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Volume 192 Issue 5

1 March 2010

From the editor’s desk

The Stanford 25

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 241 Free

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 242 Free

Editorials

Clinical-quality registries: their role in quality improvement

John J McNeil, Sue M Evans, Niall P Johnson and Peter A Cameron

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 244-245

Troponin measurement and the new assays: how low can we go?

Con N Aroney, Peter E Hickman, Hans G Schneider, Jillian R Tate and Martin Than

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 245-246

Research

The prevalence of trachoma in Australia: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey

Hugh R Taylor, Sarah S Fox, Jing Xie, Ross A Dunn, Anna-Lena M R Arnold and Jill E Keeffe

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 248-253 Free

Cardiovascular risk perception and evidence–practice gaps in Australian general practice (the AusHEART study)

Emma L Heeley, David P Peiris, Anushka A Patel, Alan Cass, Andrew Weekes, Claire Morgan, Craig S Anderson and John P Chalmers

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 254-259 Free

Health care

The cost of overweight and obesity in Australia

Stephen Colagiuri, Crystal M Y Lee, Ruth Colagiuri, Dianna Magliano, Jonathan E Shaw, Paul Z Zimmet and Ian D Caterson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 260-264 Free

Position statement

CICADA: Cough in Children and Adults: Diagnosis and Assessment. Australian Cough Guidelines summary statement

Peter G Gibson, Anne B Chang, Nicholas J Glasgow, Peter W Holmes, Peter Katelaris, Andrew S Kemp, Louis I Landau, Stuart Mazzone, Peter Newcombe, Peter Van Asperen and Anne E Vertigan

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 265-271 Free

Diabetic kidney disease: act now or pay later

Robert C Atkins and Paul Z Zimmet

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 272-274 Free

Research enterprise

Ethics review of multisite studies: the difficult case of community-based Indigenous health research

David M Studdert, Tamara M Vu, Sarah S Fox, Ian P Anderson, Jill E Keeffe and Hugh R Taylor

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 275-280 Free

Notable cases

Hyperhaemolysis in sickle cell disease — an unusual and potentially life-threatening complication

Ian C Stokes, Peter A Downie, Erica M Wood, Donald K Bowden, Paul T Monagle and Chris D Barnes

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 281-282 Free

Viewpoint

Fit for the future — a regional governance structure for a new age

Claire L Jackson, Caroline Nicholson and Eugene P McAteer

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 284-287 Free

The profession

Motives for migration of South African doctors to Australia since 1948

Peter C Arnold and David E Lewinsohn

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 288-290 Free

Letters

National registration legislative proposals need more work and more time

Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Tania Shelby-James, Meera R Agar and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292-293

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Kate L Fitzpatrick, Margaret Boult and Robert A Fitridge

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292-293

A case study evaluation of ethics review systems for multicentre clinical trials

Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 292-293

Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry

Ian R Gough, Ian Dickinson, Guy Maddern, Michael Grigg and David J Hillis

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry

Iain S Pratt, Clare L Hughes and Terry J Slevin

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Winds of change: growing demands for transparency in the relationship between doctors and the pharmaceutical industry

Richard Kelly Barnes

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 293-295

Making cars and making health care: a critical review

David I Ben-Tovim, Duncan Stuart, Maarten Kamp and Paul Cullen

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 295-296

Making cars and making health care: a critical review

Linda E Shields

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 295-296

Making cars and making health care: a critical review

Sarah Winch and Amanda J Henderson

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 295-296

Book review

Moral theory primer

Charles D Douglas

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 271

Correction

AUSDRISK: an Australian Type 2 Diabetes Risk Assessment Tool based on demographic, lifestyle and simple anthropometric measures

Lei Chen, Dianna J Magliano, Beverley Balkau, Stephen Colagiuri, Paul Z Zimmet, Andrew M Tonkin, Paul Mitchell, Patrick J Phillips and Jonathan E Shaw

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 274

Columns

In Other Journals

Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2010; 192 (5): 291