Cancer pain is one of the most common and problematic symptoms faced in palliative care.

Barriers to general practice involvement in advance care planning and strategies for incorporating it into patient care are discussed.

An overview of the investigation and management of thyroid nodules in general practice.

This paper synthesises evidence-based frameworks of palliative care with other resources to guide GPs in the systematic delivery of high-quality, home-base palliative care.

Hair loss in children aged 12 years and younger is most often due to a benign or self-limiting condition.

The safe and timely removal of foreign bodies ensures good patient outcomes and limits complications.

This article reviews best practice medication management of type 2 diabetes mellitus in residential aged care facilities and highlights practical details for clinicians providing care for residents.

MND is a group of neurodegenerative disorders best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with the general practitioner as an integral part of the team.

General practitioners have a key role in coordinating the care of patients with incisional hernia, in terms of detection, referral and optimisation of contributory comorbidities.

Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.

Assessment and surveillance for developmental dysplasia of the hip (DDH) in the general practice setting may help to reverse a trend of increasing late-diagnosed DDH cases in Australia.

Botulinum neurotoxin is an effective treatment for various movement disorders that are disabling and frequently under-recognised.

Medications may be used in conjunction with non-pharmacological treatments to manage cognition, function and behaviour in people with Alzheimer’s disease.

The demographic transition in the general practice patient population necessitates that general practitioners take a bigger role in diagnosing dementia.

With the advent of new treatments, the outcomes of myeloma have changed drastically in the past decade.