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Editorial

Leadership in medicine

Ron Paterson

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Original Articles

Learning from mistakes in New Zealand hospitals: what else do we need besides “no-fault”?

Farzad Soleimani

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The influence of PHARMAC’s National Hospital Pharmaceutical Strategy on Quality Use of Medicines activities in New Zealand hospitals

June Tordoff, Pauline Norris, Julia Kennedy, David Reith

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Comprehension of discharge information for minor head injury: a randomised controlled trial in New Zealand

Kim Yates, Andres Pena

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After hours healthcare for older patients in New Zealand—barriers to accessing care

Anne Eastwood, Chrystal Jaye

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Investigating the accuracy of ethnicity data in New Zealand hospital records: still room for improvement

Judith Swan, Steven Lillis, David Simmons

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Cholecystectomy following acute presentation to a major New Zealand metropolitan hospital: change to the timing of surgery is needed

Anthony Lin, Peter Stiven, Philip Bagshaw, Saxon Connor

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Case Report

Deadly meatballs—a near fatal case of methaemoglobinaemia

Ali Khan, Adrienne Adams, Greg Simmons, Timothy Sutton

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Viewpoint

Public and institutional responses to the ‘missed’ diagnosis in New Zealand

Hamish Wilson

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Special Series

Quality improvement in New Zealand healthcare. Part 3: achieving effective care through clinical audit

Mary Seddon, John Buchanan, on behalf of EPIQ

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Cancer of the stomach

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Medical Image

Blistering rash in a neonate—not always herpes

Rajiv Sinha, John Criddle, Elisabeth Wain, Aman Bhandari

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Managing treatment injury—and response

Laurence Malcolm, Mary Seddon, Alan Merry

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Death caused by choking on a peanut

Virendra Kumar, Ding Ai Lee

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Insulin resistance and nitric oxide and associated renal injury: innocent bystanders or accessories to the crime?

Mohamed Ahmed

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PHARMAC seeks clinical feedback on its cost-utility analysis methodology

Rachel Grocott , Peter Moodie

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More from PHARMAC on clopidogrel: feedback needed

Stephen Woodruffe, Steffan Crausaz

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Obituaries

Charles Maxwell Collins

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Lindsay (Jiggs) William Poole

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Book Reviews

The Elegant Universe of Albert Einstein (Barnes T, Callaghan P, Campbell H, et al)

Barry Colls

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Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy (Justin Bowra, Russell E McLaughlin)

Tim Buckenham

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