Editorial: Promoting Safety in our Workplaces: Working in General Practice,while being immensely rewarding, is intense, tiring and sometimes very stressful, writes John Latham.
News: New guidelines an historic step for chronic disease . . . Older women the theme at women's health conference . . . Registration for all College courses 2008-2009 now open . . . Useful article on vaccinations and tropical medicine.
Cover Story: Well-read - Take One Book Weekly for Mental Health: Quality cognitive-based bibliotherapy is often an effective treatment option for a number of mental health conditions, write Elaine Martin and Fiona Lyddy.
Open Forum: Abortion: Richard Shanahan says killing is obviously wrong, and that includes all life right back to the moment of conception. We all value living in a free society, but with personal autonomycomes personal responsibility, writes Richard Gavin.
Occupational Health: Why Going to Work is Good for your Health: There are many health-enhancing features of work that are often overlooked, writes John J McDermott
Reflections: What's it All About? During a walk in the hills, Rita Doyle pondered her role as a GP and lessons learned from her patients' experiences during 30 years in practice.
Feature: Empowering People to Reduce CVD Risk Factors: A primary prevention initiative has identified many at high risk of CVD who might otherwise go undetected. Niall Hunter reports.
Feature: Two-Way Process to Improve Arthritis Care: Lack of communication is preventing optimal treatment according to the campaign group Arthritis Ireland. Niall Hunter reports.
Feature: Those at the Coalface have a lot to Offer: Methadone treatment programmes could do with ongoing policy review and increased government support, writes Linda Latham.
UK View: Screening Plan takes GPs by Surprise: Rob Walker looks at the UK government's sudden plan to introduce free preventive vascular health checks for all over-40s.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the NGPIT group.
Distance Learning: Neurology: This month's distance learning programme for GPs deals with epilepsy in the elderly. The programme is study leave-approved.
Distance Learning Modules: List of distance learning modules.
Practice Management: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Pain Management: Going Gender-Specific in Pain Management: With chronic pain affecting more women than men, the disparities in symptom presentation and treatment have been highlighted.
Public Health: Vaccines Major Part of Primary Prevention: Derek Gallagher and Kevin Connolly look at the role of vaccines and new additions to the childhood immunisation programme.
Allergy Casebook: Sever Allergic Rhinitis: When a lifelong history of snuffly,runny nose turns into cough and wheeze, it is time to take a closer look, writes Paul Carson.
Women's Health: Focusing on the Older Women's Health Needs: GPs need to act as advocates for older women, College chairman Mark Walsh told the recent women's health conference. Olivia Fens reports.
Latham at Large: What's the Bleedin' Story Doctor? Venepuncture is a basic skill which is a very satisfying procedure, for the GP if not for the patient, writes John Latham.
From the Trenches: Michael O'Brien,while once a fan of the Olympic games,admits to mixed feelings over an event that has been diminished by cheating.
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Clinical Review Service: A selection of reviews of papers from the world'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.
ICGP journal supplement
| Format | Weblink |
|---|---|
| Keywords | periodicals |
| Publisher | MedMedia Ltd |
| Classification | periodicals |
| Volume | 25 |
| ISSN | 0790-9977 |
| Pages | 60 |
| Categories: | Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources |
| External Link | http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=02F2C0BB-19B9-E185-83C302AF27063C32 |
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