Australian Journal of General Practice
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Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice. The Focus articles featured in this issue discuss the management of pigmented skin lesions in general practice.
Clinical
Assessing pigmented lesions on patients, including opportunistically, is an important part of patient care and can make a significant difference to patient health.
Punch biopsy is a poor diagnostic modality for clinically suspicious pigmented lesions.
Clinician/pathologist communication is important for accurate diagnosis of melanocytic skin tumours.
Editorial
Skin cancer medicine is a core component of Australian general practice and is consistently in the top 10 conditions managed.
Letters
Readers express their opinions on published articles and topics of interest.
A guide to the management of commonly encountered laryngectomy stoma complications within the general practice setting.
Case Study
A girl aged 2.5 years presented to her general practitioner with a firm lump on her left jaw.
Dengue is a common cause of fever and rash in returned travellers from South-East Asia.
Research
Regular contraceptive review should take account of the fact that women’s reasons for use may shift between contraceptive and non-contraceptive purposes.
An investigative study into whether using the Modified Centor Criteria reduces antibiotic prescribing in a general practice setting.
Practice managers are well placed to model and teach professional behaviour, and their skills should be further used in educating general practice registrars.
Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.
This article has been retracted by the Australian Journal of General Practice.
Clinical challenge
The clinical challenge for this issue is no longer available.