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Forum September 2007

Author: ICGP

Publication Year: 2007

Contents

Editorial: GPs need to increase their awareness of post polio syndrome, writes medical editor, John Latham.
News: Death of former College president Ted O'Brien... New edition of medicines formulary... National GP trainee conference... New DVD to help patients with COPD... Winter Meeting to host special research section.
Cover Story: Owen Clarke looks back at the development of his own career and the specialty of general practice.
Feature: Elaine Neary gives a student's view of general practice.
Mental Health: Stephen McWilliams reports on the success of the DETECT scheme.
Quality in Practice: Olivia Fens looks at more QIP improvement competition entrants.
Feature: Emmet Kerin reports on a recent major palliative care conference.
Open Forum: Niamh Carew continues the debate on the value of home visits.
IT Q&As: Your computer-related questions tackled by the NGPIT group.
Practice Management Q&As: Your practice-related questions tackled by the College MiPP.
Nutrition: Nutrition advice is essential for people with diabetes, writes Martina Connellan.
Mental Health: GPs want psychologists as key primary care team members, writes Michael Byrne.
Clinical Review: Karen Reidy and Susan McKiernan explain the serology and clinical features of hepatitis B.
Diary: Round up of meetings and events of interest to GPs.
Psychology: Alan Moran looks at the use of neurolinguistic programming.
Dermatology: A look at keratoacanthoma.
Women's Health: Inequalities still exist in women's healthcare provision. Olivia Fens reports.
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: Sailing is just as complicated as deciphering medical literature, writes John Latham.
From the Trenches: Michael O'Brien reflects on our increasingly obese population.
Distance Learning: Endocrinology: This month's distance learning programme for GPs deals with cardiometabolic risk. The programme is study leave-approved.
John Fleetwood Snr - An Appreciation: John Fleetwood Senior (1917-2007).

Description

ICGP journal supplement

Format Weblink
Keywords periodicals
Publisher MedMedia Ltd
Classification periodicals
Volume 24
ISSN 0790-9977
Pages 75
Categories: Forum, ICGP Resources
External Link http://www.icgp.ie/go/library/forum?spid=FE2A648C-19B9-E185-830048B6F84ED20E
Email: library@icgp.ie, Tel: 01 6763705, Fax: 01 6765850