New Zealand Doctor (NZ)

New Zealand Doctor provides GPs and many others in the health sector with their only source of up to date news affecting primary care.

Voted best trade/professional publication in the prestigious Qantas Media Awards 2007 and 2006.

New Zealand Doctor is a must-read for anyone wanting to keep up with the ever-changing landscape in the health sector. Our award winning team of experienced health reporters and clinical contributors report on the issues which affect doctors in every aspect of their professional capacity: health politics, clinical developments and business management. In a more light-hearted vein, a lifestyle section provides articles ranging from wine and film, to travel and humour.

New Zealand Doctor is published every two weeks on Wednesday (with the exception of January). The annual subscription is $169. GPs are eligible for a discounted, bundled subscription of $165 which includes two issues of the drug directory MIMS New Ethicals.
The following is a breakdown of the editorial content of New Zealand Doctor:

Written by staff journalists and correspondents:

• local medical and political news
• primary care sector news
• medical research news
• pharmaceutical industry news

Opinion

Written by the editor, contributors and readers:

• editorial
• letters to the editor
• cartoon – Just Practising
• parliamentary column and viewpoints
• health ethics, law and policy
• regular newsletters from a number of general practice organisations

Practice

Written by GPs and specialists practising in each of these areas:

• sports medicine
• nutrition
• occupational health
• first time (for new GPs)
• elder health
• medical defence
• dermatology
• sexual health
• travel medicine
• child health
• heartbeat – interpreting ECGs
• clinical updates on topical issues
• evidence PEARLS (Practical Evidence About Real Life Situations)
• primary mental health
• real cases
• clinical book reviews

How to Treat

In alternate issues GP experts and specialists discuss in detail the treatment of a particular clinical condition.

Business

Written by staff journalists, business writers and columnists:

• practice management
• marketing and investment
• computing and internet

After hours

Travel, wine, film, history, books, humour, music

Free Classifieds for GPs

Noticeboard

Free events diary for GPs

Electronic media
Website and email newsletter
nzdoctor.co.nz provides subscribers daily health news and access to a wide range of background news material, doctor and patient resources, and online free classifieds.
Doctor@Large is a daily email newsletter provides alerts to subscribers

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