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GPReview May 2009 Volume 13 Number 2
The May edition of GPReview looks at the strange
and perplexing things GPs sometimes get asked; the release of the
seventh edition of the college’s ‘red book’; the college's response to
the Maternity Services review; the neglected health needs of people with
intellectual disabilities; a new initiative to make general practice a
safer place; treating abuse and violence in general practice; general
practitioners as clinical teachers; one GP's trip back through medical
history in Berlin; and how patients with asthma can fight the flu
season. The May edition also includes the a new regular feature in which
two GPs – one based more in complementary medicine, the other in
conventional medicine – talk about how they would respond to different
typical presentations.
News & Views: Complementary vs conventional medicine
Two GPs offer different treatment approaches to common patient presentations.
News & Views: GP’s intellectual disability rallying cry
One GPs’ campaign to have the health needs of intellectually disabled people recognised.
News & Views: Bytes from BEACH
Janice Charles, Lisa Valenti and Associate Professor Helena Britt
Older GPs – the changing demographic of the Australian GP workforce
News & Views: Taxing but necessary
Tony Bongiorno, Director of the Bongiorno Group, on the ‘three Ps’ of tax time for GPs.
Cover: Beyond the call of duty
General practitioners may be generalists, but many things they get asked extend far beyond the realm of their expertise.
QA&CPD: Practice nursing and QA&CPD
How practice nurses can benefit from ongoing CPD.
QA&CPD: GPs as clinical teachers
Enabling and supporting GPs as educators through QA&CPD.
Travels: What price Geist?
Ronald McCoy
A doctor’s visit to the birthplace of germ theory in Berlin.
History: What did we do before ACE inhibitors?
Dr David Dammery
From Indian snakeroot to calcium, the treatment of raised blood pressure has come a long way.
GPnetwork: Commencing insulin – what the patient needs to know
Kirrily Male, Credentialed Diabetes Educator, Diabetes South Australia
Helping patients get the facts on insulin
GPnetwork: Fighting the flu season
Dr Kerry Hancock, Chair, GP Asthma Group, National Asthma Council Australia
Colds and flu can be serious for children with asthma