Australian Journal of General Practice
In two recent cases, Australian courts considered the role of professional guidelines in establishing whether doctors had met the required standard of care in a medical negligence claim.
This article outlines the key steps a health practice can take towards managing its compliance with privacy laws and data breach notification requirements.
Technology such as social media can open up opportunities to engage, educate and inform; however, it is important to recognise that doctors’ legal and professional obligations apply online.
When an error leads to possible patient harm and a complaint, the impact on doctors and patients can be profound.
Primary healthcare, ideally delivered through Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services, can play a part in preventing alcohol-related harm in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
Conflicting advice causes great confusion and/or alarm for pregnant or breastfeeding women, who want the best for their babies.
This paper reviews the literature from the social sciences concerning the social, cultural, political, and economic implications of evidence-based medicine.
AJGP would like to thank all of our 2018 reviewers for their generous contribution to the journal.
Care in the 21st century demands better outcomes through more comprehensive data to enhance the provider’s ability to deliver care and increase the patient’s involvement in their own healthcare.
This paper examines the importance of, and challenges in, measuring and promoting continuity of care in Australia.
This article reviews the challenges of developing a workforce of trained general practitioners for primary care in Pakistan and proposes solutions to address the gap.
Morgan’s organisational metaphors are one example of a management conceptual model that might help us illuminate the prisms of presupposition and assumption that we hold about organisations.
GPs will need to adapt rapidly to change, seizing opportunities offered by disruptive technology in a globalised world affected by climate change.
We need to count what counts if we want to ensure modern workforce approaches can indeed produce a fit-for-purpose generalist workforce that is able to meet the needs of the communities we serve.
The focus is shifting to how best to enable GPs to deliver effective, efficient and equitable care.