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Editorials

Cassandra calling?

Mark Weatherall

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Tissue plasminogen activator approved for stroke

Alan Barber, John Gommans

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Is PHARMAC’s sole-supply tendering policy harming the health of New Zealanders?

Pippa MacKay

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Original Articles

Knowledge and attitudes about influenza vaccination amongst general practitioners, practice nurses, and people aged 65 and over

Cheryl Brunton, Rob Weir, Lance Jennings, for the National Influenza and Pneumococcal Immunisation Attitudes Study (NIPIAS) Group

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Dinner Bed and Breakfast for Older People: early experiences of a short-term service to manage acute hospital demand

Carl Hanger, Jacqueline Griffith, Sarah Lynn, Graham McGeoch, Paul Abernethy

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Shared care between geriatricians and orthopaedic surgeons as a model of care for older patients with hip fractures

John Thwaites, Fazal Mann, Nigel Gilchrist, Chris Frampton, Alastair Rothwell, Richard Sainsbury

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Residential care workers and residents: the New Zealand story

Liz Kiata, Ngaire Kerse, Robyn Dixon

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Quality of residential care for older people: does education for healthcare assistants make a difference?

Barbara Smith, Ngaire Kerse, Matthew Parsons

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An evaluation of two respite models for older people and their informal caregivers

Anna King, Matthew Parsons

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New Zealand’s psychiatry of old age services. Revisiting 'the view from the bottom of the cliff’—have we made any progress since 1998?

Pamela Melding

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Twelve-month experience of acute stroke thrombolysis in Christchurch, New Zealand: emergency department screening and acute stroke service treatment

John Fink

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Guideline recommendations for the management of patients admitted with acute stroke: implications of a local audit

John Gommans, Diane Sye, Allan MacDonald

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Case Reports

Salamol asthma inhaler fails roadside alcohol breath testing

Shane Reti

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Colo-colonic intussusception secondary to a colonic lipoma diagnosed with preoperative CT scan

Timothy Eglinton, Philip Bagshaw, Sophie Bayliss

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Viewpoints

Valuing prevention: discounting health benefits and costs in New Zealand

Richard Milne

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Faecal calprotectin: the case for a novel non-invasive way of assessing intestinal inflammation

Richard Gearry, Murray Barclay, Christopher Florkowski, Peter George, Trevor Walmsley

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The scope and limitations of balneological treatment: diseases of the nervous system

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Medical Image

Jaundice

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Is the Internet as essential as a stethoscope for patient care?

Osman David Mansoor, Nick Wilson

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Single embryo transfer in IVF treatment

Kim McFadden

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Raloxifene for Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

Duncan Adams

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Obituaries

Kenneth Ross Tyler

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John Xavier Louw

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Notices

Heart Foundation Grants Awarded April 2005

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Short Course for Medical Journal Editors

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Book Review

Practical Ophthalmology: A survival guide for doctors and optometrists (Anthony Pane, Peter Simcock)

Mark Elder

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