Issue Summary
Talk is cheap, actions speak: the story of Te Whatu Ora, Dr Seuss, and other fantasies of medical workforce planning
It is important for those of us who work within and use the New Zealand health system to believe in its integrity, where actions should match the words, or, as Dr Seuss puts it: “we say what we mean, and we mean what we say”.
Support for and potential impacts of key Smokefree 2025 strategies on Māori who smoke
Despite ongoing declines in smoking prevalence in Aotearoa (New Zealand), particularly among Māori, marked disparities persist between Māori and non-Māori.
Ethnic variation in hospitalisation due to treatment injury and complications of healthcare in older adults residing in New Zealand
Despite efforts to optimise patient safety, the occurrence of treatment injuries and adverse events in healthcare are inevitable.
Corporate boxing matches for charity: a personal point of view
In November 2018, my son-in-law took part in a charity boxing bout. He was struck by a blow that fractured his orbit and rendered him unconscious, so when his head hit the floor, he received a severe cerebral injury from which he died four days later.
Scaly erythematous eruptions of intertriginous locations
A female in her late twenties presented with a 6-week history of persistent erythematous patches and plaques with desquamation, scales and wrinkled appearance, involving the intertriginous areas.
Chronic Diseases of the Colon
Patients suffering from chronic diseases of the colon fall into two main groups:—(1) Those presenting local bowel symptoms only such as colic, diarrhœa, or constipation; (2) those in whom, in addition to local symptoms, general symptoms are also present, such as headaches, general malaise or joint pains.
