December edition of Australian Family Physician

Australian Family Physician (AFP) aims to provide relevant, evidence-based, clearly articulated information to Australian GPs to help them provide the highest quality patient care.

The December edition focuses on ‘Common problems in school-aged children’:
 
Focus
Acne in adolescents
Kurt Gebauer
 
Eczema management in school-aged children
Liz Leins, David Orchard
 
Depression in children
Julian Charles, Mandana Fazeli
 
Childhood constipation
Michelle Waterham, Jonathan Kaufman, Susan Gibb
 
Growth disorders in adolescents
Tashunka Taylor-Miller, Peter J Simm
 
Up front
Editorial: What is ‘normal’ in general practice?
Sarah Mansfield
 
Editorial: ICAN established by Australian doctors awarded Nobel Peace Prize
Margaret Beavis
 
Letters
 
Clinical
Management of bariatric patients beyond the scalpel
Natasha Yates, Victor Liew, Jen-Mari Mouton, Jenne Turner, Amanda White, Jack Smith
 
Research
The Australian Mid-West Coastal Marine Wound Infections Study
Andy Foote, Robert Henderson, Andrew Lindberg, Carolyn Grigg, Charlie Greenfield, Andrew B Kirke, Kirsten Auret
 
A mixed-methods feasibility study of routinely weighing patients in general practice to aid weight management
Andrew Bonney, Duncan MacKinnon, Stephen Barnett, Darren J Mayne, Bridget Dijkmans-Hadley, Karen Charlton
 
Psychological distress and risky sexual behaviours among women aged 16–25 years in Victoria, Australia
Nhuong T Nguyen, Asvini K Subasinghe, John D Wark, Nicola Reavley, Suzanne M Garland
 
Understanding the decision to commence a dose administration aid
Elsa Barton, Lydia Twining, Lucie Walters
 
Professional
You should get that mole checked out: Ethical and legal considerations of the unsolicited clinical opinion
Nikki R Adler, Patrick D Mahar, John W Kelly
 
Occupational violence and staff safety in general practice
Steven Moylan
 
Back pages
AFP reviewers 2017
 
Clinical challenge

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