The benefits of a strong doctor–patient relationship obtained through continuity of care should not be lost as our health system becomes more complex.
Care in the 21st century demands better outcomes through more comprehensive data to enhance the provider’s ability to deliver care and increase the patient’s involvement in their own healthcare.
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.
There are multiple resources available to primary health practitioners to improve their communication with refugee and asylum seeker patients.
Recent technology-related changes in the practice of medicine will have a profound effect on both the provision and measurement of continuity.
This paper examines the importance of, and challenges in, measuring and promoting continuity of care in Australia.
Reaching blood pressure targets in patients with chronic kidney disease is a challenge, but can be more easily achieved with greater continuity of care.
Complex spinal pain interdisciplinary assessment in a primary care setting shows reasonable long-term outcomes comparable to more intensive interventions.
MND is a group of neurodegenerative disorders best managed using a multidisciplinary approach, with the general practitioner as an integral part of the team.
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.
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.
This paper synthesises evidence-based frameworks of palliative care with other resources to guide GPs in the systematic delivery of high-quality, home-base palliative care.
This project discusses a model of care for safe and effective management of tuberculosis infection.