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Volume 198 Issue 1

21 January 2013

Editor’s choice

Food on the table, shoes on our feet

Ann Gregory and Ruth Armstrong

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 7 Free

Editorials

Where is the next generation of medical educators?

Wendy C Y Hu, Geoffrey J McColl, Jill E Thistlethwaite, Lambert W T Schuwirth and Tim Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 8-9 Free

Could it be Q fever?

Heather F Gidding and Stephen R Graves

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 9-10

Healthy competition: a guide to prizes and awards in the MJA

Ruth M Armstrong

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 11

In brief

From the NHMRC

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 12

News

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 13

Perspectives

The United Kingdom’s broken promises on health

Tony Kirby

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 15

Managing diabetes and preventing complications: what makes the difference?

Jane Speight

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 16-17 Free

Australia’s dietary guidelines and the environmental impact of food “from paddock to plate”

Linda A Selvey and Marion G Carey

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 18-19 Free

Letters

“Don’t tell them that you’re working when you are”: safe hours and underreporting

Rosalind J McDougall

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 20

A no-fault compensation system for medical injury is long overdue

David C Burke

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 20-21

“Click first, care second” photography

Rahul Chakrabarti and Chandrashan M Perera

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 21 Free

“Click first, care second” photography

Rod Phillips

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 21 Free

“Click first, care second” photography

Jillian K Tomlinson, Andrew J Myers and Bryce M Meads

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 21-22 Free

“Click first, care second” photography

Kara Burns and Suzanne Belton

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 22 Free

Highly sensitive troponin assays — a two-edged sword?

Lee J Nedkoff, Michael S T Hobbs and Tom G Briffa

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 22-23

An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial

Gillian S Gould and Andy McEwen

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 23

An intensive smoking intervention for pregnant Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women: a randomised controlled trial

Sandra J Eades, Rob W Sanson-Fisher and Katie Panaretto

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 23-24

The Hospital Skills Program: a professional development program for non-specialist doctors in New South Wales

Alana M Killen, Sally M McCarthy, Anthony P Joseph and Andrew D Gosbell

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 24

The Hospital Skills Program: a professional development program for non-specialist doctors in New South Wales

Simon D Leslie, Mary Webber and Michael Boyd

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 24-25

Is bedside teaching necessary or acceptable in paediatrics?

Kathryn L Connelly and Michael S Gordon

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 25

Importance of ambulatory blood pressure in hypertension management

Patrick Coleman

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 25-26

Importance of ambulatory blood pressure in hypertension management

Geoffrey A Head, Barry P McGrath, Mark R Nelson and Michael Stowasser

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 26

Improving effectiveness of clinical medicine: the need for better translation of science into practice

Robert G Fassett, Bill Lancashire and Anne Rasmussen

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 26

Clinical focus

National Heart Foundation of Australia consensus statement on catheter ablation as a therapy for atrial fibrillation

Jonathan M Kalman, Prashanthan Sanders, David B Brieger, Anu Aggarwal, Nick A Zwar, James Tatoulis, Andre E Tay, Alison Wilson and Maree G Branagan

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 27-28 Free

Research

Growth and pubertal development of adolescent boys on stimulant medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

Alison S Poulton, Elaine Melzer, Paul R Tait, Sarah P Garnett, Chris T Cowell, Louise A Baur and Simon Clarke

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 29-32 Free

Male reproductive health disorders among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men: a hidden problem?

Michael J Adams, Veronica R Collins, Michael P Dunne, David M de Kretser and Carol A Holden

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 33-38 Free

A profile of body mass index in a large rural Victorian obstetric cohort

Chris E Cunningham and Glyn R Teale

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 39-42 Free

Amanita phalloides poisoning and treatment with silibinin in the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales

Darren M Roberts, Michael J Hall, Morna M Falkland, Simone I Strasser and Nick A Buckley

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 43-47 Free

Ethics and law

Legal considerations of consent and privacy in the context of clinical photography in Australian medical practice

Patrick D Mahar, Peter A Foley, Alexander Sheed-Finck and Christopher S Baker

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 48-49 Free

Reflections

Ten things a ward consultant should never (ever) do

Simon Wein

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 51

Australian orchids and the doctors they commemorate

John H Pearn

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 52-54 Free

Alexander MacKenzie (Sandy) Rankin: Australian physician who left his mark on Africa

Krishna Somers

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 55

Adolf Saweri MBE, MD(Hon), DipMed, DTM&H

Ian Maddocks

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 56 Free

David Lindsay Healy BMedSci, MB BS(Hons), PhD, FRANZCOG, FRCS(Hon), CREI

Luk J F Rombauts

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 56 Free

Empowering patients while safeguarding them

Patrizia Boetto

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): 57

Careers

World at your fingertips

Karen Burge

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C1 Free

Training program revamp

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C2 Free

Professor Flavia Cicuttini on her career in research and rheumatology

Interview by Karen

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C5 Free

Sanduni Fernando

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C5 Free

Healthy pursuit - Dr Greg Downey

Linda Drake

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C6 Free

Until debt do us part

Linda Drake

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (1): C7 Free