General practice is one part of a health-care system in turmoil. The most visible and alarming symptoms of crisis are overwhelmed accident-and-emergency (A&E) departments in hospitals.

It's hoped the ACT Health pilot program, beginning in six months, will reduce the number of Canberrans facing lengthy waits for an attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnosis.

Now in its third edition and aimed at the general practitioner, Smith’s book is a considerable achievement, packing so much into just under 600 pages. The precedents are reproduced as separate ...

New Zealand has about 74 general practitioners per 100,000 patients, compared to 117 GPs per 100,000 in Australia, and 122 per 10,000 in Canada. Photo / Ross Setford, File Research from a Journal ...

At the same time, we do not note any features particularly novel, either in the subject-matter or in its arrangement, and in some respects the book seems to be lacking as a text-book of general ...

PURPOSEMany countries face a significant shortage of medical oncologists. To mitigate this problem, some countries, including Canada, have established training programs for general practitioners in ...

Does training general practitioners in oncology (GPOs) help address the growing burden of cancer in Nepal? Knowledge Generated A survey of 71 general practitioners from Nepal revealed that only 15% of ...

Ngāti Ruanui Healthcare’s newest general practitioner Dr Bili Wu. “Better collaboration, better support and wonderful people make this a great place to be a doctor” is the diagnosis of ...