Primary care street services vital in filling health gaps for marginalised patients A study to measure multimorbidity among patients of a street-based general practice clinic in WA reveals the value of these services to marginalised populations.
Helping mothers with borderline personality disorder urgent task: Review People with borderline personality disorder often live in fear of abandonment, and their relationships are often chaotic. But it can be even harder when those people become parents.
Using screening tools to tackle elder abuse People become more vulnerable as they age. But how do healthcare professionals detect abuse of older patients?
April 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.
Identifying zoonotic causes of a common disease Public health physician Dr Kathryn Taylor told newsGP that presentations related to zoonotic diseases may be more prevalent than commonly thought.
March 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 available online.
Motivational interviewing and helping to manage the complexity of multimorbidity Motivational interviewing techniques present GPs with an alternative to ‘assess and advise’ when working with patients experiencing multimorbidity.
Detecting coeliac disease in general practice Timely diagnosis of coeliac disease presents healthcare professionals with a number of challenges, but GPs are vital to the effort.
Chronic disease, multimorbidity and GPs’ role in team-based care GPs should play a central role on a healthcare team within the system of chronic disease management, Professor Mark Harris, GP and Professor of General Practice at the University of New South Wales told newsGP.
First issue of Australian Journal of General Practice now available The first issue of the Australian Journal of General Practice, the RACGP’s peer-reviewed scholarly journal, is now available online.