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Diagnostic challenges
October 2013 Vol 42 (10) 673–752
This month's articles include multiple myeloma, fibromyalgia, systematic lupus erythematosus, dual antiplatelet therapy, surviving an epidemic and asthma control.
Focus
Allan J Pollack, Janice Charles, Christopher Harrison, Helena Britt
Renee Eslick, Dipti Talaulikar
Emma Guymer, Geoffrey Littlejohn
When to consider and management options
Diane Apostolopoulos, Alberta Yik-Bun Hoi
Up front
From gold to shades of grey
Carolyn O’Shea
Clinical
Management in general practice
Rohan Jayasinghe, Ryan Markham, Geoffrey Adsett
A novel approach for the management of type 2 diabetes
Gary Kilov, Stephen Leow, Merlin Thomas
A general practice perspective
Shalini Arunogiri, Lea Foo, Matthew Frei, Dan I Lubman
Michael O’Sullivan, Andrew McLean-Tooke, Richard KS Loh
Case studies
Diogo Pereira, Patricia Machado, Paulo Morais
Handbook of Non Drug Intervention (HANDI) Project Team
Research
Enhancing team care within general practice
Penelope Abbott, Ann Dadich, Hassan Hosseinzadeh, Melissa Kang, Wendy Hu, Chris Bourne, Carolyn Murray, Jennifer Reath
Australian GPs on caring for people with HIV and AIDS in the early years
Christy E Newman, Robert Reynolds, Rebecca Gray, Peter Canavan, John De Wit, Marilyn McMurchie, Ronald McCoy, Michael R Kidd
GP and patient perspectives compared
Joan Henderson, Kerry L Hancock, Carol Armour, Christopher Harrison, Graeme C Miller
Professional
‘Give me a child until they are seven and I will show you the man’
Rae Thomas, Georga Cooke
Can a doctor refuse a person in need of urgent medical attention?
Jessica Dean, Patrick Mahar, Erwin Loh, Karinne Ludlow
Back pages
Melissa Tan