Volume 195, Issue 1 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Editor’s choice

Stroke — for poorer not richer

Martin Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 3 Free

Editorials

A no-fault compensation scheme for serious adverse events attributed to vaccination

Heath A Kelly, Clare Looker and David Isaacs

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 4-5

Food allergy: is there a rising prevalence and if so why?

Katrina J Allen

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 5-7

Is Australia ready to use glycated haemoglobin for the diagnosis of diabetes?

Jonathan E Shaw, Michael C d’Emden and Ian Goodall, On behalf of the Joint HbA1c Working Party of the Australian Diabetes Society, the Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia, and the Australasian Association of Clinical Biochemists

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 7-8

The rationale for pregnancy registers for women with epilepsy

Frank J E Vajda, Terence J O’Brien, Cecilie M Lander and Mervyn J Eadie

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 8-9

Research

Socioeconomic disparities in stroke rates and outcome: pooled analysis of stroke incidence studies in Australia and New Zealand

Emma L Heeley, Jade W Wei, Kristie Carter, Md Shaheenul Islam, Amanda G Thrift, Graeme J Hankey, Alan Cass and Craig S Anderson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 10-14 Free

Stroke and transient ischaemic attack awareness

J Ian Spark, Nadia Blest, Sheralee Sandison, Phillip J Puckridge, Hafees A Saleem and David A Russell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 16-19 Free

Advertising of fast food to children on Australian television: the impact of industry self-regulation

Lana A Hebden, Lesley King, Anne Grunseit, Bridget Kelly and Kathy Chapman

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 20-24 Free

Prevalence and characteristics of complaint-prone doctors in private practice in Victoria

Marie M Bismark, Matthew J Spittal and David M Studdert

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 25-28 Free

For debate

Clinical practice guidelines: the need for greater transparency in formulating recommendations

Ian A Scott and Gordon H Guyatt

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 29-33 Free

Clinical update

A practical approach to the management of lower urinary tract symptoms among men

Henry H Woo, Michael P Gillman, Robert Gardiner, Villis Marshall and William J Lynch

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 34-39 Free

Opposing views

Government plans for public reporting of performance data in health care: the case for

Christine M Jorm and Michael S Frommer

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 40

Government plans for public reporting of performance data in health care: the case against

Jeffrey Braithwaite and Russell Mannion

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 41

Notable cases

Gnathostomiasis in remote northern Western Australia: the first confirmed cases acquired in Australia

Cameron J Jeremiah, Chanad S Harangozo and Andrew J Fuller

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 42-44 Free

Working abroad

Launch of “A guide to working abroad for Australian medical students and junior doctors”

Jake Parker, Rob Mitchell, Sarah Mansfield, Jenny Jamieson, David Humphreys, Fred Hersch, Hamish Graham and Kate Brennan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 44

Diagnostic dilemma

A couplet: a case of anal ulceration and another of inguinal swelling

Marcus Y Chen, Timothy R H Read, David E Leslie and Melanie Bissessor

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 47-48

Position statement

Change of HbA1c reporting to the new SI units

Graham R D Jones, George Barker, Ian Goodall, Hans-Gerhard Schneider, Mark D S Shephard and Stephen M Twigg

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 45-46 Free

Viewpoint

What does the future hold for general medicine?

Paul F Jenkins, Campbell H Thompson and Alasdair B MacDonald

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 49-50 Free

The implications of mandatory notification for clinician-researchers involved in observational research in health services

Rick A M Iedema and Donella A Piper

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 54

Corrections

Fraud in fluid resuscitation research

John A Myburgh

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (1): 56

Is money spent on quality improvement better spent on clinical care?

William B Runciman