The Royal New Zealand College of General Practitioners

Volume 35, No. 4, August 2008

NZFP August 2008

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CONTENTS

Health Policy

How many general practitioners are ‘enough’? – Forecasting GP workforce capacity in New Zealand
Judith M Fretter and Madhukar Mel Pande

The last straw? – GPs’ views on the new Section 88 Maternity Services Contract
David Hopcroft and Michelle Trumpelmann

Opinion and Comment

Editorial
Andrew Stenson

Original Scientific Papers

Identification of the reasons for medication returns
Rhiannon Braund, Florence Chuah, Reshma Gilbert, Gregory Gn, Anthony Soh, Li Yin Tan, Ho Shing Tiong, Yi-Ching Yuen

Implementing Incident Management – reservations of practice staff
Steven Lillis, Hayley Lord and Denise Ward

Patient and clinician perceptions of asthma education and management in resistant asthma: A qualitative study
Sarah G Dean, Vanessa Young, C Raina Elley and Anne Bruton

Continuing Medical Education

Wheeze in infants and young children: Diagnoses and management options
Philip Pattemore

POEMs: Patient-Oriented Evidence that Matters

Issues

REBELS: An approach to communication challenges in the consultation
Susan J Hawken, Richard Fox, Renske van den Brink and Fiona Moir

Book Review: Understanding Health Inequalities in Aotearoa New Zealand
Sally Talbot

Journal Review Service

Journal Review Service: Continuing Medical Education from the Goodfellow Unit