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Forum May 2008

Author: ICGP

Publication Year: 2008

Contents

Editorial: With the future of general practice in focus, this yearâ¿¿s AGM is definitely a must-visit, writes medical editor John Latham.
News: College strategic plan for debate⿦ Disabled women needed for maternity research⿦ Conference focus on improving patient safety⿦ Palliative medicine conference... Joint ICGP/IMO manpower meeting.
Cover Story: ICGP Summer School: The College summer school is back with an expanded programme. Niall Hunter reports.
Feature: Stroke Services: There are major deficits in our stroke services. Olivia Fens reports.
Feature: Certification Committee: Karena Hanley looks at the work of the certification committee.
Open Forum: Abortion: It is time we lifted the silence around abortion, writes Mary Favier.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the NGPIT group.
Research: Lyme Disease:John McCormack looks at the incidence of Lyme disease in Connemara.
Practice Management: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Prevention: CVD Risk Factors: We must increase our efforts to prevent CVD risk factors, writes Eoin Oâ¿¿Brien.
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Clinical Review: Obesity: Obesity has become a major child health issue, writes Alf Nicholson.
Clinical Review: Crohn's Disease: The second part of our article on Crohnâ¿¿s disease looks at surgery and other issues.
Latham at Large: John Latham on the need to expand primary care teams.
From the Trenches: The health service needs a leader, writes Michael Oâ¿¿Brien.
Distance Learning: Cardiology: This monthâ¿¿s distance learning programme for GPs deals with hypertension. The programme is study leave-approved.
Mental Health: Depression combined with psychosis can be extremely debilitating, writes Jennifer Grant.
Vaccination: Suzanne Cotter outlines changes to the immunisation programme.
Clinical Review: Ankylosing Spondylitis: Trevor Duffy looks at the treatment of ankylosing spondylitis.
Women's Health: Menopause: We look at important new reports on the menopause.
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.

Description

ICGP journal supplement

Format Weblink
Keywords periodicals
Publisher MedMedia Ltd
Classification periodicals
Volume 25
ISSN 0790-9977
Pages 75
Categories: Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources
External Link http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=C92CBE73-19B9-E185-83FFC2BA4AF45AF9
Email: library@icgp.ie, Tel: 01 6763705, Fax: 01 6765850