Volume 203, Issue 3 | The Medical Journal of Australia

Simon A Broadley, Michael H Barnett, Mike Boggild, Bruce J Brew, Helmut Butzkueven, Robert Heard, Suzanne Hodgkinson, Allan G Kermode, Jeannette Lechner-Scott, Richard AL Macdonell, Mark Marriott, Deborah F Mason, John Parratt, Stephen W Reddel, Cameron P Shaw, Mark Slee, Judith M Spies, Bruce V Taylor, William M Carroll, Trevor J Kilpatrick, John King, Pamela A McCombe, John D Pollard and Ernest Willoughby

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 139-141 Free

For debate

Revalidation is not to be feared and can be achieved by continuous objective assessment

Stephen N Bolsin, Elizabeth Cawson and Mark E Colson

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 142-144 Free

Research

Actual availability of general practice appointments for mildly ill children

Gary L Freed, Amie Bingham, Amy R Allen, Michele Freed, Lena A Sanci and Neil Spike

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 145 Free

Use of complementary and alternative medicines for menopausal symptoms in Australian women aged 40–65 years

Pragya Gartoulla, Susan R Davis, Roisin Worsley, Robin J Bell, Pragya Gartoulla, Susan R Davis, Roisin Worsley and Robin J Bell

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 146 Free

General practitioner understanding of abbreviations used in hospital discharge letters

Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert, Adrian Sheen, Mark Chemali, Emily J Hibbert and Adrian Sheen

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 147 Free

Case reports

Lessons from practice

Splenic abscess complicating gastroenteritis due to Salmonella Virchow in an immunocompetent host

Jonathan R Sillar, Aiveen M Bannan and Leigh Dahlenburg

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 148-149 Free

Lessons from practice

Splenic infarction after reversal of warfarin using Prothrombinex-VF in a patient with a mechanical aortic valve

Varun Sharma, Talbir Singh, Suranga Weerasooriya and Dharmesh Anand

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 150-151 Free

Short reports

Some truths about the “low” childhood vaccination coverage in Sydney’s eastern suburbs

Mark J Ferson and Karen Orr

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 153

Reflections

Best of Best

Can I jump puddles alone?

John B Best

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 152-153 Free

MJA “An IMG in Australia“ competition

I’m an alien, I’m a legal alien; I’m a French doctor in New South Wales!

Lionel I Reyftmann

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 154 Free

Remembering a fallen giant

Andrew Burke

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 155 Free

Poem

You float on a raft of morphine

Ann E Kolakowski

Med J Aust 2015; 203 (3): 149 Free

Volume 203 Issue 3

Guest piece

Changing roles

Editorials

Appropriate use of oxygen in acute medicine

News

News briefs

Perspectives

Making sense of alcohol consumption data in Australia

Precision medicine: are we there?

Partnering with consumers: national standards and lessons from other countries

Letters

Medical tourism raises questions that highlight the need for care and caution

Acute HIV infection presenting as erythema multiforme in a 45-year-old heterosexual man

Effectiveness of a care bundle to reduce central line-associated bloodstream infections