Opinions

Market-driven health care is reshaping the GP–patient relationship, threatening the continuity, time, and trust that define general practice. This commentary examines how rising consumerism, marketing-led misinformation, and digitally fragmented care are undermining the foundations of clinical judgement, effective communication, and the evolving professional identity of general practitioners.

Shipra Sankpal

The RACGP and NAATSIHWP launch guide to advance and shape the future of culturally safe multidisciplinary care in general practice

Karl Briscoe, Karen Nicholls, Michael Wright

It would be tempting to think that the problem of coronary heart disease has been solved.

William A Parsonage, Sarah Zaman, Stephen J Nicholls, Rasha K Al-Lamee

Australia’s lung cancer screening program launched on July 1, and marks real progress and opportunity.

Lisa J. Whop, Alison Brown, Raglan Maddox

When using humour on social media, don’t make patients the punchline, writes Dr Maria Li.

Maria Li

The ABC’s Four Corners program God Complex should be regarded as a catalyst for change. Speaking up — safely, lawfully and together — is the first step.

Leanne Rowe

GPs and their patients face systemic issues with workers’ compensation schemes. The NSW Government’s proposed reforms to workers compensation legislation are a welcome sign that policy makers are listening.

Rebekah Hoffman

Spinal cord stimulators are electrical devices that are surgically implanted in the body to treat long-term pain. They have a battery pack and leads that deliver electrical impulses directly to the spinal cord. The devices are thought to work by providing electrical impulses that interfere with how the brain senses pain.

Caitlin Jones, Christopher Maher

Australia must vow to never to let our public health service suffer in the same way as the United States, write Robert Steinglass and C John Clements AM.

Robert Steinglass, C John Clements