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Editorials

Deaths from poisoning in New Zealand—new study helps identify and justify priorities for prevention

Michael Beasley, David Reith

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Independent nurse prescribing in New Zealand

Peter Moller, Evan Begg

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Original Articles

Deaths from poisoning in New Zealand: 2001–2002

Rebecca McDowell, Jeff Fowles, David Phillips

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Increased rates of trimethoprim resistance in uncomplicated urinary tract infection: cause for concern?

Dee Mangin, Les Toop, Stephen Chambers, Rosemary Ikram, Ben Harris

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Vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a central New Zealand rheumatology outpatient clinic

Graham Chiu

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Older patients in the nephrology clinic—should they be referred?

Sarah Lynn, Richard Sainsbury, Martin Searle

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The Christchurch Tissue Bank to support cancer research

Helen Morrin, Sarah Gunningham, Margaret Currie, Gabi Dachs, Stephen Fox, Bridget Robinson

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Case Reports

The case for lifelong follow-up after endovascular aneurysm repair

Carl Muthu, Malcolm Gordon, Tim Buckenham, David Lewis

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Dieulafoy lesion in the duodenum

George Anagnostopoulos, Steve Foley, Kris Ragunath

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Viewpoint

'Woman bites dog'—making sense of media and research reports that claim women and men are equally violent

Janice Giles

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Special Series

What’s happening in PHARMAC—where do all the submissions go? On the trail of gemcitabine

Andrew Simpson

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Diseases and accidents of the toilet

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Invited Commentary

Death due to butane abuse—the clinical pharmacology of inhalants

Matthew Doogue, Murray Barclay

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 180th meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, 3 November 2005

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Medical Image

Ampullary mass and obstructive jaundice

Simon Janes

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

PHARMAC’s response on gemcitabine and transparency

Steffan Crausaz, Scott Metcalfe

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PHARMAC responds on long-acting inhalers for COPD

Scott Metcalfe, Sean Dougherty

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The advantages of notifying negative HIV results by telephone

Jane Morgan

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Listeria—how much do pregnant women really understand about it?

Santuri Rungan, Geetika Badkar

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Merck responds to PHARMAC’s article on COX-2 inhibitors

David Woolner

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Obituary

Evan Robert McKenzie

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Book Reviews

Recovery after Stroke

Carl Hanger

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Case Studies in Geriatric Medicine

Carl Hanger

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