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Partners - the new bedside manner
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
Two decades after the Cartwright inquiry, have doctor/patient relations improved? Phil Taylor and health reporter Martin Johnston examine the inquiry's effects on our health system COMMUNICATION REPLACES PATERNALISM Informed...
More aortic valve operations in Waikato
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 29 Aug 2008 09:18:06 +1200
The third transcatheter aortic valve operation was due to start at Waikato Hospital this morning following two successful procedures yesterday. The operations were the first of their kind in a New Zealand public hospital and involve...
'Unfortunate Experiment' 20 years on
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
Clare Matheson still occasionally meets people who, when they hear her name, recall the "deceitful, unethical" experiment at National Women's Hospital in Auckland. One such person she identifies as Gary. "I know your name,"...
Smokers getting the message
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
The gruesome pictures adorning cigarette packets have proven almost impossible for smokers to ignore, a survey shows. The images, introduced in February and compulsory from today, show smokers graphic reminders of health problems...
Historic heart operation to take place in Hamilton today
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 06:00:00 +1200
Doctors at Waikato Hospital were this morning performing the first heart operation of its type in a New Zealand public hospital. The transcatheter aortic valve implementation on a 79-year-old Tauranga woman will be the first of...
Ex-St John ambulance driver 'not a pervert'
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
A former St John ambulance driver on trial for indecent assault and sexual violation was not a perverted man but a medical professional who was trying to help his patients, his lawyer said yesterday. The officer, who has name suppression,...
Staff questioned in past about drug theft
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Thu, 28 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
A hospital that has called in police after drugs were diluted or replaced with water has confronted staff in the past about theft of medicines, including one person who later died. Police are looking into the disappearance of controlled...
Parkinson's NZ finds spokesman
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:00:00 +1200
Kiwi pop stalwart Jordan Luck has become a special ambassador for Parkinson's New Zealand - aiming to lift public awareness of the neurological condition. The lead singer of band The Exponents said he was pleased to be involved...
Fathers getting a piece of the parenthood action
newsfeeds@nzherald.co.nz Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:00:00 +1200
Dads have finally broken into one of the last bastions of motherhood - the "Bounty pack" which most Kiwi mothers receive when they have a baby. The Christchurch-based Father and Child Trust has obtained charity funding to include...

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