Discusses the role of GPs in identifying patients who may be at risk of or are experiencing elder abuse.

This article examines medicolegal pitfalls when assessing the decision-making capacity of cognitively impaired patients.

Many First Nations people of middle and older age have been directly affected by the Stolen Generations. A trauma-informed approach to dementia care is imperative.

This article uses the Sense of Safety Theoretical Framework to name processes that build sense of safety in healthy relationships. It enables recognition of patterns of coercive control.

General practitioners and practice nurses need to be provided with greater support and training to undertake the emotionally challenging role of mandated reporters of child abuse.

This article explores a generalist understanding of how trauma interacts with health, including the biology of trauma and the clinical implications of trauma-informed care.

There may be multiple reasons why older people are not able to effectively access or engage with health technologies despite their availability.

Further research and training are needed to ensure that telehealth is used optimally and equitably.

This Focus edition of AJGP overviews evidence-based pragmatic guidance on how GPs can identify and respond to a person who might be experiencing or using intimate partner violence.

This issue equips GPs to recognise, assess and respond to intimate partner violence and coercive control using evidence-based approaches to support patient safety and care.

These questions are based on the Focus articles in this issue. Please choose the single best answer for each question.

Evidence-based medicine has been the driver of healthcare research and changes in general practice.

Evidence-based medicine has been the driver of healthcare research and changes in general practice.

This article explores the challenges of identifying family members affected by intimate partner violence in primary care.

Responding appropriately to a carer’s concerns about a child’s sexual behaviours can increase the likelihood of carer engagement with appropriate supports in cases requiring specialist intervention.