BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Stroke represents the third-leading cause of death in Western society. Prompt and appropriate intervention for those with stroke or at risk of stroke is highly dependent on general practitioners' (GPs') knowledge and referral practices. METHODS We randomly selected 490 eligible GPs from New South Wales, Australia, to complete our self-administered questionnaire. Case sc...

OBJECTIVE General practitioners (GPs) are highly underutilised in China with many patients going directly to hospitals when seeking routine care. Multiple countries around the world have successfully used GPs in routine care, and as such, China may benefit from the use of GPs. This study examines the status of, and factors associated with, knowledge related to GPs among outpatient populations f...

BACKGROUND A cluster randomised trial was conducted to determine the effectiveness of locally adapted practice guidelines and education about paediatric asthma management, delivered to general practitioners (GPs) in small group interactive workshops. METHODS Twenty-nine practices were randomly allocated to one of three study arms. Australian asthma management guidelines were adapted to accomm...

BACKGROUND This study aims to elucidate the knowledge and practice of general practitioners (GP) and internists regarding diagnosis and treatment of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori ) infection in a high prevalent area, with the intent to assist with future educational strategies for H. pylori infection. METHODS In this cross-sectional study in Guilan, a Northern Province of Iran, all GPs and int...

BACKGROUND There is a large variation in referral rates to secondary care among GPs, which is partly unexplained. AIM To explore associations between reasons for referral to secondary care and patient, GP, and healthcare characteristics. DESIGN AND SETTING A cross-sectional study in Northern Norway. METHOD Data were derived from 44 (42%) of 104 randomly selected GPs between 2008 and 2010....

BACKGROUND Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in Indonesia. At initial diagnosis, 80% of the patients present with advanced stage disease. In Indonesia, primary medical care is generally provided by the health care centres; named Puskesmas. The lack of knowledge of various aspects of NPC of the General practitioners (GPs) working in these centers might c...

BACKGROUND Chinese medicine practitioners (CMPs) play an important part in rural and regional Australian healthcare. A survey was conducted to investigate referral practices between Chinese medicine (CM) and conventional primary health care practitioners in this region. METHODS A 27-item questionnaire was sent to all 1486 general practitioners (GPs) currently practising in rural and regional ...

OBJECTIVE To assess general practitioners' (GPs') attitudes to urinary incontinence in elderly patients and their experiences in the application of the Dutch College of General Practitioners' guideline in daily practice. DESIGN Two existed groups of six GPs working in villages and seven GPs working in urban practices. METHOD Two focus-group discussions with recording of discussions and tran...

BACKGROUND In families with hereditary cancer, at-risk individuals can benefit from genetic counselling and testing. General practitioners (GPs) are ideally placed to identify such families and refer them appropriately. OBJECTIVE To assess the practices, knowledge and attitudes of GPs regarding common hereditary cancers. METHODS An exploratory research design was used. An existing questionn...