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Chronic disease

Timely cancer diagnosis and management as a chronic condition: opportunities for primary care

Moyez Jiwa, Christobel M Saunders, Sandra C Thompson, Lorna K Rosenwax, Scott Sargant, Eric L Khong, Georgia K B Halkett, Gloria Sutherland, Hooi C Ee, Tanya L Packer, Gareth Merriman and Hayley R Arnet

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 78-82 Free

Editorials

Pay for performance systems in general practice: experience in the United Kingdom

Mark Ashworth and Roger H Jones

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 60-61

Research enterprise

Research productivity in Australian general practice: what has changed since the 1990s?

Deborah A Askew, Philip J Schluter and Jane M Gunn

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 103-104 Free

In Clinical Practice

The effect of advertising in clinical software on general practitioners’ prescribing behaviour

James F Reeve, Judith M Mackson, Michelle Sweidan and Margaret Williamson

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (2): 85

Editorials

The changing landscape for cervical screening

Annabelle Farnsworth

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 6-7

Book reviews

Girl stuff: the real deal

Melissa S L Kang

Med J Aust 2008; 189 (1): 49

Supplement

Depression in primary care: expanding the evidence base for diagnosis and treatment

Harvey A Whiteford

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S101-S102 Free

Supplement

What can alert the general practitioner to people whose common mental health problems are unrecognised?

Kay A Wilhelm, Adam W Finch, Tracey A Davenport and Ian B Hickie

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S114 Free

Supplement

Who is identified when screening for depression is undertaken in general practice? Baseline findings from the Diagnosis, Management and Outcomes of Depression in Primary Care (diamond) longitudinal study

Jane M Gunn, Gail P Gilchrist, Patty Chondros, Melina Ramp, Kelsey L Hegarty, Grant A Blashki, Dimity C Pond, Mike Kyrios and Helen E Herrman

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S119 Free

Supplement

Coordinated care in the management of patients with unexplained physical symptoms: depression is a key issue

Rene G Pols and Malcolm W Battersby

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S133 Free

Supplement

Preventing relapse of depression in primary care: a pilot study of the “Keeping the blues away” program

Catherine A Howell, Deborah A Turnbull, Justin J Beilby, Charlotte A Marshall, Nancy Briggs and Wendy L Newbury

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): S138 Free

Book reviews

The ethics of tomorrow’s health care

Stephen R Leeder

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (12): 697

Editorials

Vitalness of vital signs, and medical emergency teams

D James Cooper and Michael D Buist

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 630-631

Clinical update

Premature ejaculation: a clinical update

Neil R Palmer and Bronwyn G A Stuckey

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 662-666 Free

Book review

On-call help

Robert P Dowsett

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (11): 661

Research enterprise

Perceptions in health and medical research careers: the Australian Society for Medical Research Workforce Survey

Maria Kavallaris, Sarah J Meachem, Mark D Hulett, Catherine M West, Rachael E Pitt, Jennifer J Chesters, Warren S Laffan, Paul R Boreham and Levon M Khachigian

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 520-524 Free

Research

All in a day’s work: an observational study to quantify how and with whom doctors on hospital wards spend their time

Johanna I Westbrook, Amanda Ampt, Leanne Kearney and Marilyn I Rob

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (9): 506-509 Free

Supplement

Coordinating primary health care: an analysis of the outcomes of a systematic review

Gawaine Powell Davies, Anna M Williams, Karen Larsen, David Perkins, Martin Roland and Mark F Harris

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S65 Free

Supplement

Bringing evidence to bear on policy processes: the challenge of the Australian Primary Health Care Research Institute

Nicholas J Glasgow, John E Marley, Linda J Kristjanson, Janette A Donovan, Sally J Hall, Mark F Harris, David M Lyle, Elizabeth J Kerr and Frith Rayner

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S46 Free

Supplement

The implementation and impact of different funding initiatives on access to multidisciplinary primary health care and policy implications

Julie McDonald, Mark F Harris, Jacqueline Cumming, Gawaine Powell Davies and Pippa Burns

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S69 Free

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Models of chronic disease management in primary care for patients with mild-to-moderate asthma or COPD: a narrative review

Josephine M Cranston, Alan J Crockett, John R Moss, Robert W Pegram and Nigel P Stocks

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S50 Free

Supplement

Primary care funding and organisational policy options and implications: a narrative review of evidence from five comparator countries

Lucio Naccarella, Donna Southern, John Furler, Anthony Scott, Lauren Prosser, Doris Young, Hal Swerissen and Elizabeth Waters

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S73 Free

Supplement

Chronic disease management in primary care: from evidence to policy

Sarah M Dennis, Nicholas Zwar, Rhonda Griffiths, Martin Roland, Iqbal Hasan, Gawaine Powell Davies and Mark Harris

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S53 Free

Supplement

“Beyond workforce”: a systemic solution for health service provision in small rural and remote communities

John S Humphreys, John Wakerman, Robert Wells, Pim Kuipers, Judith A Jones and Phil Entwistle

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S77 Free

Supplement

Seriously working together: integrated governance models to achieve sustainable partnerships between health care organisations

Claire L Jackson, Caroline Nicholson, Jenny Doust, Lily Cheung and John O’Donnell

Med J Aust 2008; 188 (8): S57 Free