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Editorials

The doctor, the pills, the patient, and the actor-spectator paradox

Pete Ellis

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Pain assessment in dementia

Edward A Shipton

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The rise and rise of anaesthesia in New Zealand

Wyn Beasley

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Original Articles

Medication beliefs and adherence to antidepressants in primary care

Judith Russell, Nikolaos Kazantzis

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The use of the Pain Assessment Checklist for Seniors with Limited Ability to Communicate (PACSLAC) by caregivers in dementia care

Gary Cheung, Peter Choi

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General practitioners’ views on the major psychiatric classification systems

Steven Lillis, Graham Mellsop, Gaelle Dutu

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Experts’ views on long-term care in New Zealand

Mark Booth, Edward A Miller, Vincent Mor

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Prevalence of vitamin D deficiency among patients attending a multidisciplinary tertiary pain clinic

Jim Bartley

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The effects of seasonal variation of 25-hydroxyvitamin D on diagnosis of vitamin D insufficiency

Mark J Bolland, Weldon W Chiu, James S Davidson, Andrew Grey, Catherine Bacon, Greg D Gamble, Ian R Reid

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Vitamin D insufficiency in New Zealanders during the winter is associated with higher parathyroid hormone concentrations: implications for bone health?

Jennifer E P Rockell, C Murray Skeaff, Bernard J Venn, Sheila M Williams, Tim J Green

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Defensive practice in mental health

Richard Mullen, Anita Admiraal, Judy Trevena

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Viewpoints

Telling the truth to Asian patients in the hospital setting

John A Windsor, Jeremy I Rossaak, Danny Chaung, Alexander Ng, Ian P Bissett, Malcolm H Johnson

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Inquiries into health care: learning or lynching?

Ron Paterson

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Clinical Correspondence

Acanthamoeba keratitis associated with cosmetic contact lens wear

Nathan M Kerr, Sue Ormonde

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Catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome in a 77-year-old man

George Godfrey, Kate Grimwade, Tim Sole

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Medical image. Left forearm ecchymosis

Nitin Kumar, Yiu-Chung Cheung, Andrew C Willis, Jonathan J Benn

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Australasian Medical Congress 1908: the mental factor in medical practice and lunacy in Australia

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Medical History

Eric Anson, anaesthetist

Basil R Hutchinson

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

Fatal allergic reactions to antibiotics

Chris Cameron, Timothy Maling

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Most New Zealand smokers support having fire-safe cigarettes: National survey data

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Richard Edwards, Deepa Weerasekera, Murray Laugesen

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A second opinion

Roger M Ridley-Smith

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Medicolegal

Professional Misconduct: forgery and practising while suspended (Med07/60P and Med07/61P)

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Professional Misconduct: misuse of drugs (Med07/80P)

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Professional Misconduct (Med06/46D)

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Professional Misconduct (Med07/76D)

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Surgeon – Professional Misconduct (Med04/01D)

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Obituaries

Ashton John Fitchett

Supplementary contribution by Tom Farrar

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Peter Van Praagh

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James Roper Robinson

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Notice

National Heart Foundation Grants Awarded October 2008

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