The language used to describe medications is confusing, with multiple names for the same drug. A change to prescribing rules from today should go a long way to addressing this issue.
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Navigating the mosaic of mental health services available is hard. A GP can help.
Current guidance is not leading to cost-effective practice.
It’s the housing sector that could do most for winter health.
Antimicrobial stewardship is proving effective, but we’re not fully across what is happening.
A study that shows GPs are prescribing about five million too many antibiotic scripts a year means we have to take a radical new approach to reducing use of these drugs.
Living with a chronic disease is hard work. Today the federal government announced its intention to “revolutionise” the way chronic diseases and complex conditions are cared for.
Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence will today hear how the health system can better respond to partner abuse, with the help of trained professionals and broader, government support.
New guidelines launched by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners aim to help doctors educate women about the variety of genital appearance and stop them having unnecessary surgery.
Australia spent $16 billion on GP-related health care in 2012-13. Given that our public health system means each of us is paying for health care through our taxes, what should we expect from doctors?
With GPs facing greater economic pressure and the health minister considering legislative change to make it easier for GP to charge them, GP co-payments, like Lazarus, may rise again from the dead.
American medical graduates enter hospital training with a debt of around US$160,000 if they attended a public medical school, or US$190,000 if they attended a private school. In the United Kingdom, fees…
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Senior Lecturer, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Professor of General Practice, Adelaide University
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Dean Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry & Health Sciences, Chair of Primary Care Research,, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Family Violence Prevention, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Public Health, Bond University
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Professor of Clinical Education & Training, Melbourne Medical School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of General Practice, University of Sydney
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Professor, Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of General Practice, The University of Western Australia