Issues 2006

January/February

• January/February 2006 - Letters to the editor
• EPC encounters in Australian general practice
• Prevention. Building on routine clinical practice
• General practice and the management of chronic conditions. Where to now?
• Practice nurses. Working smarter in general practice
• Incorporating medical students into your practice
• Using computers to work smarter. A guide for GPs
• Getting evidence into practice using an asthma desktop tool
• Getting the most out of your practice. The Practice Health Atlas and business modelling opportunities
• Cancer screening. Benefits, harms and making an informed choice
• An approach to the patient with a family history of breast cancer. Benefits, harms and making an informed choice
• Diabetes and the skin. Part 4 - diabetic bullae
• Family history of breast cancer
• Basic black
• Chronic itchiness of the hands
• Identifying and training effective clinical teachers. New directions in clinical teacher training
• Prescribing Schedule 8 drugs
• I'm just ringing for some advice... Issues concerning GP advice lines
• Resilience promotion. Its role in clinical medicine
• Research capacity building in general practice. A new opportunity in Fremantle, WA
• Obituary: John Robinson Marshall (1929-2005)
• Grey nomads. Health and health preparation of older travellers in remote Australia
• Improving collaboration between community mental health services and GPs
• Characteristics of career advisors for general practice. A qualitative study of UK GPs
• Monitoring change in diabetes care using diabetes registers

March

• Letters to the editor
• Management of psychosis in Australian general practice
• The acutely psychotic patient. Assessment and initial management
• Road testing the newer antipsychotic agents
• Contemporary psychosocial treatment of psychosis. Not simple, but many opportunities
• Psychotic symptoms in the elderly. Assessment and management
• Substance use and psychosis
• Item 291. Progress in cooperation between GPs and psychiatrists
• Psychotic illness. Does complementary medicine have a role in management?
• Breast Cancer. Guiding your patient through treatment
• National Drugs Campaign. The GPs role in reducing illicit drug use
• Sexually transmitted infections. Ten common myths
• Sarcopenia. Exercise as a treatment strategy
• Compliance with treatment in osteoporosis patients. An ongoing problem
• Evaluation of an interpractice visit peer review program for rural Australian general practice registrars
• Mental illness and the law
• Seek first to understand. A foray into research
• BEACH overview
• Secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. A possible model for Australian general practice
• Depression. What should the doctor ask?
• Osteoporosis. Diagnosis and treatment in a general practice population
• Substance abuse and other comorbidities. Management in Australian general practice
• A population survey. Would Australian general practice be the first point of contact during an anthrax bioterrorism event?
• R U OK 2 TXT 4 RESEARCH? Feasibility of text message communication in primary care research
• Is your teenager trying drugs?

April

• Letters to the editor
• GI malignancies in Australian general practice
• Bowel cancer screening in Australia
• Bowel cancer - guide for the GP
• Diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal malignancy
• Management of oesophageal carcinoma
• Management of gastric cancer
• Pancreatic cancer - current management
• Life after breast cancer
• Until the chemist opens - palliation from the doctors bag
• Remove the tooth, but do not stop the warfarin
• Urinary incontinence in dementia - a practical approach
• Lifestyle factors in the management of cancer
• Osteoporosis from androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer treatment
• Brain teaser: Is this the price for my tattoo?
• Clinical Challenge
• The duty to follow
• Expressions of interest - writing for success
• Book reviews
• What are the essential medications in pallative care? - a survey of Australian palliative care doctors
• Home medicines reviews - do they change prescribing and patient/pharmacist acceptance?
• Increasing EBM learning in training GPs - a qualitative study of supervisors
• Decision making for women at menopause - a focus group study
• GI malignancies in Australian general practice

