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Editorial

Colorectal cancer in New Zealand

Frank A Frizelle

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Original Articles

A survey of colonoscopy capacity in New Zealand’s public hospitals

Andrew Yeoman, Susan Parry

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Prioritization of patients with rectal bleeding for urgent outpatient colonoscopy—a pilot study

Akanksha Bhargava, Ali Aldameh, Joanna Stewart, Andrew G Hill

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Chemotherapy prescription patterns in colon cancer: a patterns-of-care survey in New Zealand

Ziad S Thotathil, Jeremy E Long, Ian Kennedy, Michael B Jameson, Jacqui Adams, Marion Kuper

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Perceptions of New Zealand adults about reducing their risk of getting cancer

Judy Trevena, Anthony Reeder

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Special Article

Prospects for population colorectal cancer screening in New Zealand

Susan Parry, Ann Richardson, Terri Green, Betsy Marshall, Ian Bissett, Ashley Bloomfield, Vinton Chadwick, Chris Cunningham, Michael Findlay, Barbara Greer, John McMenamin, Judi Strid, Greg Robertson, Clinton Teague

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Review Article

Systematic review of the effectiveness of population screening for colorectal cancer

Jane Kerr, Peter Day, Marita Broadstock, Robert Weir, Susan Bidwell

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Case Reports

Caecovesical fistula: a rare manifestation of carcinoma of the caecum

Giovanni Losco, Roger Rees

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A case of misdiagnosed ınterrupted aortic arch as primary hypertension for almost two decades

Ibrahim Sari, Vedat Davutoglu, Serdar Soydinc, Orhan Ozer

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Viewpoint

No privacy in death

Derek Willis

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The treatment of uterine fibroids

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Medical Image

A case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of the lacrimal gland: MRI findings

Guner Sonmez, Aptullah Haholu, Hakan Mutlu, Ersin Ozturk, Onur Sıldıroglu, Oguz Bilgi, Cinar Basekim, Esref Kizilkaya

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

PHARMAC’s updated guidelines for cost-effectiveness analyses, with new discount rate

Rachel Grocott , Scott Metcalfe

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Use of ototoxic eardrops: a position statement from the New Zealand Society of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery

John G Gilbert, Patrick J Dawes, Murali Mahadevan, William J Baber, Francis Hall

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Medicolegal

Professional Misconduct (05/11D)

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Obituary

Diana Manby Mason

Supplementary contribution by Glenys Arthur

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Book Reviews

Becoming a doctor: surviving and thriving in the early postgraduate years (Jo Burnand)

Christopher Wakeman

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Learning to consult (Rodger Charlton, ed)

Andrew G Hill

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Foundations of clinical psychiatry (3rd edition; Sidney Bloch, Bruce S Singh)

Hannah Mendelson

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International travel and health (2007 edition; WHO)

Reviewed by Graham Mills

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