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General medicine

Editorials

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

Book reviews

Every illness is a story

J Jill Gordon

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 132

General Practice Special Interests

General practitioners and cancer control

Brian R McAvoy

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

General practice and aged care

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

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

Book reviews

Menopause — it’s not just hormones

Sheila O’Neill

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 132

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

General Practice and Policy

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

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

General practice and medical education

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

General Practice and Policy

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

General Practice In Action

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

Wayne T Usher

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

Editorials

Whither the Divisions of General Practice?

Arn Sprogis

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

Book reviews

Better care for respiratory infections

Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (2): 114

General Practice and Policy

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 In Action

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

Research

A Quality Use of Medicines program for general practitioners and older people: a cluster randomised controlled trial

Sabrina W Pit, Julie E Byles, David A Henry, Lucy Holt, Vibeke Hansen and Deborah A Bowman

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 23-30 Free

For debate

Point-of-care tests for lower respiratory tract infections

Patrick G P Charles and M Lindsay Grayson

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 36-39 Free

Letters

Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in Brazil

Vitorino M dos Santos, Flávio L Noronha, Érica C Vicentina and Camila C Lima

Med J Aust 2007; 187 (1): 63-64

The profession

Medical professionalism: is it really under threat?

Kerry J Breen

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 596-598 Free

Research

Job satisfaction of staff and the team environment in Australian general practice

Mark F Harris, Judy G Proudfoot, Upali W Jayasinghe, Christine H Holton, Gawaine P Powell Davies, Cheryl L Amoroso, Tanya K Bubner and Justin J Beilby

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (11): 570-573 Free

Personal perspective

Why “culturally safe” health care?

Mary Belfrage

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): 537-538 Free

Supplement

Religion, spirituality and medicine in Australia: research and clinical practice

Harold G Koenig

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S45 Free

Supplement

Prayer as medicine: how much have we learned?

Marek Jantos and Hosen Kiat

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (10): S51 Free

Research

Rural and urban differentials in primary care management of chronic heart failure: new data from the CASE study

Robyn A Clark, Kerena A Eckert, Simon Stewart, Susan M Phillips, Julie J Yallop, Andrew M Tonkin and Henry Krum

Med J Aust 2007; 186 (9): 441-445 Free