Volume 32, Number 2, April 2005
Volume 32, No. 2, April 2005
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NZFP April 2005
CONTENTS
The Business of General Practice
Getting on with the business of general practice
Ruth Donde and Richard Tyler
The business of general practice
Doug Baird
The business of general practice
Vince Murphy
General practice: Sound business practice
Tricia Briscoe
The funding has changed – we need to change the business model
Carolyn Gullery
After hours care and the death of urban general practice in New Zealand
Andrew Minett
Opinion and Comment
Editorial
Tony Townsend
Original Scientific Papers
Palliative care knowledge of some South Island GPs
Simon Walker and Rod MacLeod
How well does a telephone triage service meet the needs of older people?
Ian M St George, Michelle Branney and Matthew Cullen
A study on back and shoulder pain in a random sample of the Auckland public
Bruce Arroll, Stephen Buetow, Justine Arroll and Michael Arroll
Continuing Medical Education
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
Anna Fenton
Hypertrichosis and hirsutism
Amanda M M Oakley
Management of childhood gastroenteritis
Chris Cowley and David Graham
Cochrane Corner: Spironolactone is effective for hirsutism
Bruce Arroll
InfoPOEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters
Issues
Assessing performance 8: How to avoid a competence review
Ian M St George
The myth of short term acute low back pain
Robin McKenzie
Workplace bullying – the facts
Brian R McAvoy
Reflections
Has general practice changed?
Lance Austin
Journal Review Service
Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit