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Editorials

Is it ethical for doctors to strike?

Frank Frizelle

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The Cochrane Library is now freely available to all New Zealanders

Vanessa Jordan, Mark Jeffery, Cindy Farquhar

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Original Articles

Avoidable hospitalisations: potential for primary and public health initiatives in Canterbury, New Zealand

Ian Sheerin, Gary Allen, Mark Henare, Kirsty Craig

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Otago Rural Hospitals Study: What do utilisation rates tell us about the performance of New Zealand rural hospitals?

Martyn Williamson, Andrew Gormley, Pat Farry

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The New Zealand Mobile Surgical Bus Service: what is it achieving?

Kevin Bax, Susan Shedda, Frank Frizelle

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Patients’ complaints about doctors in surgical training

John Jarvis, Frank Frizelle

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International medical graduates' training needs: perceptions of New Zealand hospital staff

Seshasayee Narasimhan, Anil Ranchord, Mark Weatherall

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The Community-Referred Radiology scheme: an evaluation

Peter Crampton, Anuj Bhargava

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Case Reports

An unusual cause of stroke

Rebecca Ratcliffe, Lim Jones, Nicole McGrath, Michael Reardon

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An unusual manifestation of Meckel’s diverticulum: strangulated paraumbilical hernia

Albert Tiu, Dominic Lee

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Viewpoint

Evolution of the New Zealand Childhood Immunisation Schedule from 1980: a personal view

Stewart Reid

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Special Series

PHARMAC and the statin debacle

Chris Ellis, Harvey White

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Six cases of cancer of the sigmoid flexure

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical School Research Seminar, Wednesday 22 March 2006

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Medical Image

Seminoma with extensive metastases to the right atrium

Constantin Marcu, Kristen Andresen, Richard Salzano, Thomas Donohue

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

PHARMAC and EpiPen for anaphylaxis

Peter Moodie, Scott Metcalfe, Sean Dougherty

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PHARMAC and erythropoietin for cancer patients

Rachel Grocott, Scott Metcalfe, Peter Moodie

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More from PHARMAC on long-acting insulin analogues: insulin glargine now funded

Peter Moodie

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Criticism of New Zealand Medical Association’s position on the minimum purchase age for alcohol—and NZMA response

Shannon Black, Ross Boswell

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Book Reviews

Dirt Filth and Decay in a New World Arcadia (Pamela Wood)

Phil Hider

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McGraw-Hills's Pocket Guide to Lung Function Tests (2nd edition; Bob Hancox, Ken Whyte)

Ben Brockway, Lutz Beckert

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Learning from Medical Errors: Legal Issues and Learning from Medical Errors: Clinical Problems (AVT Nguyen, DA Nguyen)

Frank Frizelle

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Cases in Medical Ethics and Law – An Interactive Tutorial (CD-ROM; David Lloyd, Heather Widdows, Donna Dickenson)

MaryLeigh Moore

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