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Editorials

Diversion of emergency acute workload to primary care: an attractive private sector alternative to public hospital emergency departments?

Tim Parke

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Non-contact first specialist appointments are safe

P Alan Barber, Barry Snow

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Classification controversies in relation to fibromyalgia syndrome

Mike Butler

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Original Articles

Deaths and hospital admissions as a result of home injuries among young and middle-aged New Zealand adults

Bridget Kool, Carol Chelimo, Elizabeth Robinson, Shanthi Ameratunga

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Smoking outdoors at pubs and bars: is it a problem? An air quality study

Richard Edwards, Nick Wilson

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Women with fibromyalgia syndrome in New Zealand: the symptom experience

Alice Theadom, Mark Cropley, Penelope Parker, Valery Feigin

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Safety and efficiency of non-contact first specialist assessment in neurology

Pietro Cariga, William H C Huang, Annemarei Ranta

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Poor oral health in patients with coronary heart disease: a case–control study of Indian adults

Mona Sikka, Peter S Sequeira, Shashidhar Acharya, Meghashyam Bhat, Ashwini Rao, Anup Nagaraj

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Two New Zealand outbreaks of norovirus gastroenteritis linked to commercially farmed oysters

Richard Wall, Nicky Dymond, Anita Bell, Craig Thornley, Hans Buik, David Cumming, Nicole Petersen

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Viewpoints

The Hui Process: a framework to enhance the doctor–patient relationship with Māori

Cameron Lacey, Tania Huria, Lutz Beckert, Matea Gilles, Suzanne Pitama

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Health equity: what does it mean for child health?

Kate Duggan

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Clinical Correspondence

Medical image. Horse tick in a human ear

Jeremy Hornibrook, Simon Pollard

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Medical image. The shepherd's swollen arm

Jens C Richter, Brett Lyons

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Medical image. Small bowel diverticulosis: a rare cause of iron deficiency anaemia

Diana E Yung, Jeff H P Lam, Anastasios Koulaouzidis, John N Plevris

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Medical image. Cruveilhier-Baumgarten syndrome with caput medusae

Vivek Kumar, Vishal Sharma

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Letters

Response to PHARMAC on access to new medicines in New Zealand compared to Australia

Richard Milne, Michael Wonder

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PSA testing—who should decide when it is performed?

David S Lamb, Brett Delahunt, John N Nacey

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Invasive meningococcal disease in Northland, New Zealand

Clair Mills

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Public funding of bariatric surgery

Andre van Rij, Helen Williams

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Synthetic cannabinoid use in New Zealand: a brief evaluation of inquiries to the New Zealand National Poisons Centre

Leo J Schep, Robin J Slaughter, Wayne A Temple

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Quakery and Proprietary Medicines: Part 2

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Proceedings

The New Zealand Society of Gastroenterology Annual Scientific Meeting 23–25 November 2011, Dunedin

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Obituaries

Howard Fyfe Harper

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Stuart Hawksworth Brown

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Patrick Joseph Farry

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Notices

Heart Foundation: 2012 Grant Applications

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Heart Foundation: 2012 Senior Fellowship

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Medical Benevolent Fund

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Erratum

Valuation of lives ‘saved’ via control of urban air pollution (John Hoare)

NZMJ

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Book Review

Examination Paediatrics: a guide to paediatric training (4th edition; Wayne Harris)

Andrew S Day, Carolyn Aird

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