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• Guidelines for preventive activities in general practice 9th edition
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• Medical care of older persons in residential aged care facilities (Silver Book)
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• Putting prevention into practice (Green Book)
• Clinical guidance for MRI referral
• Clinical guidelines for musculoskeletal diseases (OA, RA, JIA, OP)
• National guide to a preventive health assessment for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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• Guidelines for interprofessional collaboration between general practitioners and other medical specialists providing video consultations
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• General practice management of type 2 diabetes
• Implementation guidelines for video consultations in general practice
• Managing pandemic 
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• Prostate cancer screening
• Smoking, nutrition, alcohol, physical activity (SNAP)
• Supporting smoking cessation: a guide for health professionals
• Prescribing drugs of dependence in general practice
• e-Mental health

• Contents
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• Preamble
  • Disclaimer
  • Content Advisory Group
  • Acknowledgements
  • Endorsements
  • Evidence for recommendations
  • Summary of July 2014 changes
• Introduction
• Tobacco smoking: the scope of the problem
• The role of health professionals
• The 5 As structure for smoking cessation
• Nicotine addiction
• Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
  • Pharmacotherapy for smoking cessation
  • First line pharmacotherapy options
  • Nicotine replacement therapy
  • Varenicline
  • Bupropion
• Other pharmacotherapy options
  • Nortriptyline
  • Future options
• Behavioural and advice-based support for smoking cessation
  • Brief motivational advice from health professionals
  • Group or individual counselling
  • Telephone counselling and quitlines
  • Self-help materials
  • Ineffective approaches to smoking cessation
  • Unproven approaches to smoking cessation
• Smoking reduction rather than smoking cessation
• Relapse
• Smoking cessation in high-prevalence populations
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse groups
• Smoking cessation in populations with special needs
  • Pregnant and breastfeeding women
  • Adolescents and young people
  • People with mental illness
  • People with other substance use problems
  • People in prison
  • People with smoking-related diseases
• Secondhand smoke
• Resources and References
  • Resources for health professionals
• Appendices
  • Appendix 1. Summary of evidence and recommendations
  • Appendix 3. Effect of smoking abstinence on medications
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