The international sport or pastime of "troughing" has been in the news lately, in New Zealand with the recent release of MPs ministerial credit card expense claims. The term seems to have
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Laurence Malcolm is professor emeritus, University of Otago, a board member of Age Concern Canterbury and former member of the Canterbury District Health Board. First published The Press,
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Placebo - it's the type of name you could imagine a drug company procuring for a sleeping pill. There's no doubting the soporific sound of the word and, likewise, no doubting the value of the
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GPs were recently reminded of the Good Samaritan Act by Air New Zealand's medical officer saying that doctors have an ethical and moral responsibility to offer assistance during medical
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The first day I arrived at medical school I was stunned to see a group of people pushing like hell on the door marked "Pull". Every day when I went to and from med school there they were, still
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There's nothing like the smell of a garden fire! But then you might say there's nothing like the smell of burning rubber. Let's start again. There's nothing like the smell of a garden
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The Resident Doctors Association is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. The opening page of its website states - "In your enthusiasm to do your best for your patient, you may overlook
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I admit to watching Shortland St from time to time. Yes I know - pathetic really. After all it is only a soap opera with an occasional credible connection to the New Zealand health system so
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Ads on TV and on internet spam offer everything you ever wanted to be - better, happier, richer, more successful - and everything you ever thought you could be. If one aspires to be a prime
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