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    Medical Journal of Australia: Volume 190, Issue 11

    609-656
    June 2009
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From the Editor's Desk

Health IT infrastructure: “Yes we can?”

Martin B Van Der Weyden, 
  • Page: 609
  • First Published: June 2009

In This Issue

Ruth Armstrong, 
  • Page: 610
  • First Published: June 2009

Editorials

Free Access

Disorders of sex development: current understanding and continuing controversy

Garry L Warne MB BS, FRACP,  Jacqueline K Hewitt MB BS, 
  • Pages: 612-613
  • First Published: June 2009
Free Access

Should aspirin be used for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in people with diabetes?

Robyn L Woods BSc(Hons), PhD,  Andrew M Tonkin MB BS, MRACP, FRACP,  Mark R Nelson MB BS, MFM, PhD,  Helena C Britt BA, PhD,  Christopher M Reid BA, MSc, PhD, 
  • Pages: 614-615
  • First Published: June 2009
Free Access

Dealing with multisystem disease in people with a developmental disability

Edward V O’Loughlin MD, FRACP,  Helen M Somerville MB BS, MPaed,  Ernest R Somerville MB BS, FRCP, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 616-617
  • First Published: June 2009

Research

The effect of compensation on health care utilisation in a trauma cohort

Ian A Harris MB BS, MMed(ClinEpid), PhD,  Darnel F Murgatroyd MScHSci(ManipPhysio), DipPhysio,  Ian D Cameron MB BS, PhD, FAFRM,  Jane M Young MB BS, MPH, PhD,  Michael J Solomon MB ChB, MSc, FRACS, 
  • Pages: 619-622
  • First Published: June 2009

Effectiveness of point-of-care testing for therapeutic control of chronic conditions: results from the PoCT in General Practice Trial

Tanya K Bubner GradDipHlthServMg, BSocSc(HumServ),  Caroline O Laurence PhD, MHlthServMg,  Angela Gialamas BHSc,  Lisa N Yelland BMa, CompSc(Hons),  Philip Ryan MB BS,  Kristyn J Willson BSc(Hons),  Philip Tideman FRACP,  Paul Worley MB BS, PhD,  Justin J Beilby MD, 
  • Pages: 624-626
  • First Published: June 2009

Research Enterprise

Building quality in health — the need for clinical researchers*

Graham V Brown PhD, FRACP, MPH,  Tania C Sorrell MD BS, FRACP, 
  • Pages: 627-629
  • First Published: June 2009

From Bench to Bedside

Molecular biomarkers to individualise treatment: assessing the evidence

Chee K Lee MB BS, MMedSci, FRACP,  Sarah J Lord MB BS, MS(Epi),  Alan S Coates AM, MD, FRACP,  R John Simes MB BS, FRACP, SM, 
  • Pages: 631-636
  • First Published: June 2009

Medicine and the Media

Smoking and The Simpsons

Guy D Eslick PhD, MMedSc(ClinEpi), MMedStat,  Marielle G Eslick, 
  • Pages: 637-639
  • First Published: June 2009

Viewpoint

Improving drug safety by locating genetic markers for hypersensitivity reactions

Kathlyn J Ronaldson BSc, MSc, DPhil,  John J McNeil PhD, FRACP, FAFPHM, 
  • Pages: 641-643
  • First Published: June 2009

Notable Cases

Hysterectomy in a phenotypic male with advanced gonadal malignancy and intersex

Jim L Parker BMed, DRACOG, FRANZCOG,  Deborah L Ekman BAppSc,  Lawrence J Hayden FRCS, 
  • Pages: 644-646
  • First Published: June 2009

Book Reviews

The law and order of infectious diseases

Allen C Cheng, 
  • Page: 647
  • First Published: June 2009

Dealing with disasters

Alexander C McFarlane, 
  • Page: 647
  • First Published: June 2009

Columns

In Other Journals

Tanya Grassi, 
  • Page: 648
  • First Published: June 2009

Letters

Primary osteosarcoma of the sternum after coronary artery bypass grafting

Laurence Weinberg,  Joseph Mathew, 
  • Page: 649
  • First Published: June 2009

Reactive arthritis due to Chlamydia psittaci associated with HLA-B27 genotype

Peter N Gonski,  Bobby Chan, 
  • Pages: 649-650
  • First Published: June 2009

Extreme insulin resistance in a patient with pre-existing diabetes during pregnancy: role of U-500 insulin

Vincent W Wong,  Alexia V Pape, 
  • Pages: 650-651
  • First Published: June 2009

Book Reviews

More GP tips

Lilon G Bandler, 
  • Page: 650
  • First Published: June 2009

Letters

Avoiding the tragedy of another balcony collapse

Shinichiro Sakata,  Craig A McBride,  James W Nixon,  Roy M Kimble, 
  • Pages: 651-652
  • First Published: June 2009

Towards better health research in Australia — a plea to improve the efficiency of human research ethics committee processes

Sandra C Thompson,  Frank M Sanfilippo,  Tom G Briffa,  Michael S T Hobbs, 
  • Page: 652
  • First Published: June 2009

Risks of proton-pump inhibitors: what every doctor should know

Francisco J Fernández-Fernández,  Gonzalo Pía,  Pascual Sesma, 
  • Pages: 652-653
  • First Published: June 2009

Risks of proton-pump inhibitors: what every doctor should know

Adam P Morton, 
  • Pages: 652-653
  • First Published: June 2009

Risks of proton-pump inhibitors: what every doctor should know

Nicholas J Talley,  Aneta Dimoska,  Kevin Gan, 
  • Pages: 652-653
  • First Published: June 2009

Supraventricular tachycardia

Weekitt Kittisupamongkol, 
  • Page: 653
  • First Published: June 2009

When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue?

Matthew A Sabin,  Zoe McCallum,  Kay Gibbons,  George A Werther,  Joseph Proietto, 
  • Pages: 653-655
  • First Published: June 2009

When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue?

Shirley M Alexander,  Louise A Baur,  Roger Magnusson,  Bernadette Tobin, 
  • Pages: 653-655
  • First Published: June 2009

Varenicline and proximal myopathy

Shelley E Wood,  P Gerry Fegan, 
  • Page: 655
  • First Published: June 2009

Remediation required for drug-dose calculation skills in medical students

Kingsley J Whittenbury,  Hubertus P Jersmann,  Anne L Tonkin, 
  • Pages: 655-656
  • First Published: June 2009