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Maintaining health and function into older age is a priority for patients, clinicians and policy-makers. The Focus articles in this issue discuss the care of ageing patients in general practice.
Research
There is a need to enhance aged care exposure for general practice registrars in ways that build on the competence of registrars and the trust in registrars by older patients and supervisors.
Clinical
General practitioners are well positioned to take a comprehensive approach to the management of functional decline in older people, aided by a range of funded programs.
This qualitative study presents a first look at how Australian general practitioners think about and act on frailty in daily practice.
Comorbidities, multimorbidity and frailty are increasingly becoming a major focus of care as a result of the ageing population of people with human immunodeficiency virus.
Most men who present with non-specific androgen deficiency–like symptoms have functional gonadal axis suppression due to ill health.
Menopause is an opportune time for clinicians to assess and promote health, and provide balanced information about treatment choices for symptomatic women.
Editorial
Maintaining health and function into older age is a priority for patients, clinicians and policy-makers.
Letters
Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.
Case Study
Scrotal calcinosis is a benign condition characterised by the progressive appearance of solitary or multiple calcified, painless nodules on the scrotum.
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction is an emerging global epidemic that requires increased awareness among the primary healthcare community.
Text-based e-mental health programs may worsen the treatment gap for disadvantaged patients because of inherent high literacy requirements.
This study shows the importance of health screening for new arrival refugees, including screening for infectious diseases, nutritional and vitamin deficiencies, chronic disease and mental health.
There are key gaps in general practitioners’ knowledge and confidence about identifying and responding to men’s use of violence in relationships.
Professional
Clinical photography is a fundamental component of visually oriented medical fields.
Clinical challenge
This clinical challenge is based on this month’s Focus articles. To complete this activity, go to gplearning and log in with the username and password you use to log in to the RACGP website.