Editorial: The time for negotiating and planning for next year's infuenza campaign is now, not next september, Dr Leonard Condren
News: Practice computerisation gets nationwide boost, ICGP seeks directors to head up three new projects, EHB primary healthcare strategy, New national director of CME
Cover Story: With an increasing number of women entering General Practice, the profession has to face up to the need for more flexible working arrangements, Moira Cassidy
Interview: IPHA president Michael Dempsey calls for all the key groups in healthcare to develop a joint strategy to cope with the rapid changes being brought about by the information age, Geraldine Meagan
Computers: The age old problem of slow communications between hospitals and General Practice could be speeded up in one fell swoop with the use of email, Dr Brian Meade
Teaching: With a little bit of preparation practical problems such as finding time to set tasks for medical students in your practice can be easily overcome, Maureen Kelly
Practice Management: Practice-related questions answered
Open Forum: The onus will be on the prescriber, including GPs, to ensure all requests for x-ray procedures are clinically appropriate, when a new EU directive comes into force later this year, Liam Murray and Mary Coffey
Et cetera: Miscellany of medical matters
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs
Pain Management: Good assessment is the cornerstone of successful pain management in palliative care, Dr Emer Loughrey
Clinical Review: More primary care-based research is needed to improve the pre-hospital management of meningitis, Andrew Murphy and David Moore
Clinical Reveiw: Even modest weight loss can significantly improve glycaemic control and complications in the management of type 2 diabetes, Helen Byrne
Grand Rounds: A recent Grand Rounds meeting explored how the link between poverty and health risks such as CHD, lung cancer and respiratory diseases could be broken, Dr Kevin Quinn
Vaccination: Studies such as the ICGP's influenza surveillance project are vital for monitoring future health care needs, Drs Dermot Nolan and Patrick McCormick
Pharmaceutical Update: News from the industry
Clinical Review Service: A selection of reviews of papers from the world's leading medical journals
Latham at Large: Dr John Latham engages in a spot of naval gazing and finds himself in love with his profession
Doctor's Diary: When you're dealing with a patient lacking in basic hygiene, you truly know that you job is a vocation, Dr Hugh Dennison
UK View: The recent hysteria created by a high level of viral infection highlights the need for real research into influenza and related illnesses, Dr Rob Walker
ICGP journal supplement
| Format | |
|---|---|
| Keywords | periodicals |
| Publisher | MedMedia Ltd |
| Classification | periodicals |
| Volume | 17 |
| Edition | First |
| ISSN | 0790-9977 |
| Pages | 71 |
| Categories: | Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources |
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