Should I provide my patient with a character reference? SPONSORED: The seemingly simple request can raise a number of complex questions, particularly if you do not know the person very well.
GPs with double lives: Medico-legal advisers When doctors face the complexities of a medico-legal issue, Dr Sara Bird and Dr Owen Bradfield use their GP credentials to make it digestible.
The hidden dangers of ‘corridor consultations’ SPONSORED: They may seem harmless, but GPs must carefully manage any clinical interactions they have with colleagues.
How can GPs respond to online abuse and cyberbullying? Doctors are no strangers to negative comments, but there are options available when lines are crossed and online behaviour becomes menacing, harassing or offensive.
Proposed Privacy Act changes could disadvantage young patients Young patients could face barriers when accessing general practice services if a new Government proposal to tighten privacy laws comes into effect.
How can GPs best end a therapeutic relationship? Aggressive or lovelorn patients are common reasons why GPs may need to transfer care.
New compliance letters to target bulk billing incentive items A crackdown on bulk billing incentive items is part of what medicolegal experts dub an ‘increasing compliance program’.
Can they really say that? GPs and online reviews Dr Steven Kaye talks about helping GPs on the thorny question of how to respond – or not – to patients’ online comments.
The role GPs and coroners can play in reducing preventable deaths in aged care homes GPs need not be apprehensive when working with the coroner’s system.