Australian Journal of General Practice
Early identification of all skin cancers enables improved patient outcomes and results in a wider range of treatment options being available locally in general practice.
This study synthesises evidence regarding hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in primary care and identifies barriers and facilitators to surveillance.
Beliefs about the usefulness of initiatives to reduce opioid prescribing in clinical practice and autonomy in prescribing may be important considerations in driving compliance.
An updated overview of Burkholderia pseudomallei, the causative agent of melioidosis, including epidemiology, risk factors for infection, spectrum of clinical disease, diagnosis and management.
To prevent heat-related disease, GPs need to work across prevention levels to mitigate climate change, recognise vulnerable patients, and work with these patients to plan management strategies.
This fourth article in a series on communicable disease outbreaks introduces the larger legislative, executive and social framework within which health protection takes place.
There is concerning evidence that people with mental illness have poorer physical health and lower life expectancies than those without mental illness.
GPs do not routinely discuss sexual health with older patients, and they believe the responsibility for initiation of such discussions rests with the patients themselves.
Support for young people to access timely and appropriate sexual and reproductive health during the COVID-19 pandemic should be a priority for policymakers around the world.
International evidence suggests that systems with a focus on primary healthcare have better health outcomes and lower health costs.
With more than 25% of patients attending more than one general practice in the previous year, the quality and continuity of care for multiple practice attenders requires further investigation.
This article provides an overview of feminist principles for responding to mental distress in women, considering the connections between gender inequality and women’s mental health.
Online and digital aids could provide an effective means to help facilitate sexual health discussions with older patients in general practice, provided they are designed with the patient in mind.
Consumers with chronic medical conditions may not readily embrace Health Care Home practice redesign initiatives in Australia.
Text-based e-mental health programs may worsen the treatment gap for disadvantaged patients because of inherent high literacy requirements.