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Volume 211 Issue 10

18 November 2019

News

News briefs

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 436-437

Perspectives

Regulating voluntary assisted dying in Australia: some insights from the Netherlands

Bregje Onwuteaka‐Philipsen, Lindy Willmott and Ben P White

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 438-439.e1 Open Access

The ethics approval process for multisite research studies in Australia: changes sought by the Australian Genomics initiative

Matilda A Haas, Tiffany F Boughtwood and Michael CJ Quinn, on behalf of Australian Genomics

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 440-444.e1

Biostatistics: a fundamental discipline at the core of modern health data science

Katherine J Lee, Margarita Moreno‐Betancur, Jessica Kasza, Ian C Marschner, Adrian G Barnett and John B Carlin

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 444-446.e1 Open Access

Pill‐testing as a harm reduction strategy: time to have the conversation

Jody Morgan and Alison Jones

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 447-448.e1

Ebola virus disease preparedness and response in Central East Africa

Luke J Vos

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 449-451.e1

Medical education

Snapshot

Pyogenic hepatic abscess secondary to gastric perforation caused by an ingested fish bone

Sudharsan Venkatesan and Henrik Falhammar

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 451-451.e1

Editorial

Inpatient diabetes care requires adequate support, not just HbA1c screening

Matthew JL Hare and Jonathan E Shaw

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 452-453

Research

Routine glucose assessment in the emergency department for detecting unrecognised diabetes: a cluster randomised trial

N Wah Cheung, Lesley V Campbell, Gregory R Fulcher, Patrick McElduff, Barbara Depczynski, Shamasunder Acharya, John Carter, Bernard Champion, Roger Chen, David Chipps, Jeff Flack, Jen Kinsella, Margaret Layton, Mark McLean, Robert G Moses, Kris Park, Ann M Poynten, Carol Pollock, Debbie Scadden, Katherine T Tonks, Mary Webber, Chris White, Vincent Wong and Sandy Middleton

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 454-459 Free

Research letter

International travel by Australians for overseas transplantation

Georgia Smith, Diba Gujari, Oscar Russell, Lyle Palmer, Maeghan Toews, Germaine Wong, Wai Lim, Stephen McDonald, Phillip Clayton, Dominique Martin and Patrick T Coates

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 460-460 Free

Systematic review/Meta‐analysis

Faecal calprotectin testing for identifying patients with organic gastrointestinal disease: systematic review and meta‐analysis

Yoon‐Kyo An, David Prince, Fergus Gardiner, Teresa Neeman, Ecushla C Linedale, Jane M Andrews, Susan Connor and Jakob Begun

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 461-467 Free

Narrative review

Controversies in medicine: the role of calcium and vitamin D supplements in adults

Ian R Reid and Mark J Bolland

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 468-473

Letters

Management of pregabalin and gabapentin prescribing and use in NSW prisons

Gary Nicholls, Peter Samios and Stephen Hampton

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 474-474.e1

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Khai Lin Kong, Michelle L Giles and Euan M Wallace

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 474-474.e1

Influenza and pertussis vaccination of women during pregnancy in Victoria, 2015–2017

Stacey Rowe, Karin Leder and Allen C Cheng

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 474-474.e1

Gender inequity in medicine and medical leadership

Allison Hempenstall, Jillian Tomlinson and Marie M Bismark

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 475-475.e1 Free

Jaundice and pregnancy

Adam Morton

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): 475-475.e1

Careers

Allison Milner: brilliant colleague, loving mum

Anne Kavanagh, Tania King and Tony LaMontagne

Med J Aust 2019; 211 (10): C1-C2 Free