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Home-based palliative care

Home-based palliative care

23/10/2018

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.


Health coaching as a lifestyle medicine process in primary care

Health coaching as a lifestyle medicine process in primary care

26/09/2019

Health coaching is an integral part of lifestyle medicine that can be used to facilitate behaviour change in key lifestyle areas.


A function-focused approach in primary care for older people with functional decline: Making the most of reablement and restorative care

A function-focused approach in primary care for older people with functional decline: Making the most of reablement and restorative care

27/06/2019

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.


Quantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities

Quantifying the benefits and harms of various preventive health activities

23/11/2018

How should GPs and patients prioritise which preventive health activities to undertake?


Palliative sedation: A safety net for the relief of refractory and intolerable symptoms at the end of life

Palliative sedation: A safety net for the relief of refractory and intolerable symptoms at the end of life

19/11/2019

Primary care doctors may be asked about palliative sedation for a patient and can provide support to family members of patients who undergo palliative sedation.


Advance care decision making and planning

Advance care decision making and planning

30/10/2018

Barriers to general practice involvement in advance care planning and strategies for incorporating it into patient care are discussed.


Content and implementation of advance care plans: A retrospective cohort study

Content and implementation of advance care plans: A retrospective cohort study

26/04/2019

Not all preferences outlined in an individual’s advance care plan are implemented during their end-of-life care.


Health Care Homes and whole-person care: A qualitative study of general practitioners’ views

Health Care Homes and whole-person care: A qualitative study of general practitioners’ views

20/11/2019

General practitioners believe that principles underlying Medical Homes may support whole-person care, but aspects of the current Health Care Homes trial could impede this whole-person approach.


'False accountability’: The harmful consequences of bureaucratic rigour for aged care residents

31/10/2019

There is an overwhelming focus on documentation of organisational structures and care processes, detracting from what really matters – whether the wellbeing of residents has been achieved.


A large fungating skin lesion in an elderly nursing home resident

A large fungating skin lesion in an elderly nursing home resident

31/07/2020

A nursing home resident aged 80 years, when presenting for an influenza vaccination, was noted to have a large fungating lesion with rolled edges on the right side of his chest.


Whole-person care in general practice: Factors affecting the provision of whole-person care

Whole-person care in general practice: Factors affecting the provision of whole-person care

23/03/2020

Multiple factors related to the immediate, local and broader contexts of care, together with overarching factors, influence its provision.


Whole-person care in general practice: The doctor–patient relationship

Whole-person care in general practice: The doctor–patient relationship

20/02/2020

General practitioners viewed the doctor–patient relationship as foundational to whole-person care, facilitating knowledge of the patient, trust and management.


Whole-person care in general practice: The nature of whole-person care

Whole-person care in general practice: The nature of whole-person care

29/01/2020

The aim of this qualitative study was to determine how general practitioners understand whole-person care and its facilitators and barriers.


Surgical management of acute lacerations

Surgical management of acute lacerations

29/08/2019

A variety of suture techniques can be effectively employed for direct closure of acute lacerations.


Hyperglycaemic presentations in type 2 diabetes

Hyperglycaemic presentations in type 2 diabetes

26/04/2019

Hyperosmolar hyperglycaemic state is a potentially life-threatening metabolic derangement seen in type 2 diabetes, with early recognition and treatment essential to achieving a good outcome.

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