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Editorials

Will brief interventions in primary care change the heavy drinking culture in New Zealand?

J Douglas Sellman, Jennie L Connor, Geoffrey M Robinson

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Are two internal thoracic artery grafts as safe as one?

David Taggart

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Avoidable complications following chest tube insertion

David Shaw, Frank A Frizelle

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Submitting articles to the New Zealand Medical Journal via Manuscript Manager

Frank A Frizelle

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Original Articles

Is routine alcohol screening and brief intervention feasible in a New Zealand primary care environment?

Heather Gifford, Sue Paton, Lynley Cvitanovic, John McMenamin, Chloe Newton

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Chest tube drainage of pleural effusions—an audit of current practice and complications at Hutt Hospital

Erica Epstein, Sisira Jayathissa, Stephen Dee

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Are two internal thoracic artery grafts as safe as one? Experience from Green Lane Hospital

Arul Baradi, Paget F Milsom, Alan F Merry

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An evaluation of a pictorial asthma medication plan for Pacific children

John Kristiansen, Edlyn Hetutu, Moana Manukia, Timothy Jelleyman

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Unusually virulent coagulase-negative Staphylococcus lugdunensis is frequently associated with infective endocarditis: a Waikato series of patients

Michael Liang, Chris Mansell, Clyde Wade, Raewyn Fisher, Gerard Devlin

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Did an acute medical assessment unit improve the initial assessment and treatment of community acquired pneumonia: a retrospective audit

David G Tripp

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Old Man’s Friend? Resuscitation decisions in patients hospitalised with pneumonia

David G Tripp

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Implementing and sustaining a hand hygiene culture change programme at Auckland District Health Board

Sally A Roberts, Christine Sieczkowski, Taima Campbell, Greg Balla, Andrew Keenan; on behalf of the Auckland District Health Board Hand Hygiene Steering and Working Groups

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Viewpoint

The further and future evolution of the New Zealand Immunisation Schedule

Stewart Reid

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Clinical Correspondence

Mondor’s disease in a patient previously treated for breast carcinoma in situ: a case report

Brenda Leal, Sabas Vieira, Bárbara Carvalho, Airthon Correia, Benedito Almeida

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Medical image. Half-and-half nail

Anirban Das, Sabyasachi Choudhury, Sudipta Pandit, Sibes K Das

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Letters

Breast thermography review—and author response

Michael E Godfrey

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Survey of hot water temperatures in campgrounds: elevated scalding risk and energy wastage

Nick Wilson, Jonathan Jarman, Bill Brander, Michael Keall

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100 Years Ago in the NZMJ

A case of X-ray dermatitis

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Methuselah

Selected excerpts from Methuselah

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Obituaries

Hon Sir Peter Wilfred Tapsell

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Jeremiah Alfred Chunn

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Andrew Richmond (Tangi) Martin

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