Volume 25, Number 4, August 1998

NZFP August 1998

NZFP August 1998

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CONTENTS

Geriatic medicine

Nutrition in the elderly: are we starving our patients into debility?
Paul Goldstraw

Urinary incontinence in the older adult
Mark Weatherall

Issues in the management of suspected stroke
Paul Friedman

Opinion and Comment

Editorial: GP's being sidelined in emergency care
Tessa Turnbull, editor and Katikati GP

Original Scientific Papers

Non-paying patients and philanthrophy in general practice: complicated for some and simple for others
James Mansell and Marjan Kljakovic

Experience with a locum medical service to rural general practitioners in Southern Region New Zealand
Malcolm Scott, Martin London, Pauline Horrill and Reinhard Boehner