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The New Zealand Medical Journal

 Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association, 07-August-2009, Vol 122 No 1300

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Editorials

Medicolegal knowledge in New Zealand

Ron Paterson

Consent for case reports and medical images

Frank Frizelle

Original Articles

Burnout in hospital-based medical consultants in the New Zealand public health system

Lois J Surgenor, Ruth L Spearing, Jacqueline Horn, Annette L Beautrais, Roger T Mulder, Peggy Chen

Addressing stress-related impairment in doctors. A survey of providers’ and doctors’ experience of a funded counselling service in New Zealand

Wayne Cunningham, Tim Cookson

A surgical career for New Zealand junior doctors? Factors influencing this choice

Jason Du, Janarthanan Sathanathan, Gill Naden, Stephen Child

Patient satisfaction in New Zealand

Gerard Zwier

Viewpoints

Consenting to medical treatment: legal requirements vs medical practice. Are healthcare providers exposing themselves to potential legal action?

Carol Peters

Predicting the past or risk management?

Graham Mellsop, Fiona Clapham-Howard, John Turbott

Clinical Correspondence

Early presentation following overdose of modified-release paracetamol (Panadol Osteo) with biphasic and prolonged paracetamol absorption

Andis Graudins, Hanh Ngoc Pham, Chris Salonikas, Daya Naidoo, Betty Chan

Bilateral trochlear nerve palsies following dorsal midbrain haemorrhage

Sumu Simon, Avninder Sandhu, Dinesh Selva, John L Crompton

Medical image. An abdominal pearl

Richard Tapper, Frank Frizelle

Medical image. Hydatid cyst of the thigh

Resat Ozaras, Ersin Vanli, Fatih Kantarci, Rana Ramazanoglu, Birgul Mete

100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Rupture of hydatid cyst of the liver

Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

Letters

New Zealand smokers’ attitudes to smokefree cars containing preschool children: very high support across all sociodemographic groups

George Thomson, Deepa Weerasekera, Nick Wilson

When the tap is turned down—restricted water flow increases bacterial contamination after handwashing

Simon Thornley, Denise Barnfather, Greg Simmons, Sally Roberts, Philippa Anderson, Alistair Stewart

A pilot study of the efficacy of a vitamin C-containing showerhead on symptoms of eczema

Shaun Holt, Colin Helm, Andrew Corin, Chris Tofield, Mike Williams, Mark Weatherall

Ethnic disparities in New Zealand hospital care

Ian Westbrooke, Joanne Baxter, James Hogan

Ethics of prescribing placebos

Ben Gray

Obituary

Timothy John Buckley

     
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