Volume 31, Number 4, August 2004
Volume 31, No. 4, August 2004
NZFP August 2004
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CONTENTS
Disease Prevention
Looking upstream: A user’s guide to disease prevention
Alistair Woodward
Maori health: The challenge
Ria Earp and Don Matheson
New challenges in vaccinology
Diana Lennon
Opinion and Comment
Editorial
Tony Townsend
Original Scientific Papers
Parent views on school based immunisation: A survey of parents of year 1 and 6 in three diverse Auckland schools
Helen Petousis-Harris, Nikki Turner and Ben Soe
Massage therapy and complementary and alternative medicine: Attitudes and use among general practitioners and patients in Auckland, New Zealand
Sheleigh P Lawler and Linda D Cameron
Many North Island rural general practitioners appear not to use Internet websites as a frequent source of health information
Ron Janes, Bruce Arroll, Stephen Buetow, Gregor
Coster, Ross McCormick and Iain Hague
Continuing Medical Education
What’s new in hypertension?
Stewart Mann
Obesity prevention
Anne-Thea McGill
Management of atrial fibrillation in the elderly
Cara Wasywich and Robert Doughty
Management of common infections in general practice: Part 2
Selwyn Lang, Arthur Morris, Susan Taylor and Bruce Arroll
Cochrane Corner: Decongestants and antihistamines for the common cold
Bruce Arroll
Info POEMs:
Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters
Issues
Assessing performance 4: Reviewing communication skills
Ian M St George and Elizabeth A Farmer
Towards a culture of supporting professional development for primary care professionals: A key component of successfully implementing the Primary Health Care Strategy
Sue Pullon and Eileen McKinlay
The public and private interface in New Zealand primary health care
Claire Austin
Journal Review Service
Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit