Acknowledgements
The Silver Book Expert Advisory Group gratefully acknowledges the expert reviewers and representatives from the organisations who contributed scholarly feedback.
Reviewers
Dr Catherine Andronis
General Practitioner, AccessHC
Dr James Antoniadis
General Practitioner and Psychodynamic Psychotherapist, Kew, Victoria
Dr Adelaide Boylan
General Practitioner, Tea Tree Gully’s Pioneer Medical Centre; Lecturer in Simulation, University of Adelaide
Scientia Professor Henry Brodaty
Scientia Professor, Ageing and Mental Health, University of New South Wales; Consultant Psychogeriatrician, Aged Care Psychiatry and Head of the Memory Disorders Clinic, Prince of Wales Hospital; Director, Dementia Collaborative Research Centre (Assessment and Better Care); Co-Director, Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing at UNSW; President, International Psychogeriatric Association
Dr Paul Burgess
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Clinical Director, Coordinated Care, Strategic Primary Health Care, Top End Health Service
Associate Professor Alvin Chong
Principal Dermatologist, Ivanhoe Dermatology Clinic; Dermatologist, St Vincent’s Hospital; Associate Professor, University of Melbourne; Head, Transplant Dermatology Clinic, Skin and Cancer Foundation Victoria
Dr Philip Clarke
Dermatologist, Launceston Dermatologist; Visiting Medical Practitioner (Dermatology), Launceston General Hospital; Clinical Lecturer (Dermatology), University of Tasmania
Continence Foundation of Australia
Associate Professor Charlie Corke
President, College of Intensive Care of Australia and New Zealand; Intensive Care Specialist, Barwon Health
Dr Gary Deed
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Chair, RACGP Specific Interests – Diabetes Network; Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Monash University
Dementia Australia
Dr Jagdeesh Singh Dhaliwal
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; General Practitioner and Clinical Director, Aged Care GP
Professor Peter Ebeling, AO
Head, Department of Medicine, School of Clinical Sciences, Monash Health; Director, Australian Institute of Musculoskeletal Science
Dr Rohan Elliott
Senior Pharmacist, Aged Care and Research, Austin Health; Adjunct Associate Professor, Monash University
Dr Paul Fishburn
General Practitioner and Founder, Skin Cancer Centre
Dr Matthew Grant
Palliative Medicine Physician, St Vincent's Hospital; Research Fellow, VCCC Palliative Medicine Research Group
Professor Malcolm Hopwood
Ramsay Health Care Professor of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne; President, Asian Federation of Psychiatric Associations; Past President, Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
Dr Claire Hepper
General Practitioner, Creswick Medical Centre
Associate Professor Rowena Ivers
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Research Fellow, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney; Member, RACGP NSW&ACT Council
Professor Susan Kurrle
Director, Cognitive Decline Partnership Centre, Faculty of Medicine and Health; Curran Professor, Health Care of Older People, Northern Clinical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health
Associate Professor Lee-Fay Low
Associate Professor, Ageing and Health; NHMRC Boosting Dementia Research Leadership Fellow; Head of Discipline, Behavioural and Social Sciences in Health, University of Sydney
Dr Mary Beth MacIsaac
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; General Practitioner, North West Medical Practice; Member, RACGP NSW&ACT Council
Professor Geoff Mitchell
Professor, General Practice, Primary Care Clinical Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Queensland; General Practitioner, Limestone Medical Centre
Dr Michael Montalto
Senior Medical Consultant, Hospital in the Home, Epworth Hospital Richmond
Associate Professor Mark Morgan
Chair, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Associate Dean, External Engagement, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
Dr Joan Ostaszkiewicz
Registered Nurse; Research Fellow, Centre for Quality and Patient Safety Research, Barwon Health Partnership
Dr Amy Page
Lead Pharmacist, Rehabilitation Aged and Community Care Services, Alfred Health; NHMRC Early Career Fellow, Monash University
Painaustralia
Associate Professor John Pyne
Dermatologist
Ms Robyn Saunders
Consultant Pharmacist, MediCom, Medication Management Services
Dr Magdalena Simonis
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; General Practitioner, St Kilda Road Medical Centre; President, Victorian Medical Women’s Society; Honorary Research Fellow, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne; Member, Strategy and Policy Committee, Breast Cancer Network Australia; Board Member, National Hearing Health Advisory
Dr Michael Tam
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Staff Specialist, Academic Primary and Integrated Care Unit, South Western Sydney Local Health District and Ingham Institute of Applied Medical Research; Conjoint Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales
Dr Marguerite Tracy
Member, RACGP Expert Committee – Quality Care; Senior Lecturer, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney
Dr Margaret Winbolt
Registered Nurse; Director, Dementia Training Australia; Senior Research Fellow, Australian Institute for Primary Care and Ageing, Australian Centre for Evidence Based Aged Care
Associate Professor Michael Woodward
Director, Aged Care, Austin Hospital; Geriatrician, Donvale Rehabilitation Hospital; Past President, Australian Wound Management Association; Editor, Wound Practice and Research; Editor, Geriatric Therapeutics, Journal of Pharmacy Practice and Research
Previous editions
The Silver Book Expert Advisory Group gratefully acknowledges past authors, editors, reviewers and representatives from the organisations who contributed scholarly feedback for the first four editions of the Silver Book.
Conflicts of interest
This publication has been produced in accordance with the rules and processes outlined in the RACGP Conflict of Interest Policy