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Volume 195 Issue 11

12 December 2011

Editor's choice

One more (editorial) for the road

Annette Katelaris

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 633 Free

Editorials

Not much need for ambulatory blood pressure monitoring

Bruce C Neal and Les Irwig

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 634-635

Dog bites in Australian children

Roy M Kimble, Natalie Dallow, Richard Franklin and Belinda Wallis

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 635-636

2011: the trifecta

Bronwyn Gaut

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 637-639

In brief

In brief

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 642-643

From the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care: Improving clinical handover in Australian hospitals and community settings

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 642

Perspectives

Reducing farm injury deaths through regulation

Tony G Lower

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 645

Medication to prevent breast cancer — too much to swallow?

Sandra L Harvey, Jane E Francis, Amanda J McBride, James F Bishop and Kelly-Anne Phillips

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 646-649

What’s in a name? Brand name confusion and generic medicines

Shane L Carney, Madlen Gazarian, Justin T Denholm, David M Reith, Robert K Penhall, Christine R Jenkins, Kay A Wilhelm, Paul A Komesaroff, Mary M Osborn and Richard O Day

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 650-651

Closing the Gap and Indigenous housing

Elizabeth L McDonald

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 652-653 Free

Complementary medicine use in cardiovascular disease: a clinician’s viewpoint

Hosen Kiat, Yu Sun Bin, Suzanne Grant and Dennis Hsu-Tung Chang

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 654-656

Doctors and global health: tips for medical students and junior doctors

Jeffrey J Leow, Daryl R Cheng and Frederick M Burkle Jr

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 657-659

Letters

Alcohol tax reform: now is the time

Christopher M Doran, Wayne D Hall, Brian R Vandenberg, Todd A Harper, Jane E Martin and Mike Daube

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 660

Is it ethical for medical practitioners to prescribe alternative and complementary treatments that may lack an evidence base?

Chun Wah M Tam

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 660-661

Neonatal vitamin D supplementation: are the protocols getting ahead of the evidence?

Kate M McCloskey, Natalie Wright, Anne-Louise Ponsonby and Peter J Vuillermin

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

Michael D Coory

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661-662

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

Sean A Bydder and Nigel A Spry

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661-662

Distance to the closest radiotherapy facility and survival after a diagnosis of rectal cancer in Queensland

Peter D Baade, Paramita Dasgupta, Joanne F Aitken and Gavin Turrell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 661-662

The dangers of dogma in medicine

Deborah J Verran

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 663

Clinical focus

Australian guideline for treatment of problem gambling: an abridged outline

Shane A Thomas, Stephanie S Merkouris, Harriet L Radermacher, Nicki A Dowling, Marie L Misso, Christopher J Anderson and Alun C Jackson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 664-665 Free

Research

The health impacts of khat: a qualitative study among Somali-Australians

Heather Douglas, Merali Boyle and Nicholas Lintzeris

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 666-669 Free

Secular changes in sleep duration among Australian adults, 1992–2006

Yu Sun Bin, Nathaniel S Marshall and Nicholas S Glozier

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 670-672 Free

Animal bites and rabies exposure in Australian travellers

Deborah J Mills, Colleen L Lau and Philip Weinstein

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 673-675 Free

Drug interaction alerts in software — what do general practitioners and pharmacists want?

Kitty H Yu, Michelle Sweidan, Margaret Williamson and Amanda Fraser

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 676-680 Free

Funding for mental health research: the gap remains

Helen Christensen, Philip J Batterham, Ian B Hickie, Patrick D McGorry, Philip B Mitchell and Jayashri Kulkarni

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 681-684 Free

The effects of early paternal depression on children’s development

Richard J Fletcher, Emily Feeman, Craig Garfield and Graham Vimpani

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 685-689 Free

Effect of the increase in “alcopops” tax on alcohol-related harms in young people: a controlled interrupted time series

Steve R Kisely, Joanne Pais, Angela White, Jason Connor, Lake-Hui Quek, Julia L Crilly and David Lawrence

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 690-693 Free

Original sound compositions reduce anxiety in emergency department patients: a randomised controlled trial

Tracey J Weiland, George A Jelinek, Keely E Macarow, Philip Samartzis, David M Brown, Elizabeth M Grierson and Craig Winter

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 694-698 Free

Determining priority for joint replacement: comparing the views of orthopaedic surgeons and other professionals

Andrea J Curtis, Rory Wolfe, Colin O H Russell, Barry G Elliott, John A L Hart and John J McNeil

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 699-702 Free

Case reports

Propeller and jet-ski injuries during Christmas and New Year in Western Australia

Hemant Garg, Reto Twerenbold and Rene Zellweger

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 704-705 Free

Penetrating eye injury from a crayfish antenna

Khoi A Tran, Matthew Green, Jayne Camuglia and Stephen O'Hagan

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 706-707 Free

Orbital sinker

Esra Sanli and Jennifer J Danks

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 708 Free

Stab in the dark

Martin R Brown

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 708 Free

Birthmarks: phacomatosis pigmentovascularis

Jianjun Qiao and Hong Fang

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 709 Free

Reflections

The humbug syndrome

Katrina J R Watson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 711

Weather to evacuate?

Cindy E Woods, Donna Goodman, Jane Mills, Kim Usher and William J H McBride

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 712-713

Fit for purpose: Australia’s National Fitness Campaign

Julie A Collins and Peter Lekkas

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 714-716 Free

Register of reported cases of leprosy

Peter Christopher

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 717

STI consumer guide

Darren B Russell

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 718

Managing persistent pain

Carolyn A Arnold

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 718

Worst-case scenario

Andrew J Doley

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 719

Fighting the good fight

Robert J S Thomas

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 719

Christmas crackers

Mushroom poisoning: a personal vignette

Lindsay C Mollison

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 720-721

The Telco Coma Scale

Peter D Jones

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 722

Wife carrying for health

I-Min Lee, Sylvia Titze and Pekka Oja

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 723-725 Free

Housing, health, heroes and philanthropy: Australia’s Healthabitat wins the 2011 World Habitat Award

Charles S Guest

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 726-727 Free

The glass stethoscope

Milton G Roxanas

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 728-729

Bibliophiles beware — a light-hearted look at book collecting

Darren J Kester

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 730

Two visitors from the nether world?

John S Whitehall

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 731

How to make a tuning fork vibrate: the humble pisiform bone

D Ashley R Watson

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 732

Grief and the medical referral

James L Mallows

Med J Aust 2011; 195 (11): 733