet that hurt

Robert J Douglas

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 524 Free

Book review

Stories of cancer survival

Dawn Hooper and Mark Tweeddale

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 494

Letters

Salt intake and health in the Australian population

Jennifer B Keogh and Peter M Clifton

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 526

"I want the one for older women" — extending the human papillomavirus vaccine population base

Lilon G Bandler

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 526-528

"I want the one for older women" — extending the human papillomavirus vaccine population base

Helen S Marshall and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 526-528

"I want the one for older women" — extending the human papillomavirus vaccine population base

Jeffrey H J Tan and Michael A Quinn

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 526-528

All in a day’s work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time

Mark Mackay and Pamela J Castle

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 528-529

An observational study of emergency department intern activities

Belinda Doherty and Mark A Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 529

A day in the life of a doctor-in-training

Lisa Caputo, Fiona R Lake, Margaret Potter and Ian Rogers

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 529-530

Evidence-based advocacy: the public roles of health care professionals

Bill Williams

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 530

Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign

Allen C Cheng, James F Black and Kirsty L Buising

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 531-532

Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign

Olivier Steichen, Gilles Grateau and Eric Bouvard

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 531-532

Respiratory rate: the neglected vital sign

Simon C Gandevia and David K McKenzie

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 531-532

Management of Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in a pregnant woman in Benin using rifampicin and clarithromycin

Ange D Dossou, Ghislain E Sopoh, Christian R Johnson, Yves T Barogui, Dissou Affolabi, Sévérin Y Anagonou, Théophile Zohoun, Françoise Portaels and Kingsley Asiedu

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 532-533

Kaposi’s varicelliform eruption in a healthy adult

Hajime Kimata

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 534

Serotonin toxicity precipitated by concomitant use of citalopram and methylene blue

Ali Khavandi, John Whitaker and Hanney Gonna

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 534-535

Cancer care: what role for the general practitioner?

Jon D Emery

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 535

Venous thromboembolism associated with train travel

Jeet Ram Kashyap, Sanjay D’Cruz, Sandeep Chauhan and Suman Kochhar

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 535-536

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi

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