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Role of General Practitioners in Acute Case Handling

Physician's Weekly

Analysis of 500+ urgent GP visits in Germany shows most cases were handled in-office, often driven by fear, distress, or a need for reassurance. Students also recorded patients’ concerns and expectations, which were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. The results showed that 523 cases were collected from 53 GP practices.

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Geriatric Assessment Boosted Outcomes in OAs

Physician's Weekly

Follow-up assessments were completed by an independent assessor via telephone in 30 and 180 days.

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Flu vaccines are now available for 2025. What's on offer and which one should I get?

Medical Xpress

You may have received an email from your GP clinic or a text message from your pharmacy telling you they're in stock. It's that time of year when flu vaccines are becoming available in Australia.

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Trial of a Strategy to Reduce Antidepressants in Dementia

Physician's Weekly

The following is a summary of “Effects of deprescribing antidepressants in nursing home residents with dementia—a cluster randomized controlled trial,” published in the June 2025 issue of BMC Primary Care by Hølmkjær et al.

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Adventures of a Sick Doctor

Search This Blog Home About Me Sarah Fitzgibbon 47 year old GP, mother of three gorgeous children, wife of superhero husband, wrestler of metastatic bowel cancer. How To Be Good How To Be Good It's a long time since I read Nick Hornby's book and I don't remember much of the detail, but it is not surprising that I was d.

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