Volume 194, Issue 5 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editor's choice

Reasonable practice is not defensive practice

Annette G Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 219 Free

Editorials

Controversy, comics and the Van Der Weyden Factor

Bronwyn Gaut, Ruth M Armstrong, Ann T Gregory and Peter C Arnold

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 220-221

Unmasking the evidence about masks

Mary-Louise McLaws and Jan Gralton

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 222-223

Endoscopic advances in the treatment of dysplastic Barrett oesophagus — should HALO be canonised or do we need more evidence?

Chatura S Jayasekera, Finlay A Macrae, Paul V Desmond and Andrew C F Taylor

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 223-224

Public health

World Kidney Day 2011: protect your kidneys, save your heart

William G Couser and Miguel C Riella, for the Joint International Society of Nephrology and International Federation of Kidney Foundations World Kidney Day 2011 Steering Committee*

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 225-227

Research

Lack of caregiver supervision: a contributing factor in Australian unintentional child drowning deaths, 2000–2009

Lauren A Petrass, Jennifer D Blitvich and Caroline F Finch

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 228-231 Free

What are the major drivers of prevalent disability burden in young Australians?

Rebecca R S Mathews, Wayne D Hall, Theo Vos, George C Patton and Louisa Degenhardt

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 232-235 Free

Multidisciplinary Team Care Arrangements in the management of patients with chronic disease in Australian general practice

Mark F Harris, Upali W Jayasinghe, Jane R Taggart, Bettina Christl, Judith G Proudfoot, Patrick A Crookes, Justin J Beilby and Gawaine Powell Davies

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 236-239 Free

Urinary iodine deficiency in Gippsland pregnant women: the failure of bread fortification?

Ashequr Rahman, Gayle S Savige, Nicholas J Deacon, Janice E Chesters and Barbara C Panther

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 240-243 Free

Notable cases

Accidental ingestion of plastic from takeaway containers — food for thought

Marianne Guirgis, Robert Nguyen and Christopher Pokorny

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 245-246 Free

Lessons from practice

Exercise-associated hyponatraemia on the Kokoda Track

David A Pattison, Tomos E Walters and Eric Seal

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 247-248 Free

Medicine and the community

Australian general practitioner chlamydia testing rates among young people

Fabian Y S Kong, Rebecca J Guy, Jane S Hocking, Tony Merritt, Marie Pirotta, Clare Heal, Isabel Bergeri, Basil Donovan and Margaret E Hellard

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 249-252 Free

Medicine and the law

What is the value of professional opinion? The current medicolegal application of the “peer professional practice defence” in Australia

Patrick D Mahar and Justin A Burke

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 253-255 Free

Health care reform

Physician assistants: employing a new health provider in the South Australian health system

Phyllis B Ho and Guy J Maddern

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 256-258 Free

Viewpoint

A values-based health system

Jeffrey Braithwaite, Clare A Skinner and Mei Ling Döéry

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 259-262 Free

Ethics

Trade in human tissue products

Nicholas Tonti-Filippini and Nikolajs Zeps

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 263-265 Free

Snapshot

A chicken bone pneumothorax?

Philippa J Bunting

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 266 Free

Letters

Lessons from the 4-hour standard in England for Australia

Roberto Forero, Geoff D McDonnell, Sally M McCarthy, Peter Nugus, Jeffrey Braithwaite, Kenneth M Hillman, Daniel M Fatovich, David Mountain, Frank F Daly, Gerard J Fitzgerald and Drew B Richardson

Med J Aust 2011; 194 (5): 268