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Title Date
Prescribing Concerns 01 Jun 2008
Responding to Complaints 01 May 2008
Questions of Ethics 01 Apr 2008
Doctors who access child porn 26 Mar 2008
Communicating with patients 01 Mar 2008
Hospital Test Results OK? 13 Feb 2008
Midwifery Practice - Learning from Complaints 01 Feb 2008
Practising within legal boundaries 01 Feb 2008
To whom it may concern 24 Oct 2007
From Newshound to Watchdog - reflections on two years at HDC 01 Aug 2007
A dose of the wrong medicine 20 Jun 2007
Guidance on Open Disclosure Policies 22 Mar 2007
Mistakes in general practice
(pdf 1,968kb) 		01 Feb 2007
Taking a good history 06 Oct 2006
The bogeyman of defensive medicine 06 Sep 2006
Peddling products to patients 26 Jul 2006
Mediation - an HDC perspective 31 May 2006
Public watchdog 03 May 2006
Boundary lessons 22 Mar 2006
Getting it right with triage - no easy matter 26 Jan 2006
End-of-year reflections 30 Nov 2005
Vicariously yours? 05 Oct 2005
When is it time to retire? 27 Jul 2005
What do I need to know about 'informed consent'? 30 Jun 2005
Calling it quits - ending a doctor-patient relationship 15 Jun 2005
Cataract surgery: availability of public care 31 May 2005
Saying sorry 23 Mar 2005
Ovarian cancer and expert advice
(pdf 71kb) 		25 Feb 2005
Standards of practice 09 Feb 2005
Peace and goodwill from HDC 15 Dec 2004
Sort your own complaints! 03 Nov 2004
Vasectomy test results OK? 22 Sep 2004
Sex with patients - risky business 25 Aug 2004
Follow-up of specialist referrals 13 Aug 2004
Body parts - changing the Code of Patients' Rights 30 Jun 2004
Oral contraceptives and thrombosis 22 Jun 2004
Trial by media 19 May 2004
Sack the Commissioner! 03 Mar 2004
A veil of secrecy? 19 Feb 2004
Misdiagnosis - doctors in the dock 04 Feb 2004
Who do you think you are? 10 Dec 2003
Errors by an impaired GP 12 Nov 2003
Dying alone: SARS and the right to support 15 Oct 2003
The best of both worlds? 17 Sep 2003
GPs in the dock 23 Jul 2003
Kiwi docs are tops 25 Jun 2003
Broadcasting complaints lessons 28 May 2003
I can't afford that! 30 Apr 2003
A rural practice nightmare 12 Apr 2003
HDC and competence reviews 05 Mar 2003
Advantages of advocacy 05 Feb 2003
What a reception! 18 Sep 2002
Rights and responsibilities - a two-way street 16 Sep 2002
Child consent to a vaccine 24 Jul 2002
Sex, lies and deception 02 Jun 2002
Candour and the Code 02 May 2002
Getting the right medicine in a rest home 04 Apr 2002
Patient test results again 19 Mar 2002
Pitfalls of doctor shopping 14 Feb 2002
Merry Christmas, Mrs Malaprop 12 Feb 2002
The dangers of GP-hopping 11 Feb 2002
Good news about complaints 08 Feb 2002
Complaints - toxic treasure 24 Jan 2002
The role of mediation in health disputes 13 Dec 2001
Brickbats and bouquets 27 Nov 2001
Medication errors: who carries the can? 14 Nov 2001
Quotes and estimates 01 Oct 2001
The insistent patient 19 Sep 2001
Between a rock and a hard place 22 Aug 2001
Traps in repeat prescribing 27 Jul 2001
Children and quackery 13 Jun 2001
Naming advisors: pros and cons 30 May 2001
Information and impropriety 02 May 2001
Test results OK? 04 Apr 2001
Medico legal myth and reality 07 Feb 2001
Advocacy - here to help 15 Nov 2000
The role of the Director of Proceedings 18 Oct 2000
Guthrie tests and informed consent issues 19 Sep 2000
Taking care in after hours calls 23 Aug 2000
Emergency contraception - needs and wants 26 Jul 2000
Applying the Code to complementary therapies 28 Jun 2000
There but for the grace of God 25 Jun 2000
Under investigation by the Commissioner 29 May 2000
Informed consent and research: balancing interests 29 Apr 2000
Words of farewell 24 Mar 2000
Informed choice - not a matter of negotiation 28 Feb 2000
When the going gets tough 29 Dec 1999
For the record 12 Dec 1999
Who takes responsibility 29 Nov 1999
Don't forget to say hello 29 Sep 1999
As good as it gets 05 Sep 1999
Assumptions - here we go again 25 Aug 1999
Diabetes option has to be canvassed 30 Jul 1999
Women must have the choice to 'opt off' 29 Jun 1999
Lessons to be learnt 03 Jun 1999
Cooperation is the name of the game 05 May 1999
Know the limits of technology 29 Mar 1999
Pain in the butt 29 Mar 1999
Have your say!!! 03 Feb 1999
Code may require interpretation 21 Oct 1998
Advertising in the age of consumer empowerment 23 Aug 1998
Prevention is the best cure for the Code 26 Jul 1998
Stick to the 'road rules' to minimise harm 26 Jul 1998
Empowering patients with information 08 Jul 1998
A drug by any other name ... can cause confusion 01 Jul 1998
Cooperation the key 03 May 1998
Progress satisfactory patient well 11 Mar 1998
Consumer Rights Commissioner's focus 05 Mar 1998
The first year in retrospect 11 Jan 1998
Meningitis: the informed parent 29 Nov 1997
Disciplinary processes - who does what? 22 Oct 1997
Simplicity rules 29 Sep 1997
Patient centered medicine 24 Sep 1997
Stand up and be counted 29 Aug 1997
Lack of standards for referring patients to other providers 02 Jul 1997
Simple resolution of complaints - referrals to advocacy 28 Jun 1997
As the patient wishes 07 May 1997
Complaints - answers to some frequently asked questions 08 Apr 1997
When in Rome ... 12 Mar 1997
In my opinion: case notes from the Commissioner 12 Mar 1997
The letter of the law 11 Dec 1996
The Code of Rights - bridging the gaps 13 Nov 1996
The cyber GP - pluses and minuses 19 Sep 1996
Go ahead, make my day - complain 16 Sep 1996
Low GP awareness of the Code of Rights 21 Aug 1996
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