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Volume 16 Number 3

April 2008

In this issue

Peer-reviewed research, commentary and history from across military and veterans’ health.

President’s Message

As we head towards Anzac Day 2008, there are, as always, many things that we can contemplate that impact on military and veterans’ health matters; things in the past, contemporary…

Inside this Edition

This issue of the Journal of Military and Veterans’ Health contains four papers covering a wide spectrum of contemporary and important topics. Kerry Clifford in his article on the structure…

Editorial – Military physical health standards

Over the last year, the former Australian Minister for Defence, Dr Brendan Nelson, has announced that there will be a relaxation on certain age requirements and physical health standards for…

Defence Health Service or Health Advice Agency – An alternative reality to the Steven’s Review

In 2003 MAJGEN Paul Stevens AO (Retd), assisted by GPCAPT Helen Doherty, commenced a review of the ADF Health Service on behalf of HDPE. He tabled his recommendations, colloquially referred…

The rise and fall of Japanese Encephalitis vaccination in the ADF – Where to now?

The currently licenced Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine in Australia is now out of production. A live attenuated vaccine (SA14-14-2) currently used in Asia is not being licenced in Australia. Two…

CRM training for ADF aeromedical staff

The origins of Crew Resource Management (CRM) are usually traced back to a workshop sponsored by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 19791.Over time the key concepts in…

Commanding Officer Health Satisfaction Survey – finding out what is working and what needs doing better

The opportunity to gain feedback from customers is an important facet of improving the delivery of health services. In the Defence Health Service this is primarily achieved through Customer Satisfaction…

Manual of Envenomation and Poisoning: Australian Fauna and Flora

*1st edn, 3 vols (1. Venomous Terrestrial Australian Animals; 2. Venomous and Poisonous Australian Marine and Aquatic Animals; 3. Poisonous Australian Plants and Fungi), with illustrations, Canberra, Defence Publishing Service…

Toxicology Handbook

*1st edn, xi + 468 pp, paperback with illustrations, ISBN 13: 978-0-7295-3789-6. Sydney, Churchill Livingstone (Imprint of Elsevier), RRP: $69.95, 2007. The Hazardous Substance Data Bank of the National Library…