May

• Letters to the editor
• Reforming youth mental health
• Radiological tests in investigations of atypical chest pain
• Use of diagnostic imaging in Australian general practice
• Myocardial perfusion - a validated and mature cardiac imaging modality
• New innovations in vascular interventional radiology? - aortic stent grafting
• Uterine artery embolisation - a treatment alternative for women with fibroids
• Vertebroplasty - a new treatment for vertebral compression fractures
• Metastatic breast cancer
• Emerging psychosis in young people - Part 1 - key issues for detection and assessment
• Emerging psychosis in young people - Part 2 - key issues for acute management
• Emerging psychosis in young people - Part 3 - key issues for prolonged recovery
• Suicide prevention - targeting the patient at risk
• Colorectal cancer and CHF - reviewing the evidence for complementary medicine
• Bone mineral density - frequently asked questions
• Painful heel
• Clinical Challenge
• Loss of chance: what loss?
• Professional autonomy - is it the future of general practice?
• A teaching ward round in infectious diseases - a pilot module
• Reflecting on research
• Research papers submitted to Australian Family Physician - types and timelines
• Do GPs use electronic mental health resources? - a qualitative study
• Auditory symptoms in whiplash patients - could earwax occlusion be a benign cause?

June

• Letters to the Editor
• Management of type 2 diabetes in Australian general practice
• Type 2 diabetes - The pharmacotherapy of glycaemic control and risk factor modification.
• Teenagers with diabetes - management challenges
• Gestational diabetes
• Neglected nephropathy
• Sick day management for patients with diabetes
• High protein diets and diabetes
• Complementary medicine in the managent of diabetes
• Diabetes monitoring - frequently asked questions
• Cosmetic and reconstructive breast surgery
• Brain teaser: Mask of depression
• Clinical challenge
• Failure to diagnose: gestational diabetes
• Computers can’t listen - algorithmic logic meets patient centredness
• Cancer trends in Queensland - incidence and mortality from 1982-2001 in light of cancer prevention strategies
• Book reviews
• Are there health benefits from improving basic nutrition in a remote Aboriginal community?
• Management of primary superficial basal cell carcinoma
• Qualities of a good training practice - perceptions of advanced general practice resistrars
• A qualitative study of GPs’ views on modern genetics
• Foot assessment in patients with diabetes

July

• Letters to the editor
• Skin excisions in Australian general practice
• Wound repair in children
• Leg ulcers - Causes and management
• Which dressing should I use? - It all depends on the ‘TIMEING'
• Plastic surgery made easy - Simple techniques for closing skin defects and improving cosmetic results
• Diabetes and the skin - Onychomycosis
• Erythema induratum - A hypersensitivity reaction to Mycobacterium tuberculosis
• Shared decision making and decision aids - a literature review
• Treatments for damaged skin
• Acne and acne scarring - The case for active and early intervention
• One lump or two? A case study of infiltrating BCC on the nose
• Chronic nonmalignant pain - The rational use of opioid medication
• Point of care testing for C-reactive protein - A new path for Australian GPs?
• Osteoporotic fractures and vitamin D deficiency
• HIV seroconversion illness - latest HIV assays
• Clinical challenge
• Accessory nerve injury
• Brain teaser: Bilateral longitudinal splitting of toenails
• Opportunities and challenges for GPs in the developing world
• Shared decision making and decision aids - a literature review
• Attitudes, knowledge and practice of CRC screening among GPs in Queensland
• An audit of influenza vaccination rates
• Excising basal cell carcinoma in general practice
• Book reviews
• Are Perth metropolitan GPs prepared for common medical emergencies?
• Nonpigmented skin lesions - how many are nonmelanoma skin cancer?
• Generalism in the specialisms

August

• Letters to the editor
• BMI of Australian general practice patients
• If not dieting, now what?
• Weight loss medications - Where do they fit in?
• The science behind weight loss diets - A brief review
• Management of obesity - The role of surgery
• Individualising weight loss prescription - A management tool for clinicians
• Cholesterol - Frequently asked questions
• The role of physiotherapy in weight control
• Dysplastic melanocytic naevus syndrome
• Complementary medicines and weight management
• Dengue fever and dengue haemorrhagic fever - A diagnostic challenge
• Australia’s Vietnam veterans - A review
• Belonephobia - A fear of needles
• Evidence based answers - Is salmeterol safe in asthma?
• More than just a headache
• Clinical challenge
• ‘Wrongful life’ claims
• Interpreting and understanding meta-analysis graphs - A practical guide
• Balint groups - An Australian perspective
• Book reviews
• When symptoms of disease overlap with symptoms of depression
• Initiating a PDSA cycle - Improving management of diabetes in rural WA
• Assessing whiplash recovery - The Whiplash Disability Questionnaire
• The fate of papers rejected by Australian Family Physician
• Acne - Natural history, facts and myths
• AFP Information for Authors

