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Editorial

The increasing role of bioengineering and medical physics in the practice of medicine

Anthony Butler

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Original Articles

Interference with the operation of medical devices resulting from the use of radio frequency identification technology

Bryan Houliston, David Parry, Craig S Webster, Alan F Merry

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Adult total parenteral nutrition at Auckland City Hospital: a 6-year review

Elana Brokenshire, Lindsay D Plank, Lyn K Gillanders, Kerry McIlroy, Bryan R Parry

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Implementation of a pharmacist medication review clinic for haemodialysis patients

Sanja Mirkov

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Laparoscopic splenectomy and the treatment outcomes for idiopathic thrombocytopaenic purpura at North Shore Hospital

Shalvin Prasad, Richard Harman, Ross Henderson, Sanjeev Chunnilal, David Simpson

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Renal stone disease in Christchurch, New Zealand. Part 1: presentation and epidemiology

Peter J Davidson, Ian G Sheerin, Chris Frampton

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Renal stone disease in Christchurch, New Zealand. Part 2: a community study on the burden of renal stone disease

Peter J Davidson, Ian G Sheerin, Chris Frampton

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Review Article

Not in my hospital? Ethnic disparities in quality of hospital care in New Zealand: a narrative review of the evidence

Juliet Rumball-Smith

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Clinical Correspondence

Radiation-induced osteonecrosis of the hips following genital-preserving surgery and chemoradiotherapy

John F Quinlan, John North, Deborah A Clarke, David P Gwynne-Jones

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Medical image. The Giotto’s “O”: an unusual computed tomography finding

Nicola Mumoli, Giovanni Niccoli

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Carbon monoxide poisoning on a motor launch: part 1

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Management of adult superficial acute abscesses: lancing the collection

John Bonning, Martyn Harvey

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Non-operative management of breast abscess

Trevor Smith

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Beliefs about homeopathy among patients presenting to GP practices

Gwyneth Evans

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Medical student action and the “Global Week of Action Against Gun Violence 2009”

Andrew Winnington, Nick Wilson

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Medicolegal

Professional Misconduct – Note Taking False and/or Misleading

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Obituaries

Joseph Brian Sheils

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Charles Plummer Powles

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