I cannot recall the editor of New Zealand Doctor getting it wrong in her routinely perceptive overview of New Zealand healthcare, but I cannot let the comment about "unnecessary tests such as
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Interesting editorial - but the problem is that there is no "placebo effect". This is a term used to explain the "unknown" or to discount "perceived" adverse effects of medication. As to
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Social development minister Paula Bennett has raised the possibility of WINZ adopting ACC's model of assessment and rehabilitation to get beneficiaries back to work.¹ Having both ACC and WINZ
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Fast forward to 2020 - what could or should general practice look like alongside the challenge of dealing with twice as many demands but doing everything smarter with the same amount
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Music reviews Woeful and worrisome you are dear winter. You make our mellow souls and passions cool. You have wrecked brave trees and flooded gently groomed lawns. You mock our diversions
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We have two experienced practice nurses who have always worked well together. Recently we employed a new nurse who has some great ideas but seems to rub her colleagues up the wrong way.
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Des Gorman will not be everyone's cup of tea; and that's probably just as well. Political hopes are effectively pinned on this man to save the country's health workforce - no pressure - with
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O would some Power the gift to give us To see ourselves as others see us! To a Louse Robbie Burns The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley To a Mouse Rabbie Burns I had the
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The New Zealand Doctor Crikey Blogs have been providing some controversial discussion relating to the questions posed around continuity of care, practice assistants, changing scopes of practice
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Professor Campbell Murdoch nails it when he launches into an impassioned opinion on the value of partialists versus generalists. Whether it's the Scottish brogue or the broad
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