The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

NZFP August 2002

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CONTENTS

Information Technology

The computer on your desk: New roles, new rules and new challenges for general practice
Michael R Kidd, Bob Milstein and John Togno

Uses of information management and technology in postgraduate education for general practice
Diane R Kelly

Opinion and Comment

Editorial : Still a time to be mature?
Campbell Murdoch

Outlook
News & Events from the RNZCGP

Original Scientific Papers

Attitudes about genetic testing for breast cancer susceptibilty: A survey of general practitioners, medical students and women in the northern region of New Zealand
Linda D Cameron, Jeanne Reeve, Anne Readings and Ingrid Winship

New Zealand mothers' knowledge of and attitude towards immunisation
Helen Petousis-Harris, Nikki Turner and Ngaire Kerse

Does changing Dihydropyridine Calcium Channel Blockers for subsidy reasons affect blood pressure control?
Barry Gribben and Felicity Goodyear-Smith

Continuing Medical Education

Update on infertility: Assessment and management in primary care
Wayne Gillet

The persistent dry mouth
Martin M Ferguson

The 'wired' pratcice - what's new in Primary Care IT?
Mark Matthews

Cochrane Corner: Weight loss - what works and what doesn't
Bruce Arroll

Issues

A year in Zimbabwe - facing the reality of AIDS
Saba Lambert

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit