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Editorials

Delay in the treatment of acute coronary syndromes

Robin M Norris

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Proposed changes to the New Zealand Ethics Committees

Frank A Frizelle

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Original Articles

Pre-hospital delay in acute coronary syndromes: PREDICT CVD-18

Daniel Garofalo, Corina Grey, Mildred Lee, Daniel Exeter, Andrew J Kerr

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Uptake of pulmonary rehabilitation in New Zealand by people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in 2009

William M M Levack, Mark Weatherall, Julie C Reeve, Christina Mans, Antonia Mauro

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Hazardous patterns of alcohol use are relatively common in smokers: ITC Project (New Zealand)

Nick Wilson, Deepa Weerasekera, Christopher W Kahler, Ron Borland, Richard Edwards

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Diagnosis of disorders of intermediary metabolism in New Zealand before and after expanded newborn screening: 2004–2009

Callum Wilson, Nicola J Kerruish, Bridget Wilcken, Esko Wiltshire, Kathy Bendikson, Dianne Webster

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New Zealanders’ knowledge of palliative care and hospice services

Rod D MacLeod, Rachel Thompson, John W Fisher, Kris Mayo, Nathan Newman, Donna M Wilson

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Ocular trauma epidemiology: 10-year retrospective study

Archana Pandita, Michael Merriman

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Aspiration pneumonia and challenges following the Samoa Tsunami in 2009

Tamara Ah Leong-Nowell, Foloto Leavai, Lucilla Ah Ching, Limbo Fiu, Rosemary Wyber, Mitzi Nisbet, David Jones, Tim Blackmore, Tupu Ioane-Cleverley

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Viewpoint

‘The way things are around here’: organisational culture is a concept missing from New Zealand healthcare policy, development, implementation, and research

Shane L Scahill

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Clinical Correspondence

Are Māori women at increased risk of cardiac complications of Graves disease?

Parul Nigam, Adam Morton

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Nasopharyngeal fibroepithelial polyp in a New Zealand Māori man

Ravi Jain, Subhaschandra Shetty

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Medical image. Quadricuspid aortic valve: a rare cause of aortic regurgitation

Jen-Li Looi, Andrew J Kerr

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Medical image. Spontaneous pneumomediastinum without pneumothorax in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Martyn P T Kennedy, Ahmed Fahim, Graham Smith

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Letters

BPAC recertification plan

Humphrey B Rainey

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Recertification and the Medical Council

Roger M Ridley-Smith

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Auckland District Health Board’s new emergency care initiatives

Lance Gravatt

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Integration of emergency department and primary care workload

Ken Greer

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The pharmaceutical industry has a contribution to make to evidence-based healthcare

Kevin Sheehy

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Do New Zealand nurses claim more lumbar spine injuries than the general population? A retrospective study (1995–2009)

Jon Cornwall, Markus Melloh

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Quakery with impunity

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Notice

Medical Volunteering in Namibia

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