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Volume 191 Issue 8

19 October 2009

From the editor’s desk

Evidence-based managed care

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 417 Free

In This Issue

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 418 Free

Editorials

The National Hand Hygiene Initiative

M Lindsay Grayson and Philip L Russo

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 420-421

Adding weight to preconception care

Marc J N C Keirse

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 421-422

Management of waiting lists needs sound data

Andrea J Curtis, Johannes U Stoelwinder and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 423-424

Research

Barriers to addressing overweight and obesity before conception

Leonie K Callaway, Michael J O’Callaghan and H David McIntyre

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 425-428 Free

Reducing excessive weight gain in pregnancy: a randomised controlled trial

Kirby Jeffries, Alexis Shub, Susan P Walker, Richard Hiscock and Michael Permezel

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 429-433 Free

Doctors’ health

Keeping the doctor healthy: ongoing challenges

Kym D Jenkins

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 435

Australian doctors’ involvement in medicolegal matters: a cross-sectional self-report study

Louise M Nash, Patrick J Kelly, Michele G Daly, Garry Walter, Elizabeth H van Ekert, Merrilyn Walton, Simon M Willcock and Christopher C Tennant

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 436-440 Free

The health and wellbeing of junior doctors: insights from a national survey

Alexandra L Markwell and Zoe Wainer

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 441-444 Free

The national Junior Medical Officer Welfare Study: a snapshot of intern life in Australia

Daniel C Heredia, Caroline S Rhodes, Suzanne E English, Dayna B Law, Anna C McElrea and Florian X Honeyball

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 445

Health care reform

Does the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission have a real answer for public hospitals?

David G Penington

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 446-447

Bigger is not always better: what the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report means for general practice

Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 448-449 Free

The NHHRC final report: view from the hospital sector

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 450-453 Free

Position statement

ASID (HICSIG) position statement: infection control guidelines for patients with influenza-like illnesses, including pandemic (H1N1) influenza 2009, in Australian health care facilities

Rhonda L Stuart, Allen C Cheng, Caroline L Marshall and John K Ferguson

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 454-458 Free

A consensus statement on the management of pregnancy and delivery in women who are carriers of or have bleeding disorders

Scott M Dunkley, Susan J Russell, John A Rowell, Chris D Barnes, Ross I Baker, Megan l Sarson and Alison M Street, on behalf of the Australian Haemophilia Centre Directors’ Organisation

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 460-463 Free

Viewpoint

National registration legislative proposals need more work and more time

Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 464-465 Free

Lessons from practice

Recognising congenital glaucoma

Adam K Rudkin, Jwu J Khong and Theresa M Casey

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 466-467 Free

Letters

Naloxone for administration by peers in cases of heroin overdose

Simon R Lenton, Paul M Dietze, Louisa Degenhardt, Shane Darke and Tony G Butler

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 469

Back pain: a National Health Priority Area in Australia?

Victor J Wilk, Michael J Yelland and Michael B Oei

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 469-471

Back pain: a National Health Priority Area in Australia?

Stephanie K Vaughan, Julie L Gawthorne, Andrew S Finckh and Susan A Welch

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 469-471

Back pain: a National Health Priority Area in Australia?

Rachelle Buchbinder and Andrew M Briggs

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 469-471

Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in Australia

Magenta B Simmons, Michaela R Willet and Sarah E Hetrick

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 471

Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease

Paul A Hartigan, Tuck Meng Soo and Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 471-472

Coordination of care for patients with chronic disease

Mark F Harris, Bibiana C Chan and Sarah M Dennis

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 471-472

Supplement

Clean hands save lives

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): Open Access

Book reviews

Knowledge on the move

James Macdonald

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 453

Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2009; 191 (8): 468