The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Volume 32, No. 5, October 2005

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NZFP October 2005

CONTENTS

Aiming for excellence

Cornerstone: Building quality practice systems
John Wellingham

The story of Cornerstone: A brief history on the development of general practice accreditation in New Zealand
Kenneth Tong

Cornerstone: The General Practice Ac-creditation Programme – a progress report
Maureen Gillon

General practitioners in primary health organisations: Policy victims or policy leaders?
Pauline Barnett

Opinion and Comment

Editorial
Tony Townsend

Swamp Rat

Original Scientific Papers

The black hole of general practice manpower
Martin Minogue, Felicity Goodyear-Smith and Tana Fishman

Continuing Medical Education

Coxibs controversy
John Petrie

ACC and tai chi
David Campbell

Stopping the clock: Therapeutic interventions in Alzheimer’s disease
Mary Tucker

'I want Elidel!’ – A reply and a review of the management of eczema using only fully subsidised medications
Calder Botting

POEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters

Cochrane Corner: Treatment for irritable bowel
Bruce Arroll

Issues

Book Review
Steven Lillis

Complaints, hindsight bias, and the short- circuit of grief into grievance
Hamish Wilson

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit