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Volume 200 Issue 6

7 April 2014

In this issue

Responding to complexity

Diana McKay

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Highlights from our archives

Highlights from our archives

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Editorial

A land half won: pain and the modern world

Michael A Ashby

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 305-306 Free

Pertussis control: where to now?

Peter B McIntyre and Terence M Nolan

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In brief

From The Cochrane Library

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News

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Perspectives

Integrating maternal and neonatal care in resource-poor settings

Myrto M Schaefer and Alexandra L Brown

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Post-election policy pointers

A new coalition for health reform?

Christine C Bennett

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 312-313

Letters

Use of unlicensed black salve for cutaneous malignancy

Natalie C Ong, Eric Sham and Brandon M Adams

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The association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls

Roger S Magnusson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 314-315

The association between tobacco plain packaging and Quitline calls

Jane M Young, David Currow and Sally Dunlop

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 314-315

Asbestos exposure during home renovation in New South Wales

Richard A Lemen, Arthur L Frank, Colin L Soskolne, Stanley H Weiss and Barry I Castleman

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 315

Asbestos exposure during home renovation in New South Wales

Anthony R Johnson and Deborah H Yates

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 315

Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia associated with peripherally inserted central catheters: the role of chlorhexidine gluconate-impregnated sponge dressings

Michael J Loftus, Cosmin J Florescu and Rhonda L Stuart

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 317-318

Psychotropic drug use in aged care facilities: a reflection of a systemic problem?

Ian Maddocks

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 319

Responding to the Christmas Island health care crisis

Nigel R Armfield and Anthony C Smith

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 319-320

With great power comes great responsibility

Daniel D L Bernal, Luke R E Bereznicki and Gregory M Peterson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 321

Research

Outcomes of older people receiving intensive care in Victoria

Graeme J Duke, Anna Barker, Cameron I Knott and John D Santamaria

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 323-326 Free

Multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Western Australia, 1998–2012

Joshua R Francis, Christopher C Blyth, Sarah Colby, Joanna M Fagan and Justin Waring

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 328-332 Free

Acellular pertussis vaccine effectiveness for children during the 2009–2010 pertussis epidemic in Queensland

Sarah L Sheridan, Bradley J McCall, Craig A Davis, Jennifer M B Robson, Brynley P Hull, Christine E Selvey, Robert S Ware, Keith Grimwood and Stephen B Lambert

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 334-338 Free

Changes in the sodium content of leading Australian fast-food products between 2009 and 2012

Julianne Garcia, Elizabeth K Dunford, Johan Sundstrom and Bruce C Neal

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 340-344 Free

Case reports

Lessons from practice

Impact of drug interactions when medications are stopped: the often forgotten risks

Erica Y Tong, Melanie Kowalski, Gary S Yip and Michael J Dooley

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 345-346 Free

Ethics and law

Ethics series - 4

The help that John does not want

Peter A Roberts

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 347

Mental health emergency transport: the pot-holed road to care

Joanne F Bradbury, Matt Ireland and Helen Stasa

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 348-351 Free

Potentially incapable patients objecting to treatment: doctors’ powers and duties

Kerri Eagle and Christopher J Ryan

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 352-354 Free

Reflections

Best of Best

Where have all the Bilneys gone?

John B Best

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 355 Free

Obituary

Charles Henry Akkermans MB BS, DO, FRACO

Johanna Akkermans

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Poem

Why old people talk about their operations

Lisa Jacobson

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 346 Free

Book review

Big Pharma, big problems

Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 351

Correction

Guillain-Barré syndrome following pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza A immunisation in Victoria: a self-controlled case series

Nigel W Crawford, Allen Cheng, Nick Andrews, Patrick G Charles, Hazel J Clothier, Bruce Day, Timothy Day, Peter Gates, Richard Macdonell, Les Roberts, Victoria Rodriguez-Casero, Tissa Wijeratne and Lynette Kiers

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): 321 Free

Careers

Private money

Annabel McGilvray

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): C1 Free

Social ups and downs

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2014; 200 (6): C4 Free