General Practice

General practice.

Discussion paper 453 In Mt Journal this month 454 Supporting problem drug users: improving methadone maintenance in general practice Philip Wilson, Richard Watson and George E Ralston 456 Bad backs, good policy? Harry Hemingway and Gene Feder 458 Differences between general p*tices in hospital admission rates for selfinflicted injury and self-poisoning: influence of socioeconomic factors Trevor...

Situating general practice training in the general practice context.

Everyday General Practice Issues: Diagnosis and Treatment of Hemoptysis

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A Preliminary Investigation of Cast Anxiety in General Orthopaedic Practice

Background: Anxiety following casting is an unrecognised complication that results in frequent visits to fracture clinic in the UK. There is a paucity of research regarding this complication. Failure to recognise Cast Anxiety (CA) leads to increased visits, frequent cast changes and possible failure of treatment despite no objective problems with the cast. Prior research has suggested a possibl...

Prioritising general practice research.

1 GAbout 85% of the Australian population claim at least one general practice service from Medicare per year. Over 137 million such consultations were delivered by 33 279 general practitioners in 2014e15. In 2011e12, PHC spending was $50.6 billion (36.1% of total health expenditure), with $28.6 billion spent on predominantly general practice-based medical services and medications. Multiple stud...