General practitioners are in an ideal place to assist in the stabilising of the health of those in custody and maintenance of the health of those released from prison.
Australia’s outdated definition of obesity likely hinders management and contributes to the observed gap between clinical guidelines and current practice.
This study examined Medicare Benefits Schedule billing patterns by consultation length to estimate overcharging or undercharging by GPs, and the cost/savings to Medicare.
Establishing a culturally safe assessment of cultural safety, determined by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, should be prioritised as an essential component of registrar assessment.
General Practice Liaison staff undertake a range of activities to improve information flow, care processes and capacity across both sectors.
Healthcare providers value nutrition care, yet are limited by the healthcare system to provide comprehensive care to people with prediabetes.
Transgender people may seek healthcare for reasons unrelated to gender, but they are often negatively impacted by structural and interpersonal discrimination in health settings.
The past 15 years have witnessed an escalating interest in the role of the general practitioner with special interest in Australia and other countries.
Despite international consensus regarding the judicious use of diagnostic spinal imaging, patients continue to be over-referred.
There are multiple resources available to primary health practitioners to improve their communication with refugee and asylum seeker patients.
An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.
General practice is absolutely central to national and local responses to COVID-19 in Australia, and the nation is building a response on the basis of its very strong system of primary healthcare.
In scoping the emerging literature on COVID-19 during 2020 and considering its policy relevance, we identified six emerging challenges that highlight the importance of the five principles.
The role of Primary Care Teams in Abu Dhabi has been essential, and they have made a valuable contribution to the population, in managing COVID-19.
As COVID-19 affects healthcare and social care systems around the world, reports of infection among healthcare and social care workers continue to accumulate.