September

• Letters to the editor
• Postnatal depression in Australian general practice
• Perinatal depression - Assessment and management
• The postpartum visit - Why wait 6 weeks?
• The crying baby
• Breastfeeding - Managing ‘supply’ difficulties
• What about dad? Psychosocial and mental health issues for new fathers
• Complementary medicine for pregnancy complications
• Self induction of abortion with instrumentation
• The abortion debate in Australia
• Gestational diabetes - Worth finding and actively treating
• Managing acne vulgaris effectively
• Sleep disturbances in the disabled child - A case report and literature review
• Skin cancer in patients with multiple health problems
• Stem cells - A clinical update
• The skin and the mind
• Clinical challenge
• Hippocrates’ tree
• Medication errors: immunisation
• Book reviews
• Screening for chlamydia with the Pap test
• Women’s experience of lactational mastitis - ‘I have never felt worse’
• GP wellbeing and general practice issues
• Managing shoulder pain in general practice - The value of academic detailing

October

• Clinical challenge
• Whither general practice palliative care?
• Malignant neoplasms - Management in Australian general practice
• Pain management in palliative care - An update
• Palliating symptoms other than pain
• Suffering, loss and grief in palliative care
• Palliative care for specific populations
• Advance health directives
• The role of physiotherapy in palliative care
• Complementary medicine in palliative care
• Managing skin cancer below the knee
• Localised herpes zoster infection and SIADH
• Intimate partner violence in deviant settings - Complex needs of women survivors
• Men who have sex with men - A management approach for GPs
• Bisphosphonates and osteonecrosis of the jaw
• Diagnostic challenge - Is this really a stroke?
• Chronic paronychia - Putting a finger on the evidence
• Endocrinology and the skin
• Minor skin excisions in general practice in North Queensland
• Training the primary care team - A successful interprofessional education initiative

November

• Letters to the editor
• GP of the Year awards 2006
• Irritable bowel syndrome in Australian general practice
• Dysmenorrhoea
• Pelvic pain in the female adolescent patient
• Ectopic pregnancy - Risk factors and diagnosis
• Pelvic inflammatory disease
• Endometriosis - An update
• Primary dysmenorrhoea - Evidence for complementary medicine
• Melanoma with cutaneous melanoma secondaries
• Routine pelvic examination for asymptomatic women - Exploring the evidence
• Chronic disease prevention in general practice - Applying the family history
• Cutaneous endometriosis - Surgical presentations of a gynaecological condition
• Polymyalgia rheumatica and giant cell arteritis - An ophthalmic emergency
• Masked giant cell arteritis
• Clinical challenge
• Beyond vertical integration - Community based medical education
• Abortion and the law in Australia
• Climate change and human health - What can GPs do?
• The appointment book and the story
• Dosing frequencies in general practice - Whose decision and why?
• General practitioners' referral letters - Do they meet the expectations of gastroenterologists and rheumatologists?
• Patients with dementia and their carers in general practice
• Patient perception of their weight, attempts to lose weight and their diabetes status

December

• Letters to the editor
• AFP reviewers 2006
• Work related encounters
• Back injuries - Getting injured workers back to work
• Work related upper limb disorders
• Getting the at risk patient back to work - A strategy
• Occupational wellbeing - Management of injured workers with psychosocial barriers
• Work related stress and pain - The role of complementary therapies
• Micronodular basal cell carcinomas
• Innovative insulins - Where do analogues fit?
• Insulin and type 2 diabetes - A simple guide to prevent ‘stuff ups’
• Clinical challenge
• A fraudulent certificate
• Integrating intuition and reasoning - How Balint groups can help medical decision making
• Navigating through the swampy lowlands - Dealing with the patient when the diagnosis is unclear
• Book reviews
• Practising GPs teaching medical students evidence based medicine - A questionnaire survey
• General practice research and research skill needs - Attitudes of GP supervisors
• Clinical teaching and clinical teacher training - GPs’ attitudes and involvement
• Attitudes of GPs to medical management in a falls clinic service
• Are Australian medical students missing out on psychological skills?
• Index to volume 35, 2006