The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

NZFP April 2002

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CONTENTS

Rural General Practice

Retention before recruitment – creating the contexts of sustainable rural health services - Martin London

Rural health academic units: education and research by rural practitioners, for rural practitioners in the rural setting - Roger Strasser

Grass roots rurality - John Macleod

Rural surgery - Alastair Yule

Rural health – a barometer of the health of New Zealand - Pat Farry

Opinion and Comment

Editorial: not being there - Campbell Murdoch

Readers Write

Outlook - News & Events from the RNZCGP

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

Recommendations for GPs regarding imaging with respect to low back pain: a modified Delphi and evidence-based study - Felicity A Goodyear-Smith and Bruce Arroll

GP management and referral of low back pain: a Delphi and evidence-based study - Felicity A Goodyear-Smith and Bruce Arroll

Continuing Medical Education

Otitis externa - Martyn Fields

Infectious diarrhoea – a laboratory perspective - Rosemary Ikram

Interpretation of liver enzyme tests – a rapid guide - Alan Fraser

Cochrane Corner: Smoking cessation – a cheap medication is now available - Bruce Arroll

Issues

The holidays at Healthline - Ian M St George

Reflections

Poetry - Richard Reeve and Campbell Murdoch

Wonca’s smallest, most remote meeting - John A J Macleod

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit