The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

NZFP October 2001

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CONTENTS

General Practice as a Solution

The future of General Practice
Professor Roger Jones 

Millenium 2000 Questions for all
Professor J G R Howie

Passion - the RNZCGP Oration
Dr Jonathan Fox

Opinion and Comment

Editorial: the weaver's tale
Professor Campbell Murdoch

Introducing the new Editorial Board

Outlook
News & Events from the RNZCGP

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

Rural General practitioners in New Zealand
Dr Ron Janes and Dr Martin London

Immunisation adverse reaction monitoring through the use of parentheld diaries
Nicola M Turner, Claire J McLachlanSmith and Shelley Yip

Member views on RNZCGP education and standards programmes
Dr Karen M Flegg and Ms Melissa Wilkinson

Who are the GPs of New Zealand?
Ms Melissa Wilkinson and Dr Karen M Flegg

Continuing Medical Education

Chronic lower leg pain in active people
Dr Chris Milne

Osteoarthritis in the hand (Heberden's arthropathy)
Dr Margaret Fairhurst

Drug-related morbidity and mortality - the elderly at risk
Kate Moodabe

Cochrane Corner: Is digitalis effective in congestive heart failure in patients in sinus rhythm?
Associate Professor Bruce Arroll

Issues

Special Interest Groups in the College
Ian St George

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit