Editorial: One-third of GPs are intending to retire within the next five years, and the imminent GP manpower crisis must be immediately addressed by the College and the State, writes medical editor John Latham.
News: Post-polio syndrome book released for health professionals⿦ Upcoming national GP trainee conference⿦ WONCA looks at evidence- based medicine⿦ Courses on acute emergencies... Golf competition winner at summer school.
Cover Story: Anne Henrichsen reports on the activities of the Network of Establishing GPs.
Quality in Practice: Olivia Fens looks at more QIP improvement competition entrants.
Mental Health: Tony Leahy looks at the Mental Health Act, and the changes occurring with its implementation.
Feature: New links have been forged between Maltese and Mayo GPs.
Research: Breffni Hannon and Caoilinn Monks look at current thinking on home visits.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the NGPIT group.
Research: Sinead Fitzpatrick on the pros and cons of delayed prescriptions.
Practice Management: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Feature: Ireland has an unusually high prevalence of severe asthma.
Research: Derek Gallagher looks at the increasing use of minor surgery in general practice.
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Clinical Review: Jillian Dalton looks at polymyalgia rheumatica.
Dermatology: A genetic link to eczema has been identified.
Women's Health: Olivia Fens looks at a new post-abortion care document for GPs.
Clinical Service Review: A selection of reviews of papers from the worldâ¿¿s leading medical journals, as chosen by our panel of GPs. Readers wishing to obtain copies of the papers can email their requests with reference number for each article.
Latham at Large: Some patients have a very simple diagnosis: poverty, writes John Latham.
From the Trenches: Michael Oâ¿¿Brien looks at complementary medicine.
Distance Learning: Bone health: This monthâ¿¿s distance learning programme for GPs deals with treatment options for osteoporosis. The programme is study leave-approved.
ICGP journal supplement
| Format | Weblink |
|---|---|
| Keywords | periodicals |
| Publisher | MedMedia Ltd |
| Classification | periodicals |
| Volume | 24 |
| ISSN | 0790-9977 |
| Pages | 51 |
| Categories: | Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources |
| External Link | http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=5009FE33-19B9-E185-838AD594D825AEBA |
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