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On GP and NP role disputations

Martin Esser and Eileen McKinlay
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Two letters were sent to New Zealand Doctor Rata Aotearoa on the topic of how NPs and GPs fit into general practice
Martin Esser, specialist GP, Whangārei, Kia ora. Lucy O’Hagan’s article (“Nothing to gain by being anti-NP”, nzdoctor.co.nz, 10 March) in response to the role of NPs is unnecessarily inflamm
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