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EDITORIAL

The common good: reviving our social contract to improve healthcare

Philip Bagshaw, John D Potter, Andrew Hornblow, Susan Bagshaw, Christopher Frampton, Robert Campbell, Ganesh R Ahirao (aka Ganesh Nana), William J Rosenberg, Gilbert O Barbezat, John McCall, Brian Cox, Matthew Roskruge, Frank Kueppers

EDITORIAL

Health Minister Brown wants to “fix” the system—but risks breaking it further

Virginia Mills, Lyndon Keene, Harriet Wild

ARTICLE

The effect of pre-operative cardiorespiratory fitness on functional and subjective outcomes following total hip and knee arthroplasty: a single centre, observational study

Brendon H Roxburgh, Holly A Campbell, James D Cotter, Ulla Reymann, Michael JA Williams, David P Gwynne-Jones, Kate N Thomas

ARTICLE

Delay to diagnosis in childhood bone and joint infection

Sarah Hunter, Elsie Brown, Haemish Crawford, Vanessa Selak, Cameron Grant

ARTICLE

Anticoagulation management and poor clinical outcomes in tamariki and rangatahi with rheumatic heart disease following mechanical valve replacement surgery in Counties Manukau

Prathyusha Tangirala, Bridget Farrant, Rachel Webb

ARTICLE

Electric scooter–related orthopaedic injuries in Wellington

Wing Yung Agnes Chu, Michael T Lee, Ilia Elkinson

ARTICLE

Proton pump inhibitors in cirrhosis: a retrospective five-year analysis of increased risks of hepatic decompensation and infections

Abhimati Ravikulan, Natalie Russell, Christin Coomarasamy, Ashok Raj

ARTICLE

Applying Indigenous identity definitions in official health statistics: a case study using linked cancer registry data on stomach cancer

Nicole Satherley, Brandon de Graaf, Gabrielle Davie, Sheree Gibb, Andrea Teng, Andrew Sporle

ARTICLE

Cancers potentially attributable to excess body weight in Aotearoa New Zealand from 2019 to 2023

Michael Walsh, Jennifer Brenton-Peters, Olivia Perelini, Karen Bartholomew

VIEWPOINT

Asian health trends in New Zealand from 2002 to 2021, and the case for dedicated research funding

Robert Scragg, Zhenqiang Wu, Sally F Wong

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Scurvy in the modern era: a case of vitamin C deficiency with unexplained bruising and anaemia

Akram Shmendi

100 YEARS AGO IN THE NZMJ

Splanchnic Analgesia.

PROCEEDINGS

Proceedings of the Waikato Clinical Campus Research Seminar, Wednesday 12 March 2025