The postnatal visit is crucial for effective healthcare education, preventive medicine and treatment, and it occurs at a time of major life transition and increased need.
For those families for whom breastfeeding is difficult or contraindicated, advice on expressing and supplementing can aid parents to achieve their breastfeeding goals.
The postnatal period is a hugely rewarding part of clinical practice and potentially a time for establishing trusting and long-term therapeutic relationships in partnership with new parents.
Focuses on the behaviours and needs of infants whose mothers have BPD, including knowledge and skills for primary care practitioners to help these troubled families.
LactaMap aims to support general practitioners caring for women and infants requiring lactation support by delivering evidence-based lactation information in an accessible format at the point of care.
Exercise is a critical protective factor for most chronic medical conditions and is strongly recommended during pregnancy and the postpartum period.
Inflammatory bowel disease, comprising ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, commonly affects individuals of childbearing age.
This article provides a UK-based general practitioner’s perspective on shifting to a multidisciplinary model in primary care
Because death is one of life’s only certainties, as ‘specialists in life’ it is imperative for GPs to appreciate the multifaceted nature of death.
The inclusion of the lived experience of patients and carers as an integral component of clinical care provides an essential perspective.
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.
Barriers to general practice involvement in advance care planning and strategies for incorporating it into patient care are discussed.
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.
Not all preferences outlined in an individual’s advance care plan are implemented during their end-of-life care.