DoH cautions pilgrims and doctors to be aware of Middle Eastern Respiratory Syndrome The Department of Health has issued a preventive health warning for people travelling to the Middle East, and for the doctors who will treat them.
Managing chronic pain: Different approaches to a complex issue Chronic pain affects one in five Australians. newsGP spoke with a patient and a GP about some of the best ways to tackle the situation.
Who are the hidden victims of drug dependence? Parents What can GPs do to help parents with children who are dependent on drugs?
Greg Hunt proposes changes to reporting scheme to help address medicine shortages The Federal Health Minister wants to make the reporting scheme mandatory rather than voluntary, with legal definitions of medicine shortage and penalties for non-compliance.
The RACGP’s Green Book: Putting prevention into practice The new third edition of the RACGP’s Putting prevention into practice: Guidelines for the implementation of prevention in the general practice setting is now available, providing GPs and practice teams with a framework for implementing preventive medicine.
June issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The latest issue of the Australian Journal of General Practice, the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal, is now available online.
When is the treatment worse than the disease? New research shows GPs can help patients avoid opioids for chronic non-cancer pain. Dr Hester Wilson, Chair of the RACGP’s Specific Interests Addiction Medicine network, considers how.
Genetics and ethics: Do doctors have a duty of care to a patient’s relatives? Dr Chris Hogan writes for newsGP about the ethics of informing a patient’s family members of a heritable disease.
Unfounded claims about complementary medicine put patients in danger: RACGP Proposed legislation to legalise un-scientific claims on complementary medicines will place Australian patients at risk and must not come into force, Chair of the RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care Dr Evan Ackermann told newsGP.
With no medication treatment regimen to help people quit ice, what can GPs do? The use of ice – a purer, more potent form of methamphetamine – has captured the attention of the Australian public.