Editorial: This year's Summer School was an energising experience with a wide variety of well-presented and relevant workshops, writes Medical Editor, John Latham.
News: Data protection guidelines for patient information... New clinical leads appointed... College to promote QUIT anti-smoking campaign... Second annual ICGP research and audit conference.
Cover Story: Many GPs in the mid-west out-of-hours service have experienced assault and harassment, write Ruth Moloney and Richard Murray.
Medico-Legal: In the second of our two-part series on mental capacity, Karena Hanley looks at the practical approach to assessment.
Quality in Practice: A patient information leaflet on antibiotics for URTIs can reduce prescription, writes Laura Noonan.
World View: The Royal Army Medical Corps has an intriguing history and it is a privilege to provide care to soldiers, writes Dan Murphy.
Practice Management: Your practice-related questions tackled by the MiPP.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the national GPIT group.
Diary: Round-up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Research: Breeda Ryan and Niall Maguire describe the particular challenges in developing a diabetes register to identify at-risk patients.
Quick Reference Guide: Management pathways for patients with COPD.
Distance Learning: Nephrology: This month's distance learning programme looks at chronic kidney disease.
Clinical Review: Generalised anxiety disorder is a disabling condition which often presents with depression and alcohol abuse.
Dilemmas in Practice: Claire McNicholas offers advice on the issue of lipid testing in general practice.
Dermatology: In the second article on dermatology presentations in skin of colour, Johnny Loughnane looks at rash, acne, eczema and psoriasis.
Clinical Review: Antibiotics have limited efficacy in treating a large proportion of RTIs, writes Sean MacGiobuin.
Women's Health: GPs must give accurate advice to obese women pre-conception, during pregnancy and postpartum, writes Miriam Daly.
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.
Latham at Large: A patient of John Latham's writes an account of his life - the story of an addict who decided enough was enough.
From the Trenches: Carers are saving the State a fortune on nursing home and residential costs but need help, writes Michael O'Brien.
ICGP journal supplement
| Format | Weblink |
|---|---|
| Keywords | periodicals |
| Publisher | MedMedia Ltd |
| Classification | periodicals |
| Volume | 28 |
| ISSN | 0790-9977 |
| Pages | 52 |
| Categories: | Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources |
| External Link | http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=F540D885-19B9-E185-838373E3A90A2A63 |
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