This article provides a framework for interpreting paired Ross River virus and Barmah Forest virus serology results in an environment where numerical antibody titres are not routinely provided.

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.

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.

Young people experience higher rates of sexually transmissible infections and lower screening rates than the general population in Australia.

Latent tuberculosis, vitamin deficiency, parasitic infestation and hepatitis B are common among newly arrived refugees in Australia referred to a tertiary centre.

Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.

This paper quantifies the burden of high psychological distress in primary carers of Australians with disability and identifies modifiable factors to improve mental healthcare in this population.

Prescribing drugs to reduce the risk of cancer is a new development in primary cancer prevention.

A positive attitude and a sense of perceived behavioural control contribute to successful haemochromatosis self-management with doctors playing an important part.

This guideline fills a gap in the existing general practice literature relating to suicide.

Practice managers are well placed to model and teach professional behaviour, and their skills should be further used in educating general practice registrars.

This paper evaluates the efficacy, indications, outcomes and long-term considerations of bariatric surgery.

The use of medical cannabis is an area of great interest for both general practitioners and patients and is an area of extensive ongoing research and legislative evolution.

The use of medical cannabis is an area of great interest for both general practitioners and patients and is an area of extensive ongoing research and legislative evolution.

A lifetime of general practice brings with it the privilege of acquired wisdom. We swim in uncertainty and have learned to work within its scope.