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.
The past 15 years have witnessed an escalating interest in the role of the general practitioner with special interest in Australia and other countries.
Although not all women undergoing mastectomy will desire or choose breast reconstruction, it is important that all women have the opportunity to make an informed choice.
MND is a group of neurodegenerative disorders best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with the general practitioner as an integral part of the team.
Australia’s outdated definition of obesity likely hinders management and contributes to the observed gap between clinical guidelines and current practice.
An overview of prostate cancer patient support programs in Australia to help general practitioners direct patient referrals and optimise clinical care.
Health coaching is an integral part of lifestyle medicine that can be used to facilitate behaviour change in key lifestyle areas.
Respiratory tract and sleep disorders – including obstructive sleep apnoea, difficult-to-treat asthma in adults, and insomnia – are commonly encountered in general practice.
The connection between sleep and health has been recognised for centuries, but it is only relatively recently that the treatment of sleep disorders has developed as a medical specialty.
This study shows the importance of sharing and learning from policy differences.
Living with haemochromatosis is an individual journey that requires consistent, medically supported self-management guided by a positive attitude and awareness of the condition.
There are multiple resources available to primary health practitioners to improve their communication with refugee and asylum seeker patients.
A man aged 60 years presented with an irregularly shaped erythematous scalp plaque with a 5 cm diameter.
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.