Reaching blood pressure targets in patients with chronic kidney disease is a challenge, but can be more easily achieved with greater continuity of care.
This paper reviews the literature from the social sciences concerning the social, cultural, political, and economic implications of evidence-based medicine.
Medical students report substantially less contact time with general practice registrars than with registrars in other, hospital-based specialties.
This article reviews nutritional considerations in patients who drink at risky levels or have alcohol dependence. It aims to enhance GPs’ awareness of nutritional considerations in this patient group.
GPs can provide factual information about the risks and benefits of treatment in order to assist this process, but are advised to avoid taking sides.
This study examined Medicare Benefits Schedule billing patterns by consultation length to estimate overcharging or undercharging by GPs, and the cost/savings to Medicare.
Responding to the pandemic, ACCHOs in many locations increased the number and type of services they were delivering via telehealth, particularly for general practice–related services.
It is estimated that 600,000 Australians currently self-medicate with cannabis, with chronic pain a leading indication for such use.
It is important for medical students to learn how to conduct sound medical research by implementing their own research projects.
This research identifies current tensions within Australian general practice training and potential solutions to these tensions.
Acne is seen by registrars at a rate similar to that of their established general practitioner colleagues, but with modest continuity of care in its management.
Gender difference exists in general practice trainees’ frequency of performing procedures related to women’s reproductive health.
Medicinal cannabis is generally well tolerated, but the science related to its potential adverse effects is in its infancy.
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.
Despite recent exponential growth in research on familial hypercholesterolaemia, there remains a general lack of public and health professional awareness about the disorder.