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Volume 197 Issue 9

5 November 2012

Editor’s choice

Patient designs

Ruth Armstrong and Ann Gregory

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 477 Free

Editorials

“Hospital in the home”: a lot’s in a name

Michael Montalto and Bruce A Leff

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 479-480

The Australasian Colorectal Cancer Family Registry

Ingrid Winship and Aung Ko Win

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 480-481

To ED or not to ED: a phone call will not answer

Patrick G M Bolton and Michael H G Golding

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 482-483

In brief

From the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care. Guides for safe e-health systems in hospitals

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 484

In brief

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 484-485

Perspectives

Can we feel it in our waters? Antimicrobials in aquaculture

Mary D Barton and Olasumbo L Ndi

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 487-488

Exploring the economics of helicopter rescue in Australia

Colman B Taylor, Stephen Jan and John A Myburgh

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 488-490

Letters

The medical workforce in 2025: what’s in the numbers?

Michael A Bonning, William J Milford and Rob D Mitchell

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 490

Adverse effects of adult topical androgen use on children

Jacqueline K Hewitt and Margaret R Zacharin

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 490

Effect of false-positive screening mammograms on rescreening in Western Australia

Nathan A M Dunn

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 490-491

Drug treatment for melanoma: progress, but who pays?

Graeme W Morgan

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 491-492

Drug treatment for melanoma: progress, but who pays?

Sonia Fullerton

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 491-492

Drug treatment for melanoma: progress, but who pays?

Richard F Kefford

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 491-492

Subsidised use of methylnaltrexone in Australia for palliative care

Debra S Rowett, Katherine Clark, Maxine K Robinson and David C Currow

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 492

Liver cancer is the fastest increasing cause of cancer death in Australians

Jennifer H MacLachlan and Benjamin C Cowie

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 492-493

Eliminating childhood lead toxicity in Australia: a call to lower the intervention level

Mark P Taylor, Chris Winder and Bruce P Lanphear

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 493 Free

Clinical focus

Recent developments in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome and related disorders

Kim M Summers, Jennifer A West, Annette Hattam, Denis Stark, James J McGill and Malcolm J West

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 494-497 Free

Research

Appropriateness of healthdirect referrals to the emergency department compared with self-referrals and GP referrals

Joseph Y Ng, Daniel M Fatovich, Valendar F Turner, Jennifer A Wurmel, Sally A Skevington and Michael R Phillips

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 498-502 Free

Changes in smoking intensity among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, 1994–2008

David P Thomas

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 503-506 Free

Identifying and prioritising gaps in colorectal cancer trials research in Australia

Rachel F Dear, Alexandra L Barratt, Alison Evans, John Simes, John Newsom, Dan Kent, Sally Crossing, Catherine Holliday, Eva Segelov, George Hruby and Martin HN Tattersall

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 507-511 Free

Systematic reviews

A meta-analysis of “hospital in the home”

Gideon A Caplan, Nur S Sulaiman, Dee A Mangin, Nicoletta Aimonino Ricauda, Andrew D Wilson and Louise Barclay

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 512-519 Free

Case reports

Anaphylactic shock in a patient with mastocytosis

Su Shian Lee, Gary A Unglik and Adrian W Y Mar

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 520-521 Free

Reflections

More than the sum of our parts

Tanya L Hall

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 522-523

Where to die?

Vineet Sarode, John Reeves, Jonathan Barrett and Jennifer McCambley

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 524-525

First story - MJA Dr Eric Dark Creative Writing Prize

Nicholas R C Wilcken

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 526

Book/Media/App Review

Cancer care engages with CAM

Hosen Kiat

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 527

Poem

Angiocrine factors: reasons for and against the quitting of smoking

Kent E MacCarter

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): 527 Free

Careers

Making a difference

Marge Overs

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): C1 Free

Dr Nick Zdenkowski

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): C2 Free

Art of connection. Professor Bogda Koczwara traces her fulfilling career as a medical oncologist

Interview by Marge

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): C5 Free

Command performance

Sophie McNamara

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): C6 Free

Shy of retiring

Amanda Bryan

Med J Aust 2012; 197 (9): C7 Free