Primary healthcare, with its established principles and multisectoral approach, is an ideal mechanism to provide support and care in response to health threats.
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its resulting city lockdowns, mass quarantines and social isolation worldwide, has uniquely highlighted the importance of mental health.
This is a case study on toxic epidermal necrolysis.
As patients on methadone age, their likelihood for developing diseases requiring new medications places them at risk of life-threatening drug interactions.
Limited awareness of the time-critical nature of this potentially life-threatening presentation has been reported in multiple triage settings.
An explainer on health economic concepts relevant to current general practice funding reform debates.
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.