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General medicine

Editorials

Vitalness of vital signs, and medical emergency teams

D James Cooper and Michael D Buist

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 630-631

Clinical update

Premature ejaculation: a clinical update

Neil R Palmer and Bronwyn G A Stuckey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 662-666 Free

Book review

On-call help

Robert P Dowsett

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 661

Research

All in a day’s work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time

Johanna I Westbrook, Amanda Ampt, Leanne Kearney and Marilyn I Rob

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 506-509 Free

Research enterprise

Perceptions in health and medical research careers: the Australian Society for Medical Research Workforce Survey

Maria Kavallaris, Sarah J Meachem, Mark D Hulett, Catherine M West, Rachael E Pitt, Jennifer J Chesters, Warren S Laffan, Paul R Boreham and Levon M Khachigian

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 520-524 Free

Supplement

Depression in primary health care: from evidence to policy

Kathleen M Griffiths and Helen Christensen

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S81 Free

Book reviews

Transgender support

William A W Walters

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): 482

Supplement

Multidisciplinary care planning and teamwork in primary care

Geoffrey K Mitchell, Jennifer J Tieman and Tania M Shelby-James

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S61 Free

Supplement

The Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute: rising to the challenge of applying knowledge from research to Australian policy

Nicholas B Mays

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S44 Free

Supplement

The effectiveness of competency-based education in equipping primary health care workers to manage chronic disease in Australian general practice settings

Nicholas J Glasgow, Robert Wells, James Butler and Anna Gear

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S92 Free

Supplement

Coordinating primary health care: an analysis of the outcomes of a systematic review

Gawaine Powell Davies, Anna M Williams, Karen Larsen, David Perkins, Martin Roland and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S65 Free

Supplement

Bringing evidence to bear on policy processes: the challenge of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

Nicholas J Glasgow, John E Marley, Linda J Kristjanson, Janette A Donovan, Sally J Hall, Mark F Harris, David M Lyle, Elizabeth J Kerr and Frith Rayner

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S46 Free

Supplement

The implementation and impact of different funding initiatives on access to multidisciplinary primary health care and policy implications

Julie McDonald, Mark F Harris, Jacqueline Cumming, Gawaine Powell Davies and Pippa Burns

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S69 Free

Supplement

Models of chronic disease management in primary care for patients with mild-to-moderate asthma or COPD: a narrative review

Josephine M Cranston, Alan J Crockett, John R Moss, Robert W Pegram and Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S50 Free

Supplement

Primary care funding and organisational policy options and implications: a narrative review of evidence from five comparator countries

Lucio Naccarella, Donna Southern, John Furler, Anthony Scott, Lauren Prosser, Doris Young, Hal Swerissen and Elizabeth Waters

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S73 Free

Supplement

Chronic disease management in primary care: from evidence to policy

Sarah M Dennis, Nicholas Zwar, Rhonda Griffiths, Martin Roland, Iqbal Hasan, Gawaine Powell Davies and Mark Harris

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S53 Free

Supplement

“Beyond workforce”: a systemic solution for health service provision in small rural and remote communities

John S Humphreys, John Wakerman, Robert Wells, Pim Kuipers, Judith A Jones and Phil Entwistle

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S77 Free

Supplement

Seriously working together: integrated governance models to achieve sustainable partnerships between health care organisations

Claire L Jackson, Caroline Nicholson, Jenny Doust, Lily Cheung and John O’Donnell

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S57 Free

Research

Outcomes for general medical inpatients with diabetes mellitus and new hyperglycaemia

Scott T Baker, Cherie Y Chiang, Jeffrey D Zajac, Leon A Bach, George Jerums and Richard J MacIsaac

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 340-343 Free

Medicine and the community

Community-based asylum seekers’ use of primary health care services in Melbourne

Ignacio Correa-Velez, Vanessa Johnston, Joanne Kirk and Angeline Ferdinand

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (6): 344-348 Free

Lessons from practice

Primary open-angle glaucoma: the importance of family history and role of intraocular pressure

Richard H C Zegers, Erik F Reinders and Marc D de Smet

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 312-313 Free

Letters

Humanising medical practice: the role of empathy

Marion Lustig

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 263-264

Health care

Defining remote medical practice

Janie D Smith, Stephen A Margolis, Jeff Ayton, Victoria Ross, Elizabeth Chalmers, Patrick Giddings, Louise Baker, Martin Kelly and Catherine Love

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 159-161 Free

Book review

Consultation and communication

Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 116

Letters

Diagnosing skin cancer in primary care: how do main-stream general practitioners compare with primary care skin cancer clinic doctors?

Clare Heal and Beverly Raasch

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 125-126