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Volume 187 Issue 2

16 July 2007

Editorials

Expanding primary care-based medical education: a renaissance of general practice?

Martin B Van Der Weyden

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 66-67

Whither the Divisions of General Practice?

Arn Sprogis

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 68-69

Primary care reform using a layered approach to the Medicare Benefits Scheme: unpredictable and unmeasured

Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 69-71

Will promoting general practitioners with special interests threaten access to primary care?

Moyez Jiwa, Hooi C Ee and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 71-72

Conference report

International conferences on rare diseases: initiatives in commitment, patient care and connections

Andrew W Knight and Domenica Taruscio

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 74-76

General Practice In Action

Multidisciplinary care plans for diabetes: how are they used?

Timothy D Shortus, Suzanne H McKenzie, Lynn A Kemp, Judith G Proudfoot and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 78-81 Free

Gold Coast general practitioners’ recommendations of health websites to their patients

Wayne T Usher

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 82-83 Free

A tale of two cities: academic service, research, teaching and community practice partnerships delivering for disadvantaged Australian communities

Claire L Jackson and John E Marley

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 84-87 Free

General practice and aged care

General practitioner consultations at residential aged-care facilities

Julie O’Halloran, Helena Britt and Lisa Valenti

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 88-91 Free

Medical services provided by general practitioners in residential aged-care facilities in Australia

Svetla Gadzhanova and Richard Reed

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 92-94 Free

General Practice and Policy

Whither Divisions of General Practice? An empirical and policy analysis of the impact of Divisions within the Australian health care system

Anthony Scott and William Coote

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 95-99 Free

Increased access to evidence-based primary mental health care: will the implementation match the rhetoric?

Ian B Hickie and Patrick D McGorry

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 100-103 Free

Care of patients with chronic disease: the challenge for general practice

Mark F Harris and Nicholas A Zwar

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 104-107 Free

Practice nurses in Australia: current issues and future directions

Helen Keleher, Catherine M Joyce, Rhian Parker and Leon Piterman

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 108-110 Free

General Practice Special Interests

The breast physician: an example of specialisation in general practice

Meagan E Brennan and Andrew J Spillane

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 111-114 Free

General practitioners and cancer control

Brian R McAvoy

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 115-117 Free

General practice and occupational health

Increasing violence in Australian general practice is a public health issue

Leanne Rowe and Michael R Kidd

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 118-119 Free

Clinical update

Treating adults with acute stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder in general practice: a clinical update

David Forbes, Mark C Creamer, Andrea J Phelps, Anne-Laure Couineau, John A Cooper, Richard A Bryant, Alexander C McFarlane, Grant J Devilly, Lynda R Matthews and Beverley Raphael

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 120-123 Free

General practice and medical education

General practice: a leading provider of medical student education in the 21st century?

Jill E Thistlethwaite, Michael R Kidd and Judith N Hudson

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 124-128 Free

The challenges of teaching in a general practice setting

Rod Pearce, Caroline O Laurence, Linda E Black and Nigel Stocks

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 129-132 Free

Vertical Integration in Teaching And Learning (VITAL): an approach to medical education in general practice

Marie-Louise B Dick, David B King, Geoffrey K Mitchell, Glynn D Kelly, John F Buckley and Susan J Garside

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 133-135 Free

Obituary

Norma Clyde (“Babette”) Stephens MB BS

John D Yeo

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 103 Free

Book reviews

Better care for respiratory infections

Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 114

Psychiatry in practice

Garry J Walter

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 123

Every illness is a story

J Jill Gordon

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 132

Menopause — it’s not just hormones

Sheila O’Neill

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 132