Australian Journal of General Practice
The Focus articles in this month's issue explore a range of endocrine diseases that can be difficult to diagnose due to the oftentimes-vague symptoms.
While Australian general practitioners gain most of their income from direct patient interactions, they also spend time attending to professional or practice responsibilities.
An investigative study into whether using the Modified Centor Criteria reduces antibiotic prescribing in a general practice setting.
This article highlights the key diagnostic and management principles of female stress urinary incontinence in general practice and discusses management options.
This article investigates the prevalence of chronic pain in a rural setting and the use of specialist pain clinics and examines factors associated with well-managed pain.
This editorial highlights and champions the success of general practice in enhancing the lives of all Australians and supporting those in need.
The science behind the management of athletes with injury or illness has exploded over the past two decades.
This study highlights the triumphs and gaps in asthma management during the COVID-19 pandemic and the vulnerability of existing asthma care systems to disruption.
This is a case study on toxic epidermal necrolysis.
Dysmenorrhoea is the most common gynaecologic condition affecting people assigned female at birth. This article discusses the management of dysmenorrhoea in a primary care setting.
This article provides a comprehensive guide to managing acute presentations that might arise in primary care settings following common rhinology surgeries.
The differing cognitive frameworks and life experiences of GPs have brought varied approaches to problem solving and patient engagement into the profession.
General practice represents the synergy between mechanistic and humanistic cognitive paradigms – promoting the best of science and technology, while placing the patient and their welfare centrally.
The aim of this article is to update GPs on how to screen patients for eating disorders across the entire weight spectrum and to diagnose, treat and monitor patients with binge eating disorder.