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Editorial

Venous thromboembolism: when inaction can be fatal

Rodney Hughes

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Original Articles

SIT (seated immobility thromboembolism) syndrome: a 21st century lifestyle hazard

Richard Beasley, Patricia Heuser, Nigel Raymond

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Ethnic differences in mental health and lifestyle issues: results from multi-item general practice screening

Felicity Goodyear-Smith, Bruce Arroll, Nicole Coupe, Stephen Buetow

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Few rural general practitioners use the Internet frequently in regard to patient care

Ron Janes, Bruce Arroll, Stephen Buetow, Gregor Coster, Ross McCormick, Iain Hague

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Patterns of medical practice variation: variability in referral for back pain by New Zealand general practitioners

Tom Love, Peter Crampton, Clare Salmond, Anthony Dowell

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Documentation of family violence in New Zealand general practice

Dawn Miller, Natalie Thow, Jason Hall, Isobel Martin

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Case Reports

Heathrow to ICU direct

Oisin O’Connell, Bronwen Rhodes, Geoff Shaw, Lutz Beckert

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Pulmonary embolus successfully treated with thrombolysis in the resuscitation room

Adrian Skinner, Bernard Foley

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Viewpoints

Responsible IVF treatment in New Zealand is the preferential transfer of a single embryo

Andrew Murray, John Hutton, John Peek

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Reflecting on the ‘difficult’ patient

Hamish Wilson

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Selected advertisements

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Medical Image

Internal Leak

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Screening for prostate cancer: a response to four letters

David Lamb, Brett Delahunt

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Screening for prostate cancer: the view of the Prostate Awareness and Support Society’s President

Barry Young

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Regarding ‘Informing consent in New Zealand research: researchers’ conflict of interest and patient vulnerability’

Tony Baird

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Modern surveillance needed to control the increase in STIs

Michael Baker, Osman Mansoor, Nick Wilson, Jane MacDonald

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COX-2 inhibitors—second, do some good

Andrew Harrison

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The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis in New Zealand

Lou Gallagher, Rod Lea

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Are DEXA results reproducible?

Alan Doube

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Medicolegal

Professional misconduct (04/122C)

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Obituaries

Jack Dilworth Haslett Matthews

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Edward Bassett

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Alan Kevin Mark Simpson

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