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Editorials

Research in general practice in New Zealand

James Reid

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Measuring the quality of general practice in New Zealand

Marjan Kljakovic

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Original Articles

Randomised trials in general practice - a New Zealand experience in recruitment

Ann Pearl, Susan Wright, Greg Gamble, Robert Doughty, Norman Sharpe

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A practical approach to quality improvement: the experience of the RNZCGP practice standards validation field trial

Maureen Gillon, Stephen Buetow, John Wellingham, Sarah Talboys

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Contraception before and after termination of pregnancy: can we do it better?

Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Bruce Arroll

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Registered and unregistered patients in general practice: implications for primary health organisations

Andrew Tomlin, Isobel Martin

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Prescribing for teenagers in New Zealand general practice

Jason Hall, Isobel Martin

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Case Reports

Small-cell carcinoma of the ampulla of Vater and a paraneoplastic syndrome

Ali Ghahreman, Michael Booth, Richard Cutfield, Cheryl Wright

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Thalamic haemorrhage: a rare presentation of vein of Galen aneurysmal malformation in infancy

Urmila Chauhan, Milind Tullu, Mamta Muranjan, Keya Lahiri

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

The establishment of the Public Health Office

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 169th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Thursday 11 September 2003

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Medical Image

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: the spectrum of smoking-related lung disease

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Another myth perpetuated

Tony Baird

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Last time around for DTCA - and Response

Les Toop, Barrie Saunders

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Obituary

Selwyn James Carson

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Notice

Medical Benevolent Fund

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Book Reviews

The insiders’ guide to medical schools (6th edition), Alex Almoudaris, Chris Ferguson and Sally Girgis (eds)

John Campbell

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Staying alive after 35! The bare essentials, Tony McClelland

Frank Frizelle

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