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Editorial

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): keeping abreast of current use

Paul Samson, Richard Harman, Richard Beedie, Michael J Baker

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Original Articles

Society’s expectation of the role of the doctor in New Zealand: results of a national survey

Andrew Old, Brandon Adams, Peter Foley, Harvey D White

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Communication difficulties with limited English proficiency patients: clinician perceptions of clinical risk and patterns of use of interpreters

Ben Gray, James Stanley, Maria Stubbe, Jo Hilder

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Improving clinician-patient communication of health risks when diagnostic test information is imprecise

John Fountain, Philip Gunby

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Compliance and quality in administration of a Surgical Safety Checklist in a tertiary New Zealand hospital

Nicole Vogts, Jacqueline A Hannam, Alan F Merry, Simon J Mitchell

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The financial impact of clinical task substitution between practice nurses and GPs in New Zealand primary care centres

Martin Hefford, Tom Love, Jacqueline Cumming, Mary Finlayson, Antony Raymont

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Review Articles

Laboratory diagnosis of factitious disorder: a systematic review of tools useful in the diagnosis of Munchausen’s syndrome

Christopher A Kenedi, Kristen G Shirey, Mary Hoffa, Joseph Zanga, Jonathan C Lee, Jeremy D Harrison, Xavier A Preud’homme

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Imaging of the thyroid gland

Amirala Khalessi, Kim-Chi Phan-Thien

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Clinical Correspondence

Encapsulating peritoneal sclerosis—a complication of peritoneal dialysis

Caroline Chembo, Alastair Macdonald, Nicola Hay, Phillip Matheson, Grant Pidgeon, Murray Leikis

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A cerebral mass in a patient with Churg Strauss syndrome

Nazish Ilyas, Christos Fountzilas

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Medical image. Reversible knuckle hyperpigmentation in B12 deficiency

Vivek Kumar, Vishal Sharma

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Letters

Use of pricing and tax interventions for protecting health: potential relevance for New Zealand of recent international developments

Nick Wilson, George Thomson, Tony Blakely

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Is integrated academic clinical training needed in New Zealand?

Michael Keogh

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

On a New Method of Treating Cleft Palate: part 2

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the 208th Scientific Meeting of the Otago Medical School Research Society, Wednesday 24 August 2011

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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