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Editorial

Investment in primary care—is it worthwhile?

Jim Reid

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Original Articles

New Zealand evidence for the impact of primary healthcare investment in Capital and Coast District Health Board

Lee Tan, Julia Carr, Johanna Reidy

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Investigating factors that influence success of Pacific students in first-year health sciences at university in New Zealand

Faafetai Sopoaga, Jacques van der Meer

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Final-year medical students’ perceptions of maternity care in general practice

Hanna Preston, Dawn Miller

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A survey of personal digital assistant use in a sample of New Zealand doctors

Oliver H Menzies, John Thwaites

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Binge drinking and alcohol-related behaviours amongst Pacific youth: a national survey of secondary school students

Tasileta Teevale, Elizabeth Robinson, Shavonne Duffy, Jennifer Utter, Vili Nosa, Terryann Clark, Janie Sheridan, Shanthi Ameratunga

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Special Article

Every child to thrive, belong and achieve? Time to reflect and act in New Zealand

Amanda J D’Souza, Nikki Turner, Don Simmers, Elizabeth Craig, Tony Dowell

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Review Article

Options for postgraduate anatomy education in Australia and New Zealand

Ian S Campbell, Carly M Fox

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Viewpoints

Medical students performing lumbar punctures: are we doing enough?

Yassar A Alamri

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Modelling empathy in medical and nursing education

Phillipa J Malpas, Andrea Corbett

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Clinical Correspondence

Sildenafil: a novel therapy in the management of cardiac syndrome X

Jamal N Khan, Nilan Patel, Rick Steeds, Chetan Varma

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Medical image. Macrodystrophia lipomatosa: multidetector CT and MRI findings

Mustafa Koplay, Mecit Kantarci, Gökcen Kilinc

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Medical image. A rare but fatal complication of end stage renal disease

Manchanda Aarti, Punj Shweta, Sharma Ankur, Beeravolu Swathi, Jinxing Jiang, Babu Ambika

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Medical image. Coughing: think about long-standing bronchial foreign body

Leila Rasi Marzabadi, Samad Shams Vahdati, Arezou Tajlil

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

Proposed rules relating to procedure in ethical matters

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Proceedings

Proceedings of the Health Research Society of Canterbury AGM Scientific Meeting, 15 November 2011

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Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical School Biannual Research Seminar, March 2012

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Obituary

Percy Walter Bryce Pease

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Erratum

The NEEDNT Food List: non-essential, energy-dense, nutritionally-deficient foods

NZMJ

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