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Editorials

Gestational diabetes mellitus: time for consensus on screening and diagnosis

David Simmons, Louise Wolmarans, Wendy Cutchie, Elizabeth Johnson, Alastair Haslam, Corli Roodt, Janet Rowan

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Family violence in New Zealand: we can do better

Ian Hassall, Janet Fanslow

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Original Articles

On the receiving end: young adults describe their parents’ use of physical punishment and other disciplinary measures during childhood

Jane Millichamp, Judy Martin, John Langley

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Domestic violence as witnessed by New Zealand children

Judy Martin, John Langley, Jane Millichamp

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Contraceptive use by Maori youth in New Zealand: associated risk and protective factors

Terryann Clark, Elizabeth Robinson, Sue Crengle, Peter Watson

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Pacific healthcare workers and their treatment interventions for Pacific clients with alcohol and drug issues in New Zealand

Gail Robinson, Helen Warren, Kathleen Samu, Amanda Wheeler, Havila Matangi-Karsten, Francis Agnew

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Pacific Islands Families: First Two Years of Life Study—design and methodology

Janis Paterson, Colin Tukuitonga, Max Abbott, Michael Feehan, Phil Silva, Teuila Percival, Sarnia Carter, Esther Cowley-Malcolm, Jim Borrows, Maynard Williams, Philip Schluter

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Differences in health-related socioeconomic characteristics among Pacific populations living in Auckland, New Zealand

Gerhard Sundborn, Patricia Metcalf, David Schaaf, Lorna Dyall, Dudley Gentles, Rodney Jackson

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Case Reports

Pseudoaneurysm of the internal carotid artery in an infant aged 8 months

Ravi Meher, Ashu Garg, Vikas Malhotra, Ishwar Singh

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A lump behind the knee

Medhat Osman, Simon Dempsey, Guy Taylor

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Special Series

PHARMAC and lack of funding for clopidogrel

Harvey White, Chris Ellis

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Tuberculosis, fresh air, and rest

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Medical Image

Combined FDG-PET/CT and CT-guided biopsy in diagnosing oesophageal cancer recurrence

Burkhard von Rahden, Mario Sarbia, Hubert Stein

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Type 1 diabetes: research hopes and their New Zealand implications

Jinny Willis, Anthony Raizis, Brian Darlow, Russell Scott, Donald Beaven

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Ethnic differences in nicotine use in New Zealand—chromosomes or colonisation?

Sarah Hill, Caroline Shaw, Ricci Harris, Kirstin Lindberg

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‘Woman bites dog’ article on domestic violence: author’s reply to Dr Goodyear-Smith’s letter

Janice Giles

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Statins and myopathy: a patient's experience

Jim Rouse

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Carcinomas in the Bay of Plenty: incomplete excision rates

Paul Jarrett, Paul Salmon

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Towards a 3-day hospital stay for right hemicolectomy

Ryash Vather, Kamran Shoshtari, Charles Ducat, Andrew Hill

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Resuscitation training of newly-qualified doctors

Sarah Bell

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Medical audit of practice management of diabetes in pregnancy at Gisborne Hospital's Obstetric Medical Service

Babs Reddy

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Survey by a Gisborne GP to detect diabetes in his patients

Murray Smith

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Risk of perioperative COX-2-inhibitor treatment: is a systematic review appropriate?

Henrik Kehlet

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More on PHARMAC and tobacco control in New Zealand

Scott Metcalfe, Peter Moodie

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Obituaries

William Henry Rankine McIntyre

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George McKenzie Emery

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David Laing

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Notices

Reviewers for the New Zealand Medical Journal in 2005

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Graham Aitken Nuffield Medical Postgraduate Travelling Scholarship

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National Heart Foundation: 2006 Grant Applications

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Book Reviews

Heart Sounds: a life at the forefront of health care (autobiography; Sir David Hay)

Donald Beaven

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Clinical cases for general practice exams (Susan Wearne)

Jim Reid

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Diving and subaquatic medicine (fourth edition; Edmonds C, Lowry C, Pennefather J, Walker R)

Mike Davis

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