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Lessons from the NHS National Programme for IT
Enrico W Coiera — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 3-4.

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Promoting community awareness of the link between illicit drugs and mental disorders
Anthony F Jorm and Dan I Lubman — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (1): 5-6.

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Product information past perfect
John S Dowden — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 51-52.

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Sun protection messages, vitamin D and skin cancer: out of the frying pan and into the fire?
Monika Janda, Michael G Kimlin, David C Whiteman, Joanne F Aitken and Rachel E Neale — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (2): 52-53.

Impact of meningococcal C conjugate vaccine use in Australia
Robert Booy, Jane Jelfs, Haitham El Bashir and Michael D Nissen — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 108-109.

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Balancing academic medicine
Richard B Hays — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (3): 110-111.

Q fever: the long journey to control by vaccination
Barrie Marmion — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (4): 164-166.

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The management of upper gastrointestinal symptoms: is endoscopy indicated?

Australia needs a better system for health care evaluation
Fiona J Stanley and Eric M Meslin — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 220-221.

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Robotic surgery: will it be evidence-based or just “toys for boys”?
Guy J Maddern — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (5): 221-222.

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Managing neovascular age-related macular degeneration: a step into the light
Robyn H Guymer — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 276-277.

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Preventing homicide in the context of psychosis
Megan J Kalucy and Ross S Kalucy — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (6): 277-278.

Challenges and change in medical training: the Australian Curriculum Framework for Junior Doctors
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): 332-333.

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Ice: cool drug or real problem?
Gordian W O Fulde and Alex Wodak — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (7): 334-335.

Disaster surge planning in Australia: measuring the immeasurable
Andrew G Robertson and David M Cooper — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (8): 388-389.

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Inhaled insulin: where are we and where might we go?
Aidan McElduff and Dennis K Yue — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (8): 390-391.

Paediatric diabetes — which children can gain insulin independence?
Shubha Srinivasan and Kim C Donaghue — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 436-437.

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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.

Rising to the health challenge for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples: what will it take?
Mark Wenitong, Romlie Mokak, Henry Councillor, Dea Delaney Thiele and Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 491-492.

Challenges in cancer control in Australia
Ian N Olver — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 556-557.

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Rheumatic fever and social justice
Alex Brown, Malcolm I McDonald and Tom Calma — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 557-558.

Clinical trial registration: looking back and moving ahead
Christine Laine, Richard Horton, Catherine De Angelis, Jeffrey M Drazen, Frank A Frizelle, Fiona Godlee, Charlotte Haug, Paul C Hébert, Sheldon Kotzin, Ana Marusic, Peush Sahni, Torben V Schroeder, Harold C Sox, Martin B Van Der Weyden and Freek W A Verheugt — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 612-613.

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New roles in health care: what are the key questions?
Kathryn M McPherson and Duncan A Reid — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 614-615.

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Addressing radiology workforce issues
Lizbeth M Kenny and Matthew W Andrews — Med J Aust 2007; 186 (12): 615-616.

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Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in hospitals: time for a culture change
Peter J Collignon, M Lindsay Grayson and Paul D R Johnson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 4-5.

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Towards the appropriate use of diagnostic imaging
Richard M Mendelson and Conor P J Murray — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 5-6.

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Model for a single ethical and scientific review of multicentre research in New South Wales
Helen E Fraser, Ainsley E Martlew and Deborah J Frew — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 7-8.

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Expanding primary care-based medical education: a renaissance of general practice?
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 66-67.

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Whither the Divisions of General Practice?
Arn Sprogis — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 68-69.

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Primary care reform using a layered approach to the Medicare Benefits Scheme: unpredictable and unmeasured
Justin J Beilby — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 69-71.

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Will promoting general practitioners with special interests threaten access to primary care?
Moyez Jiwa, Hooi C Ee and Justin J Beilby — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 71-72.

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Human embryonic stem cells leap the barrier
David G Penington and Graham F Mitchell — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 139-140.

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How should stable coronary artery disease be managed in the modern era?
Keith V Woollard and Mark A J Newman — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (3): 140-141.

Interventions to halt child abuse in Aboriginal communities
Ian T Ring and Mark Wenitong — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 204-205.

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The National Health Amendment (Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme) Bill 2007: reform or fracture?
Ken J Harvey, Anthony H Harris and Liliana Bulfone — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 206-207.

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Skin cancer: changing paradigms of practice and medical education
Christopher A Commens — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (4): 207-208.

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Lung transplantation: does age make a difference?
Gregory I Snell, Glen P Westall and Trevor J Williams — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 260-261.

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Health technology assessment in Australia: challenges ahead
Terri J Jackson — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (5): 262-264.

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Polycystic ovary syndrome and abnormal glucose tolerance
Helena J Teede and Bronwyn G A Stuckey — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 324-325.

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Simplifying the diagnosis of pulmonary embolism
Simon J McRae and John W Eikelboom — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (6): 325-326.

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The future of medical museums: threatened but not extinct
Denis Wakefield — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 380-381.

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Humanising medical practice: the role of empathy
Nick Haslam — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (7): 381-382.

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Look what I can do while I’m driving: implications for road safety in Australia
Suzanne P McEvoy — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 428-429.

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The Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) program may be left high and dry
Lesley Russell and Stephen R Leeder — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 429-430.

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The media and prostate cancer screening
Suzanne K Steginga and Robert (aka Frank) A Gardiner — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 501-502.

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The modern cigarette, an unregulated disaster
Nigel J Gray — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 502-503.

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Australia needs an expanded immunisation register for further improvements in vaccine delivery and program evaluation
Susan A Skull and Terence M Nolan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 504-505.

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Australia urgently needs a federal government body dedicated to monitoring and preventing sports injuries
John W Orchard, Stephen R Leeder, Gary E Moorhead, Jessica J Coates and Peter D Brukner — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 505-506.

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Tissue plasminogen activator for ischaemic stroke: highly effective, reasonably safe and grossly underused
Stephen M Davis, Peter J Hand and Geoffrey A Donnan — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 548-549.

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Performance monitoring in Australia and England: from scandals to action

It’s time for change and resolve
Martin B Van Der Weyden — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 607-608.

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The first 100 days: an open letter to the new Minister for Health
Lesley Russell, Stephen R Leeder, Bruce K Armstrong, James A Gillespie and George L Rubin — Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11/12): 608-609.