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Volume 207 Issue 2

17 July 2017

News

News briefs

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 52

Perspectives

Hepatitis C in Australia — a role for general practitioners?

Mieke L van Driel, David Lim and Paul J Clark

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 53

Lessons from Medicare Locals for Primary Health Networks

Sara Javanparast, Fran Baum, Toby Freeman, Ronald Labonte, Anna M Ziersch, Michael R Kidd and Tamara Mackean

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 54-55

Where to next for rural general practice policy and research in Australia?

Lucie K Walters, Matthew R McGrail, Dean B Carson, Belinda G O'Sullivan, Deborah J Russell, Roger P Strasser, Richard B Hays and Max Kamien

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 56-58

Medical education

Snapshot

Iron stain following an intravenous iron infusion

Martin L Canning and Kenneth A Gilmore

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 58

Lessons from practice

Not all that wheezes is asthma

Amy SM Wong, Bing Mei Teh, Glen Burgess and Michael CS Ho

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 59-60

Clinical skills

How to perform the ankle brachial index test in clinical practice

Nicole M Organ and Catherine Harrison

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 60-61

Editorials

Can antibiotic prescribing for respiratory infections be reduced?

Martin Gulliford and Mark Ashworth

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 62-63

Educating general practitioners: are we preparing them for cost-conscious care?

Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 63-64

Research

Antibiotics for acute respiratory infections in general practice: comparison of prescribing rates with guideline recommendations

Amanda R McCullough, Allan J Pollack, Malene Plejdrup Hansen, Paul P Glasziou, David FM Looke, Helena C Britt and Christopher B Del Mar

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 65-69 Free

Changes in pathology test ordering by early career general practitioners: a longitudinal study

Parker J Magin, Amanda Tapley, Simon Morgan, Kim Henderson, Elizabeth G Holliday, Andrew R Davey, Jean Ball, Nigel F Catzikiris, Katie J Mulquiney and Mieke L van Driel

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 70-74 Free

High rates of general practice attendance by former prisoners: a prospective cohort study

Megan Carroll, Matthew J Spittal, Anna R Kemp-Casey, Nicholas G Lennox, David B Preen, Georgina Sutherland and Stuart A Kinner

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 75-80 Free

Narrative review

Iron deficiency and new insights into therapy

Michael SY Low and George Grigoriadis

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 81-87

Letters

Wastewater analysis shows a large decrease in oxycodone use in Adelaide

Philip Crowley, Jason M White, Benjamin J Tscharke and Cobus Gerber

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 88

Sarcopenia: a potential cause and consequence of type 2 diabetes in Australia’s ageing population?

Joule J Li, Jonathan W Newbury and Robert J Adams

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 88-89

Sarcopenia: a potential cause and consequence of type 2 diabetes in Australia’s ageing population?

David Scott, Barbora de Courten and Peter R Ebeling

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 89

Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity

Katrina Hutchison, Drew Carter and Jane Johnson

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 89-90

Robotic prostatectomy took off, despite a lack of evidence and risks of inequity

Mark Frydenberg and Robert (Frank) A Gardiner

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): 90

Careers

State GP of the Year finalists announced

Cate Swannell

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): C1 Free

Around the universities and research institutes

Med J Aust 2017; 207 (2): C2-C3 Free