The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Volume 30, No. 5, October 2003

NZFP October 2003

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CONTENTS

Clinical Guidelines and Evidence-Based Medicine

Benefits of best practice guidelines: Evaluating and applying the evidence
Peter Didsbury

Why are guidelines not used and what can be done to change that?
Bruce Arroll

Evidence-based medicine in primary care: Perils and pitfalls
R E G Upshur and C Shawn Tracy

Opinion and Comment

Editorial:
Tony Townsend

Readers Write

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

Primary Health Organisations, communities and the underlying determinants of health: Six examples
Tom Robinson and Alison Blaiklock

Doctors developing patient trust: Perspectives from the United States and New Zealand
Arch G Mainous III, Ngaire Kerse, Clive D Brock, Katherine Hughes and Christopher Pruitt

Continuing Medical Education

Practical approach to viral hepatitis in New Zealand
Frank Weilert

The management of tinnitus
Grant D Searchfield

POEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence the Matters

Cochrane Corner: Treatment for leg cramps
Bruce Arroll

Coroner's Column

Issues

Clinical disagreement: A silent topic in general practice
Marjan Kljakovic

Reflections

The heart, the passion of general practice
In memory of Peter Anyon

Attending an arrest – a personal reflection
Helen Moriarty

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the GoodfellowUnit