The New Zealand medical journal
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Comparative Study
Use of psychotropic medicines in residential care facilities for older people in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand.
To audit the use of various categories of psychotropic medicines in residential care facilities in Hawke's Bay. ⋯ The increase in use of antidepressants is likely to reflect better diagnosis and management of depression in nursing homes. The use of benzodiazepines and sedative medication is probably still excessive.
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This paper aims to inform the reader about the procedures of, and the need to run, a bequest programme for the teaching of clinical anatomy. It provides an overview of how the programme operates, and why the Department of Anatomy and Structural Biology at the University of Otago (Dunedin, New Zealand) requires cadavers (bodies). It also looks at the acceptance and restrictions of bequests, and the altruistic nature of those who bequeath themselves to the Department.
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Letter Case Reports
A rare cause of post-partum headache: cerebral tuberculomas.