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Learning from error: identifying contributory causes of medication errors in an Australian hospital

Pamela Nichols, Tandy-Sue Copeland, Ian A Craib, Paul Hopkins and David G Bruce

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 276-279 Free

Accuracy of packaging of dose administration aids in regional aged care facilities in the Hunter area of New South Wales

Annette Carruthers, Kialie Naughton and Gordon Mallarkey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 280-282 Free

Lower than expected morbidity and mortality for an Australian Aboriginal population: 10-year follow-up in a decentralised community

Kevin G Rowley, Kerin O’Dea, Ian Anderson, Robyn McDermott, Karmananda Saraswati, Ricky Tilmouth, Iris Roberts, Joseph Fitz, Zaimin Wang, Alicia Jenkins, James D Best, Zhiqiang Wang and Alex Brown

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (5): 283-287 Free

Escherichia coli bacteraemia in Canberra: incidence and clinical features

Karina J Kennedy, Jan L Roberts and Peter J Collignon

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 209-213 Free

Trends in coronary artery bypass graft surgery in Victoria, 2001–2006: findings from the Australasian Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons database project

Diem T Dinh, Geraldine A Lee, Baki Billah, Julian A Smith, Gilbert C Shardey and Christopher M Reid

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 214-217 Free

Variations in the application of cardiac care in Australia

Darren L Walters, Constantine N Aroney, Derek P Chew, Linden Bungey, Steven G Coverdale, Roger Allan and David Brieger

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 218-223 Free

Limited knowledge of kidney disease in a survey of AusDiab study participants

Sarah L White, Kevan R Polkinghorne, Alan Cass, Jonathan Shaw, Robert C Atkins and Steven J Chadban

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (4): 204-208 Free

Clinical outcomes of Queensland children with cystic fibrosis: a comparison between tertiary centre and outreach services

Clare L Thomas, Peter K O’Rourke and Claire E Wainwright

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 135-139 Free

Risk of suicide in cancer patients in Western Australia, 1981–2002

Nigel R C Dormer, Kieran A McCaul and Linda J Kristjanson

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (3): 140-143 Free

Management and clinical outcomes of transfusion-dependent thalassaemia major in an Australian tertiary referral clinic

Giselle L Kidson-Gerber, Sally Francis and Robert Lindeman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 72-75 Free

Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis at the time of routine Pap smear in general practice: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Francis J Bowden, Marian J Currie, Helen Toyne, Clare McGuiness, Lynette L Lim, James R Butler and Nicholas J Glasgow

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 76-80 Free

A randomised crossover study of low-ankle-pressure graduated-compression tights in reducing flight-induced ankle oedema

Melissa J Hagan and Stephen M Lambert

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (2): 81-84 Free

Written advice can provide a safe and acceptable alternative to new patient assessment for selected referrals to haematologists

Peter S Ganly, Helen Keeman, Ruth L Spearing, Mark P Smith, Nigel Patton, Eileen G Merriman and Steve S Gibbons

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 9-12 Free

What’s hanging around your neck? Pathogenic bacteria on identity badges and lanyards

Despina Kotsanas, Carmel Scott, Elizabeth E Gillespie, Tony M Korman and Rhonda L Stuart

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (1): 5-8 Free

Sharing the secrets of success: conversations with the Medical Journal of Australia / Wyeth Research Award winners, 1995–2006

Ann T Gregory, Ruth M Armstrong, Tanya D Grassi and Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 637-644 Free

The forgotten successes and sacrifices of Charles Kellaway, director of the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, 1923–1944

Peter G Hobbins and Kenneth D Winkel

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (11): 645-648 Free

Where to seek help for a mental disorder?

Anthony F Jorm, Annemarie Wright and Amy J Morgan

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 556-560 Free

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection: factors influencing diagnostic delay

Tricia Y J Quek, Margaret J Henry, Julie A Pasco, Daniel P O’Brien, Paul D R Johnson, Andrew Hughes, Allen C Cheng, Jane Redden-Hoare and Eugene Athan

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 561-563 Free

Comparison of crystalline methamphetamine (“ice”) users and other patients with toxicology-related problems presenting to a hospital emergency department

Philippa J Bunting, Gordian W O Fulde and S Lesley Forster

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 564-566 Free

Intravascular catheter bloodstream infections: an effective and sustained hospital-wide prevention program over 8 years

Peter J Collignon, Dianne E Dreimanis, Wendy D Beckingham, Jan L Roberts and Anne Gardner

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (10): 551-554 Free

“The news is [not] all good”: misrepresentations and inaccuracies in Australian news media reports on prostate cancer screening

Ross MacKenzie, Simon Chapman, Alexandra Barratt and Simon Holding

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 507-510 Free

The management of primary cutaneous melanoma in Victoria in 1996 and 2000

John W Kelly, Michael A Henderson, Vicky J Thursfield, John Slavin, Jill Ainslie and Graham G Giles

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 511-514 Free

Trends in hospitalisation rates for road traffic injuries in child motor vehicle passengers in New South Wales, July 1998 – June 2005

Wei Du, Caroline F Finch, Andrew Hayen and Julie Hatfield

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (9): 515-518 Free

HIV diagnoses in Australia: diverging epidemics within a low-prevalence country

Rebecca J Guy, Ann M McDonald, Mark J Bartlett, Jo C Murray, Carolien M Giele, Therese M Davey, Ranil D Appuhamy, Peter Knibbs, David Coleman, Margaret E Hellard, Andrew E Grulich and John M Kaldor

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 437-440 Free

Choice and voice: obesity debates in television news

Catriona M F Bonfiglioli, Ben J Smith, Lesley A King, Simon F Chapman and Simon J Holding

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (8): 442-445 Free