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Health care

A national survey of medical morning handover report in Australian hospitals

Matthew J Fassett, Terry J Hannan, Iain K Robertson, Steven J Bollipo and Robert G Fassett

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 164-165 Free

Viewpoint

Personal carbon trading: a potential “stealth intervention” for obesity reduction?

Garry Egger

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 185-187 Free

General practice and medical education

The challenges of teaching in a general practice setting

Rod Pearce, Caroline O Laurence, Linda E Black and Nigel Stocks

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 129-132 Free

General Practice In Action

Multidisciplinary care plans for diabetes: how are they used?

Timothy D Shortus, Suzanne H McKenzie, Lynn A Kemp, Judith G Proudfoot and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 78-81 Free

General practice and aged care

General practitioner consultations at residential aged-care facilities

Julie O’Halloran, Helena Britt and Lisa Valenti

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 88-91 Free

General Practice and Policy

Whither Divisions of General Practice? An empirical and policy analysis of the impact of Divisions within the Australian health care system

Anthony Scott and William Coote

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 95-99 Free

General Practice and Policy

Practice nurses in Australia: current issues and future directions

Helen Keleher, Catherine M Joyce, Rhian Parker and Leon Piterman

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 108-110 Free

General Practice Special Interests

The breast physician: an example of specialisation in general practice

Meagan E Brennan and Andrew J Spillane

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 111-114 Free

Conference report

International conferences on rare diseases: initiatives in commitment, patient care and connections

Andrew W Knight and Domenica Taruscio

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 74-76

For debate

Pay for performance in health care: strategic issues for Australian experiments

Ian A Scott

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 31-35 Free

Letters

The difficulty with data: greater accuracy required for policy making

Susan Downes and Sally M Roach

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 663-664 Free

Editorials

Challenges in cancer control in Australia

Ian N Olver

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 556-557

Research

Hospital utilisation among people born in refugee-source countries: an analysis of hospital admissions, Victoria, 1998–2004

Ignacio Correa-Velez, Vijaya Sundararajan, Kaye Brown and Sandra M Gifford

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 577-580 Free

Supplement

Religion, spirituality and medicine in Australia: research and clinical practice

Harold G Koenig

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S45 Free

Supplement

Spirituality, religion and health: evidence and research directions

David R Williams and Michelle J Sternthal

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S47 Free

Supplement

Culture, spirituality, religion and health: looking at the big picture

Richard M Eckersley

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S54 Free

Supplement

A review of spiritual assessment in health care practice

Bruce D Rumbold

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S60 Free

Diabetes

Diabetes in the Torres Strait Islands of Australia: better clinical systems but significant increase in weight and other risk conditions among adults, 1999–2005

Robyn A McDermott, Bradley G McCulloch, Sandra K Campbell and Dallas M Young

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 505-508 Free

Health Services

Indigenous health: effective and sustainable health services through continuous quality improvement

Ross S Bailie, Damin Si, Lyn O'Donoghue and Michelle Dowden

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 525-527 Free

Editorials

The search for better financing of health care, including that for people with chronic illness

Laurann E Yen, Robert W Wells, James A Gillespie and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 438-439

Letters

Improving rural and remote health

John Wakerman, John S Humphreys, Robert W Wells, Pim Kuipers, Philip Entwistle and Judith Jones

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 486

Viewpoint

Reporting units for therapeutic drug monitoring: a correctable source of potential clinical error

Graham R D Jones

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (8): 420-421 Free

Letters

The absence of many voices in protest

Derek H Meyers

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): 383-384

Health care

Australian general practice and pandemic influenza: models of clinical practice in an established pandemic

Christine B Phillips, Mahomed S Patel, Nicholas Glasgow, Christopher Pearce, Paul Dugdale, Alison Davies, Sally Hall and Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): 355-358 Free

Letters

The absence of many voices in protest

Michael J Cousins

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): 383-384