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General medicine

Mind the Gap

Avoidable hospitalisation in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in the Northern Territory

Shu Q Li, Natalie J Gray, Steve L Guthridge and Sabine L M Pircher

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (10): 532-536 Free

Research

Sociodemographic correlates of antidepressant utilisation in Australia

Andrew N Page, Sarah Swannell, Graham Martin, Samantha Hollingworth, Ian B Hickie and Wayne D Hall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 479-483 Free

Viewpoint

Informing patients about emerging treatment options: creating “saviour siblings” for haemopoietic stem cell transplant

Kimberly A Strong

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 506-507 Free

Book review

An overview to preventing suicide

Brian M Draper

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (9): 492

Book reviews

What to ask your doctor

Beth A Wilson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 436

Editorials

Liaison between public hospital staff and the pharmaceutical industry: guidance from the NSW Therapeutic Advisory Group

Diana H Shipp and Gordon Mallarkey

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 406-407

Viewpoint

Genesis of medical thromboprophylaxis guidelines in Australia: a need for transparency and standardisation in guideline development

John P Fletcher

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 450

Letters

Quality of Australian clinical guidelines and relevance to the care of older people with multiple comorbid conditions

James Tatoulis, Nancy P Huang and Andrew N Boyden

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (8): 459

Letters

Rational thromboprophylaxis in medical inpatients: not quite there yet

John P Fletcher, Donald MacLellan, Harry Gibbs and Geoff Matthews

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (7): 398-399

Letters

Can tuberculosis mimic cancer?

Riad O El Fakih, Bassem M Chehab, Rami A Mortada and Maha Assi

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 340-341

Letters

Misdiagnosis of acute eye diseases by primary health care providers: incidence and implications

Claire L Jackson

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (6): 343-344

Letters

Rediscovering university teaching hospitals for Australia

Leon Piterman

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 285-286

Letters

Rediscovering university teaching hospitals for Australia

Rachel F Dear and Martin H N Tattersall

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 285-286

Letters

Impact of an educational intervention on general practitioners’ skills in cognitive behavioural strategies

Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 287-288

Letters

Impact of an educational intervention on general practitioners’ skills in cognitive behavioural strategies

Grant A Blashki, Leon Piterman, Graham N Meadows, David M Clarke, Vasuki Prabaharan, Jane M Gunn and Fiona K Judd

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (5): 287-288

Book reviews

Better Aboriginal health

Timothy P M Senior

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 1 Free

Letters

Delayed referral of new-onset type 1 diabetes increases the risk of diabetic ketoacidosis

Maria E Craig, Catherine H Wong, Joanna Alexander, Ann M Maguire and Martin Silink

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 219

Letters

What can alert the general practitioner to people whose common mental health problems are unrecognised?

Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 221

Letters

What can alert the general practitioner to people whose common mental health problems are unrecognised?

Kay A Wilhelm

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (4): 221

Medicine and the community

Population rates of bone densitometry use in Australia, 2001–2005, by sex and rural versus urban location

Dan P Ewald, John A Eisman, Ben D Ewald, Tania M Winzenberg, Markus J Seibel, Peter R Ebeling, Leon A Flicker and Peter T Nash

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 126-128 Free

Book reviews

Living with bipolar disorder

Michael Berk

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (3): 139

Health care

Patients with skin disease and their relationships with their doctors: a qualitative study of patients with acne, psoriasis and eczema

Parker J Magin, Jon Adams, Gaynor S Heading and C Dimity Pond

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 62-64 Free

Letters

Public perceptions of Australia’s doctors, hospitals and health care systems

Michael H Armitage

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 102-103

Letters

Public perceptions of Australia’s doctors, hospitals and health care systems

Elizabeth A Hardie and Christine R Critchley

Med J Aust 2009; 190 (2): 102-103

Doctors and patients

Worm’s eye view

Richard A Joske

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 621