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Forum March 2008

Author: ICGP

Publication Year: 2008

Contents

Editorial: Ireland has no policy on diabetes and no strategy for its prevention; a worrying situation considering the current epidemic, writes medical editor John Latham.
News: Substance misuse programme expanded⿦ Call for curbs on alcohol sale⿦ Trainer workshop success⿦ New formulary edition released... AGM to discuss strategic plan... NUIG to host major conference.
Cover Story: D-Doc: Liam Quinn looks at the evolution and success of D-Doc.
Feature: Climate Change: Climate change will lead to a global health crisis unless addressed, writes John Gibbons.
Open Forum: GP Internship: Jennifer Alani shares her GP internship programme experience.
Research: Medication list: An up-to-date medication list is important for many patients visiting A&E, writes Ann Shortt.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the NGPIT group.
Research: Suicide: Patrick McSharry and Kim Wilson present new research on suicide.
Practice Management: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Feature: CODE Diabetes Programme: The CODE diabetes programme has made such an impact it has been expanded, writes Liz Kirby.
Open Forum: Chaperones: Tom Oâ¿¿Dowd on the importance of chaperones in intimate examinations.
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Clinical Review: Medication Adherence: Razi Hemani and Declan Lyons look at medication adherence.
Clinical Review: COPD: Jarlath Healy on the diagnosis of COPD in general practice.
Allergy Casebook: Severe Case of Allergy: The third instalment in a new series looks at a severe case of allergy.
Women's Health: New Breastfeeding Programme: Olivia Fens looks at a new breastfeeding programme which is increasing initiation numbers.
Clinical Service Review: A selection of reviews of papers from the world's leading medical journals, as chosen by our panel of GPs.
Latham at Large: John Latham on a very memorable GP trainers workshop.
From the Trenches: Michael Oâ¿¿Brien remembers his college friend and hero.
Distance Learning: Immunology: This month's distance learning programme for GPs deals common allergies. The programme is study leave-approved.

Description

ICGP journal supplement

Format Weblink
Keywords periodicals
Publisher MedMedia Ltd
Classification periodicals
Volume 25
ISSN 0790-9977
Pages 67
Categories: Irish Content, Forum, ICGP Resources
External Link http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=7FA72904-19B9-E185-837DEE23B44685C7
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