The New Zealand Medical Journal is out tomorrow

New Zealand Medical Journal, Vol 132 No 1488: 18 January 2019

Editorial

Cannabis law and cannabis related harm

Joseph M Boden, David M Fergusson

Articles

Reducing inappropriate urine testing at Hutt Valley District Health Board using Choosing Wisely principles

Aidan D Wilson, Matthew J Kelly, Emma Henderson, Lynn McBain, Sisira Jayathissa, Belinda Loring

Urinalysis orders and yield among General Medicine patients: a single-centre’s experience in New Zealand

Khurram Shahid, Yassar Alamri, Hannah Scowcroft, Liane Dixon, Julie Creighton, Heather Isenman, Sarah Metcalf, Steve Chambers

Quality of electronic records documenting adverse drug reactions within a hospital setting: identification of discrepancies and information completeness

Rhiannon Braund, Courtney K Lawrence, Lindsay Baum, Brittany Kessler, Madison Vassart, Carolyn Coulter

A qualitative analysis of adolescents’ opinions of proactive long-acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) provision

Rebecca Duncan, Helen Paterson, Lynley Anderson, Neil Pickering

Doctors, drugs of dependence and discipline: a retrospective review of disciplinary decisions in New Zealand, 1997–2016

Katharine A Wallis, Susie Middleton

VIEWPOINT

The time has come for New Zealand to improve outcomes after emergency laparotomy

Katherine Broughton, Era Soukhin, Andrew R Moot, Ben Griffiths

CLINICAL CORRESPONDENCE

Hot tub lung: take a bathing history from the breathless

Dave A Duggan, Andrew G Stanley, Phil Shoemack

LETTER

Over and under? Ethnic inequities in community antibacterial prescribing

Scott Metcalfe, Sandhaya (Sandy) Bhawan, Meena Vallabh, Peter Murray, Catherine Proffitt, Greg Williams

100 YEARS AGO IN THE NZMJ

The Intolerance of Quinine in Influenza-Pneumonia Patients

G. Metcalfe Sharpe, M.B.

METHUSELAH

Effects of aspirin on risks of vascular events and cancer according to bodyweight and dose

OBITUARIES

John Gwyther Richards

Harold Bourne

BOOK REVIEWS

Fat Off; the Right Way—A clever and sustainable eating guide for weight loss and healthy living

Frank Frizelle

The Art of Recovery: six personal journeys

Frank Frizelle