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GPReview July 2009 Volume 13 Number 3
The July edition of GPReview looks at how GPs
and the nation as a whole will cope with the predicted surge in dementia
numbers over the coming decades; the link between the global financial
crisis and mental health issues; the college’s new GP Pathway program;
Dr Jenni Parsons’ trip to China to witness the beginnings of Chinese
general practice; a Melbourne based doctor’s posting in the Katherine;
coming to grips with youth depression; how to ask the right questions as
a facilitator; two Australian GPs’ trip to Vanuatu to teach mental
health skills; and how the annual cycle of care helps with the treatment
of diabetes. In the July edition’s complementary vs conventional
feature, our two GPs take a look at osteoarthritis.
News & Views: Financial fears fuel health problems
The complex link between economic crisis and ill health
News & Views: Finding a GP in China
Dr Jenni Parsons, Editor in Chief of AFP, visits China and witnesses the beginnings of Chinese general practice
News & Views: Complementary vs conventional medicine
Two GPs offer different treatment approaches to osteoarthritis
News & Views: Bytes from BEACH
Joan Henderson, Helena Britt, Graeme Miller
GPs’ use of computers in clinical practice
News & Views: Mixed budget results for GPs
Tony Bongiorno, Director of the Bongiorno Group, on what the recent budget means for GPs
Cover: Facing the tsunami
Recent projections show Australia is facing a ‘dementia tsunami’, with a doubling of the number of diagnosed cases expected in the next two decades. So what does this mean for dementia patients, their families and carers, and GPs?
QA&CPD: International medical graduates – a journey into general practice
Helping IMGs make their way into Australian practice
QA&CPD: Asking the right questions
Questioning that promotes a systems based approach to patient safety
Travels: Mental health in Vanuatu
Dr Jill Benson
Two Australian GPs head to Vanuatu to teach mental health skills
History: What did we do before PPIs?
Dr David Dammery
The long, strange history of indigestion treatment, from Ancient Greece to today
GPnetwork: Asthma myth busting
Siobhan Brophy Communications Manager, National Asthma Council Australia
Dispelling common asthma misconceptions in general practice
GPnetwork: Demystifying the annual cycle of care
Jenny Matthews and Andrea Sanders, registered nurses and credentialed diabetes educators, Diabetes Australia–Queensland
The importance of the annual cycle of care in diabetes management