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Editorials

The Cartwright legacy: shifting the focus of attention from the doctor to the patient

Ron Paterson

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The missing manuscript

Frank A Frizelle

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A response to criticisms of The History of the 'Unfortunate Experiment' at National Women's Hospital

Linda Bryder

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Acute coronary syndromes in New Zealand hospitals

Robin Norris

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Original Articles

Patients admitted with an acute coronary syndrome (ACS) in New Zealand in 2007: results of a second comprehensive nationwide audit and a comparison with the first audit from 2002

Chris Ellis, Greg Gamble, Andrew Hamer, Michael Williams, Philip Matsis, John Elliott, Gerard Devlin, Mark Richards, Harvey White; for the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndromes (NZACS) Audit Group

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ACS patients in New Zealand experience significant delays to access cardiac investigations and revascularisation treatment especially when admitted to non-interventional centres: results of the second comprehensive national audit of ACS patients

Chris Ellis, Gerard Devlin, John Elliott, Philip Matsis, Michael Williams, Greg Gamble, Andrew Hamer, Mark Richards, Harvey White; for the New Zealand Acute Coronary Syndromes (NZACS) Audit Group

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A programme of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) is a cost-effective intervention in elective colonic surgery

Tarik Sammour, Kamran Zargar-Shoshtari, Abhijith Bhat, Arman Kahokehr, Andrew G Hill

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Audit of cervical screening in women with HIV infection in the Auckland and Northland regions of New Zealand

Jasmin Grewal, Michele Lowe, Hilary Gerrard, Rebecca Henley, Nicky Perkins, Simon Briggs

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Clinical Correspondence

Homozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia and treatment by LDL apheresis

Richard I King, Russell S Scott, Christopher M Florkowski, Andrew D Laurie, Nicola Reid, Peter M George

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Angiomatosis: a case report

Hamesh Jina, Philippa Mercer, Malcolm Gordon, Harsh Singh, Martin Whitehead

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A case of intestinal-type gastric adenocarcinoma metastatic to a caecal tubulovillous polyp

James McKay

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Medical image. Refractory ascites due to ascites praecox

Pazhanivel Mohan, Jayanthi Venkataraman

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Report of St Helen's Hospital, Dunedin

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Medical History

Equipment of Yore: a contribution from the Cotter Medical History Trust

Max Abernethy

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Health Research Society of Canterbury Seminar Series, Friday 16 July 2010

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Letters

The 1987 National Women’s Hospital (NWH) ‘Unfortunate Experiment’. Accusations of unethical experiments and undertreatment, resulting in excess deaths from cervical cancer. Facts and fables

Graeme H Overton

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Why did so many women develop cancer? Part 2 (with response by Linda Bryder)

Ronald W Jones

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Why won’t defenders of the Cartwright Inquiry provide evidence to justify their use of the term ‘conventional treatment’ for carcinoma in situ?

Iain Chalmers

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A response to Ron Jones' letter of 30 April 2010

Helen Overton

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A particular relationship

Paul Patten

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Discussion of Morris and Jewell's editorial 'Array of hope for high-resolution genetic screening services in New Zealand' (with authors' response)

Clive Felix

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Managing your student loan

Charles Ronaldson

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Obituaries

John Cuthbert Parr

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Irwin Bruce (Bill) Faris

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Book Review

The Cartwright Papers: Essays on the Cervical Cancer Inquiry 1987–88 (Joanna Manning, editor)

Jennie Connor

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