New methods of detecting and treating spinal muscular atrophy can be increasingly complex to navigate for both healthcare professionals and at-risk families.
This paper reviews the literature from the social sciences concerning the social, cultural, political, and economic implications of evidence-based medicine.
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 paper describes a step-by-step approach to ethics applications for research projects in primary care for new and inexperienced researchers and those new to primary care research.
This article explores GP referrals to other health professionals and aims to describe a doctor’s medicolegal obligations and responsibilities when making a referral.
Electronic health records have high potential to contribute to research and policy that benefits both individual patients and the broader community.
GPs need to know common sources of bias in evidence and information arising from industry-sponsored work so that they can detect bias and minimise its influence on their clinical practice.
Exploring our lives, as GPs, outside the clinic.
This article discusses the significant role of medical certificates in patient care.
This study aims to provide a general overview of immunotherapy and irAEs, highlighting common clinical scenarios and general principles of management.
Student perspectives of value-adding on general practice placements may enable general practice supervisors to facilitate placements that maximise these benefits.
Learning in the medical workplace is a complex process that includes apprenticeship learning, role modelling and construction of knowledge.
Most GPs surveyed had used a placebo in practice at least once, with active placebos (active treatments used primarily to generate positive expectations) more commonly used than inert placebos.
Students’ perceptions of family medicine were positive, but their interests in and intention to pursue a career in family medicine were still low after a clinical rotation.