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

An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.

To prevent heat-related disease, GPs need to work across prevention levels to mitigate climate change, recognise vulnerable patients, and work with these patients to plan management strategies.

In planning models of care for patients with non-communicable diseases, differences and commonalities must be considered.

Pharmaceutical industry interactions with professional medical associations have come under scrutiny, yet industry ties among the leadership of these associations are often overlooked.

This article investigates skin health in urban-living Aboriginal children and young people presenting to primary care.

This paper aims to equip GPs with evidence-based strategies to prevent and mitigate heat‑related illnesses.

There is concerning evidence that people with mental illness have poorer physical health and lower life expectancies than those without mental illness.

GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.

Support for young people to access timely and appropriate sexual and reproductive health during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a priority for policymakers around the world.

International evidence suggests that systems with a focus on primary healthcare have better health outcomes and lower health costs.

With more than 25% of patients attending more than one general practice in the previous year, the quality and continuity of care for multiple practice attenders requires further investigation.

This article provides an overview of feminist principles for responding to mental distress in women, considering the connections between gender inequality and women’s mental health.

Online and digital aids could provide an effective means to help facilitate sexual health discussions with older patients in general practice, provided they are designed with the patient in mind.

Providing care for key reproductive life stages (preconception, after miscarriage and at medical termination) is discussed. A program for enhancing responses to domestic violence is also explored.