Connect
MJA
MJA

General medicine

Book reviews

Lar(ri)kin’s survival guide

Daniel J Scherer

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (11): 708

Review

Can clinical governance deliver quality improvement in Australian general practice and primary care? A systematic review of the evidence

Christine B Phillips, Christopher M Pearce, Sally Hall, Joanne Travaglia, Simon de Lusignan, Tom Love and Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 602-607 Free

Research

Perceived practice change in Australian doctors as a result of medicolegal concerns

Louise M Nash, Merrilyn M Walton, Michele G Daly, Patrick J Kelly, Garry Walter, Elizabeth H van Ekert, Simon M Willcock and Christopher C Tennant

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 579-583 Free

Health care reform

The 500-bed hospital that isn’t there: the Victorian Department of Health review of the Hospital in the Home program

Michael Montalto

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (10): 598-601 Free

Obituaries

Trevor Cory Beard OBE, MRCS, LRCP, MB BChir, MA, DObstRCOG, MPH, FRACGP

Fiona A Horwood

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (9): 524 Free

For debate

People at the centre of complex adaptive health systems reform

Joachim P Sturmberg, Diana M O’Halloran and Carmel M Martin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 474-478 Free

Obituaries

Desmond Joseph McGarry MB BS, FRACGP

Thomas J Murphy

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (8): 478 Free

Editorials

The NICS care bundle: aiming to improve the initial care of patients with stroke and transient ischaemic attack

Jayantha I Weeraratne, Annette J Lenstra, Andrew W Lee, Kelvin M Hill, Susan D Huckson and Jodie L Clydesdale

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 381-382

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009

Pandemic (H1N1) 2009 influenza vaccine uptake in pregnant women entering the 2010 influenza season in Western Australia

Scott W White, Rodney W Petersen and Julie A Quinlivan

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 405-407 Free

Health care

Implementing pay-for-performance in Australian primary care: lessons from the United Kingdom and the United States

Stephen M Campbell, Anthony Scott, Rhian M Parker, Lucio Naccarella, John S Furler, Doris Young and Peter M Sivey

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 408-411 Free

Book review

Diagnosis in acute medicine

Campbell Thompson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (7): 396

Research

Systematic care for asthma in Australian general practice: a randomised controlled trial

Christine H Holton, Justin J Beilby, Mark F Harris, Clare E Harper, Judith G Proudfoot, Emmae N Ramsay and Richard E Ruffin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (6): 332-337 Free

Book reviews

From evidence to practice

Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 238

Supplement

Diagnosis and monitoring of bipolar disorder in general practice

Philip B Mitchell, Colleen K Loo and Bronwyn M Gould

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): S10 Free

Book reviews

Patient’s eye view of chronic pain

Robert D Helme

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (4): 237

Research

Health service attendance patterns in an urban Aboriginal health service

Karen M Flegg, Christine B Phillips, Anne L Collins, Peter G Sharp, Meetali Kanagasundaram, Ray W Lovett and Marjan Kljakovic

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 146-148 Free

Letters

Urban–rural comparison of weight status among women and children living in socioeconomically disadvantaged neighbourhoods

Sharon L Brennan, Margaret J Henry, Geoffrey C Nicholson and Julie A Pasco

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 187-188

Snapshot

Cutaneous marker of an upper gastrointestinal bleed

Pazhanivel Mohan, Mohan Kaduganoor Ramakrishnan and Jayanthi Venkataraman

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 179 Free

Book review

How to examine patients

Timothy P Usherwood

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (3): 180

Workforce and Education

General practice as a career: insights for workforce policy

Lesley M Piko and Christine B Phillips

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 99-100 Free

Health reform

Are general practitioners becoming coordinators and managers, not clinicians?

James A Best

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 85

Health reform

General practice and the Australian Government’s National Health Reform Plan

Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 71-74

In Clinical Practice

Are rates of pathology test ordering higher in general practices co-located with pathology collection centres?

David M Studdert, Helena C Britt, Ying Pan, Salma Fahridin, Clare F Bayram and Lyle C Gurrin

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 114-119 Free

In Clinical Practice

Improving implementation of evidence-based prevention in primary care

Danielle Mazza and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 101-102

Health reform

Meeting local complex health needs by building the capacity of general practice: the University of Queensland GP super clinic model

Jared M Dart, Claire L Jackson, Helen J Chenery, Paul N Shaw and David Wilkinson

Med J Aust 2010; 193 (2): 86-89 Free