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Health services administration

The profession

Knowing — or not knowing — when to stop: cognitive decline in ageing doctors

Robert G Adler and Conn Constantinou

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (11): 622-624 Free

Supplement

Foreword

Richard H Osborne

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S5 Free

For debate

Australian Government health advisory groups and health policy: seeking a horse, finding a camel

Lesley M Russell, Anne-marie Boxall and Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 583-585 Free

Supplement

The role of self-management in designing care for people with osteoarthritis of the hip and knee

Caroline A Brand

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S25 Free

Supplement

Chronic disease self-management approaches within the complex organisational structure of a health care system

Stanton P Newman

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S7 Free

Snapshot

An unusual cause of dyspnoea

Kshitij Mankad and Michael J Darby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 556 Free

Supplement

Self-management education en masse: effectiveness of the Back Pain: Don’t Take It Lying Down mass media campaign

Rachelle Buchbinder

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S29 Free

Supplement

Enhancing patient engagement in chronic disease self-management support initiatives in Australia: the need for an integrated approach

Joanne E Jordan, Andrew M Briggs, Caroline A Brand and Richard H Osborne

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S9 Free

Letters

Management of kidney stone disease in New South Wales: an observational study

Finlay Macneil, James W H Macneil, Kylie L Fraser and Andrew J Brooks

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 596-597

Editorials

Victoria’s trauma care system: national implications for quality improvement

Francis T McDermott and Stephen M Cordner

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 540-542

Supplement

Chronic disease self-management support: the way forward for Australia

Nicholas J Glasgow, Yun-Hee Jeon, Stefan G Kraus and Carmen L Pearce-Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S14 Free

Research

A statewide system of trauma care in Victoria: effect on patient survival

Peter A Cameron, Belinda J Gabbe, D James Cooper, Tony Walker, Rodney Judson and John McNeil

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 546-550 Free

Supplement

Chronic disease self-management: implementation with and within Australian general practice

Mark F Harris, Anna M Williams, Sarah M Dennis, Nicholas A Zwar and Gawaine Powell Davies

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S17 Free

Health care

Intravenous potassium chloride prescribing and administration practices in Victoria: an observational study

Melita A Van de Vreede, Sally G Wilson and Michael J Dooley

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): 575-577 Free

Supplement

The United Kingdom Expert Patients Programme: results and implications from a national evaluation

Anne Rogers, Anne Kennedy, Peter Bower, Caroline Gardner, Claire Gately, Victoria Lee, David Reeves and Gerry Richardson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (10): S21 Free

Letters

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

Mark Mackay and Pamela J Castle

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 528-529

Letters

An observational study of emergency department intern activities

Belinda Doherty and Mark A Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 529

Editorials

Good Medical Practice: developing an Australian code

Joanna M Flynn, on behalf of the Australian Medical Council Code of Professional Conduct Working Group

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 477-478

Medical education

The rising tide of medical graduates: how will postgraduate training be affected?

Gregory J Fox and Stephanie J Arnold

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (9): 515-518 Free

Health reform

A robust clinical review process: the catalyst for clinical governance in an Australian tertiary hospital

Imogen A Mitchell, Bobby Antoniou, Judith L Gosper, John Mollett, Mark D Hurwitz and Tracey L Bessell

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 451-455 Free

Commentary

Impeding the supply of expertise in Australian health care: actions of the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists

Leona F Wilson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 463

Letters

Medication self-administration by patients: a way to prevent errors?

Frank T Formby

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 471

Letters

Physician on call: Sweden compared with Australia

Henrik Falhammar

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 471-472

Editorials

Humanising doctors: what can the medical humanities offer?

J Jill Gordon

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 420-421

Medicine and the community

Chronic disease and labour force participation among older Australians

Deborah J Schofield, Rupendra N Shrestha, Megan E Passey, Arul Earnest and Susan L Fletcher

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (8): 447-450 Free