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Volume 198 Issue 11

17 June 2013

Editor’s choice

General practice: unity in diversity

Stephen Leeder

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 571 Free

Editorials

General practice patients in the emergency department

Gerard J FitzGerald and Ghasem Toloo

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 573-574

Planned homebirth in Australia

Marc J N C Keirse

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 574-575

Challenges of transition to adult health services for patients with rare diseases

Yvonne A Zurynski and Elizabeth J Elliott

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 575-576

In brief

From the CSIRO Preventative Health Flagship

Samantha C Burnham, Victor L Villemagne and S Lance Macaulay

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 578

News

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 578-579

Perspectives

Our first National Primary Health Care Strategy: 3 years on, what change for general practice?

Claire L Jackson

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 581-582

Involuntary treatment of drug and alcohol dependence in New South Wales: an old Act and a new direction

Glenys M Dore, Robert G Batey and Darren J Smyth

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 583-585

Vitamin B12 and folate tests: the ongoing need to determine appropriate use and public funding

Cameron D Willis, Michael P Metz, Janet E Hiller and Adam G Elshaug

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 586-588

Vitamin B12 and folate tests: interpret with care

Christopher-John L Farrell

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 589

Financial incentives for childhood immunisation — a unique but changing Australian initiative

Kirsten Ward, Brynley P Hull and Julie Leask

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 590-592

Letters

Why can’t we get permanent general practitioners for our country town?

Chee S Koh

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 594

Telehealth and equitable access to health care

Victoria A Wade

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 594-595

Gestational diabetes needs to be managed

Adrian V G Taylor

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 595-596

Gestational diabetes needs to be managed

Michael C d’Emden, Narelle D Fagermo, Amanda J Love and Karin M C Lust

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 595-596

Gestational diabetes needs to be managed

H David McIntyre and Jeremy J N Oats

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 595-596

Controversy grows over redefinition of gestational diabetes

Mark McLean, Len D Moaven, Naswrin Moin and Jennifer A Bradford

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 596-597

Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study

Andrej Bece, Christopher Hamilton and Brigid E Hickey

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 597-598

Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study

Graham Pitson

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 597-598

Over 150 potentially low-value health care practices: an Australian study

Adam G Elshaug

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 597-598

Clinical focus

Salicylate elimination diets in children: is food restriction supported by the evidence?

Paul E A Gray, Sam Mehr, Constance H Katelaris, Brynn K Wainstein, Anita Star, Dianne Campbell, Preeti Joshi, Melanie Wong, Brad Frankum, Karuna Keat, Geraldine Dunne, Barbara Dennison, Alyson Kakakios and John B Ziegler

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 600-602 Free

Salicylate elimination diets in children

Robert H Loblay, Velencia L Soutter and Anne R Swain

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 603

The changing face of cardiovascular care in Australia

Derek P B Chew and Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 604-605

Primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: new guidelines, technologies and therapies

Mark R Nelson and Jennifer A Doust

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 606-610 Free

Research

Quantifying the proportion of general practice and low-acuity patients in the emergency department

Yusuf Nagree, Vanessa J Camarda, Daniel M Fatovich, Peter A Cameron, Ian Dey, Andrew D Gosbell, Sally M McCarthy and David Mountain

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 612-615 Free

Publicly funded homebirth in Australia: a review of maternal and neonatal outcomes over 6 years

Christine Catling-Paull, Rebecca L Coddington, Maralyn J Foureur and Caroline S E Homer, on behalf of the Birthplace in Australia Study and the National Publicly-funded Homebirth Consortium

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 616-620 Free

Perceptions of precautionary labelling among parents of children with food allergy and anaphylaxis

Giovanni A Zurzolo, Jenifer J Koplin, Michael L Mathai, Mimi K L Tang and Katrina J Allen

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 621-623 Free

Sevenfold rise in likelihood of pertussis test requests in a stable set of Australian general practice encounters, 2000–2011

Marlena C Kaczmarek, Lisa Valenti, Heath A Kelly, Robert S Ware, Helena C Britt and Stephen B Lambert

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 624-628 Free

Case reports

A pilgrim's progress: severe Rickettsia conorii infection complicated by gangrene

Puvesh Punj, Renjy Nelson, Sarah Gardiner, Michelle Lodge, Stephen R Graves and Morgyn S Warner

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 629-631

Reflections

The drover’s wife

Matthew J Links and Theodora Bikou

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 632

Remote supervision in postgraduate training: a personal view

Susan M Wearne

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 633-634

The drama of zoonoses

Charles S Guest

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 634

Franklyn Gilbert Bell MB BS, FRCS, FRACS

Kathryn Stark

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): 635 Free

Careers

Joining the docs

Annabel McGilvray

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): C1 Free

Project Rozana a worthy cause

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): C4 Free

ACT rejects AMSA plea over interns

Ben Veness

Med J Aust 2013; 198 (11): C4 Free