Australian Journal of General Practice
Formerly Australian Family Physician (AFP)
COVID-19 has provided learning opportunities for medical students, supervisors and the public.
Challenges have been encountered in maintaining the Western Sydney University general practice program but effective strategies have been adopted to manage the impact of COVID-19.
The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with palliative care needs.
The ongoing economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic are likely to produce significant ongoing stresses for children and families.
This third article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks focuses on contact tracing, fondly known as ‘shoe-leather epidemiology’.
In times of disaster, domestic violence rates tend to increase. This is a concern in the context of COVID-19, which is a more prolonged crisis than most of those studied.
This second article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks focuses on case definitions, testing and early phases of a public health response.
As COVID-19 affects healthcare and social care systems around the world, reports of infection among healthcare and social care workers continue to accumulate.
Although COVID-19 primarily affects the respiratory system, cardiovascular involvement is common, especially in individuals who are severely ill.
As schools reopen as a result of low community transmission rates of COVID-19, parents and teachers will have understandable concerns about the risks to students and staff.
The capacity for grief literacy is something we all need to develop in the midst of this pandemic.
Coping theory is the best guideline we have to help ourselves, our teams and our patients survive these uncertain times.
Conjunctivitis may be a feature of COVID-19, with tears containing SARS-CoV-2 virus, and a source of potential transmission via aerosols.
In the wake of the current COVID-19 pandemic, nutrition care that focuses on food security is imperative.
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the Australian medical landscape, especially in relation to how we need to provide clinical care in general practice.