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The geography of large and relatively underpopulated countries like Australia makes it attractive to use increasingly cheap information technology to improve access to general practitioners. People are already using the internet to access many other services. However, there are some moderating influences on the use of video-consultations in general practice. These include technical limitations,...

By their universal character, general purpose microprocessors may be used to simulate arti cial neural networks. However, until now, they were not capable to perform these simulations in real-time. On the other hand, the computational power of these processors has tremendously increased recently. Thus, one may wonder whether up-to-date general purpose micro processors can simulate neural networ...

Research is themajor driving factor in further improving health care and should be directed at the clinical decisions that have the greatest impact on the health status of the population. Most people receive formal medical care in general practice, and GPs are in many countries the only physicians directly accessible to the public. Primary care is where research will contribute most to improve ...

STUDY OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to consider possible changes in the clinical activities of general practitioners whose patients are registered in a breast cancer screening programme. DESIGN The study was a survey based on completion of forms recording breast consultations carried out by participating general practitioners during a four week period. SETTING One of three intervention...

I n the last 3 years, we have witnessed exciting new developments in our understanding of anesthetic mechanisms. This editorial comments on the review by Sonner et al. (1) and describes recent key advances in the field. In a recent commentary I drew attention to the growing perception of the importance of ion channels, especially -aminobutyric acid (GABA)-A and N-methyl-daspartic acid (NMDA) re...

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