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The New Zealand Medical Journal

 Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 02-May-2003, Vol 116 No 1173

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This Issue in the Journal

A summary of the original articles featured in this issue of the NZMJ

Editorials

Supporting smoking cessation in pregnancy - action is urgently needed

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Philippa Howden-Chapman

New Zealand’s Primary Health Care Strategy: what are the costs and how likely are the benefits?

Antony Raymont, Jacqueline Cumming

Original Articles

Factors that influence changes in smoking behaviour during pregnancy

Deborah McLeod, Susan Pullon, Timothy Cookson

Improving the effectiveness of smoking cessation in primary care: lessons learned

Dee Richards, Les Toop, Keith Brockway, Sue Graham, Bill McSweeney, Donna MacLean, Margaret Sutherland, Alison Parsons

The cost to the New Zealand Government of providing ‘free’ primary medical care: an estimate based upon the Rand Health Insurance Experiment

Tom Robinson

Is the PRIME (Primary Response In Medical Emergencies) scheme acceptable to rural general practitioners in New Zealand?

Todd Hore, Gregor Coster, Janne Bills

Case Notes

Acute extensor hallucis longus tenosynovitis caused by gonococcal infection

Shihab Faraj, Derek Stanley-Clarke

An unusual cause of gastrointestinal obstruction: bezoar

Tanju Acar, Salih Tuncal, Raci Aydin

100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The profession and the lay press

Medical Image

The pseudohumerus

Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

Letter

Experiences with recreational drugs amongst first-year students at Auckland University

Gregory O’Grady, Tristan Pettit, Jennifer Ng, Richard Frith

Medicolegal

Cosmetic surgeon - discipline

Obituary

Kevin John O'Connor

Notice

Applications for the Integrated Training Program in Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Book Reviews

Birth, death, and points in between: 50 patient years, Richard Stone

Barry Colls

Antioxidants - a health revolution, Carolyn Lister

Mark Hampton

     
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