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GPs at the Edge: a quantitative description of Irish Rural General Practice

Rural and Remote Health, 2023
Introduction: Currently, more than 1.6 million Irish people live rurally. Rural populations in Ireland are older and have more health needs compared with younger urban areas.
Fintan Stanley, Robyn Homeniuk, Mike O'Callaghan, Monica Casey, Claire Collins, Liam Glynn   +5 more
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The absurd general practitioner [PDF]

British Journal of General Practice, 2020
I’ll always remember consoling a couple who had recently lost their child to leukaemia. Less than 10 minutes later a lifelong smoker was telling me they were expecting their centenary birthday card from the Queen. An individual working as a GP runs the risk of becoming an automaton.
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General practitioners' perceptions of effective health care [PDF]

, 1999
Objectives: To explore general practitioners' perceptions of effective health care and its application in their own practice; to examine how these perceptions relate to assumptions about clinicians' values and behaviour implicit in the evidence based ...
Humphrey, C., Rogers, S., Tomlin, Z.
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Point-of-care testing in primary care: needs and attitudes of Irish GPs

BJGP Open, 2017
Background: Studies outside of Ireland have demonstrated that GPs believe point-of-care tests (POCTs) are useful and would like to have more of these tests available in daily practice.
Laima Varzgaliene, Adrienne Heerey, Charlie Cox, Tomas McGuinness, Genevieve McGuire, Jochen WL Cals, Eamonn O'Shea, Maureen Kelly   +7 more
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Metabolic screening in primary care for patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder and taking antipsychotic medication [PDF]

Journal of Primary Health Care, 2020
INTRODUCTIONLife expectancy in patients with schizophrenia is 15–20 years less than the general population. A dominant cause of morbidity and mortality in these patients is cardiovascular disease.
Ross Lawrenson, Sophie Scarlet, Ruzaimah Mohammed, Kee Ping Lim, Shivam Deo, Abhijit Bhat, Muhammad Asim, Chunhuan Lao, Sally Carter, Joanna Ly, Lynne Chepulis, Rawiri Keenan   +11 more
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Minor surgery in general practice in Ireland- a report of workload and safety

BMC Family Practice, 2020
Background The provision of minor surgical services is an established part of the task profile of general practitioners (GPs) in many countries in Europe and elsewhere.
Ailís ní Riain, Niall Maguire, Claire Collins   +2 more
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Tauiwi general practitioners explanations of Maori health: Colonial relations in primary healthcare in Aotearoa/New Zealand? [PDF]

, 2002
This paper reports initial findings from qualitative research investigating how general practitioners talk about Maori health. Transcripts of semi-structured interviews with 25 general practitioners from urban Auckland were subjected to critical ...
Antaki, C., Atkinson, J., Berger, P., Billig, M., Cram, F., Cram, F., Davis, P., Durie, M., Durie, M., Durie, M., Durie, M., Edwards, D., Gergen, K., Harré, R., Howden-Chapman, P., Hunter, S., Ingham, R., Kaplan, S., Malson, H., Ministry of Health (MoH)., Nairn, R., Ogden, J., Parker, I., Pollock, K., Pomare, E., Pomare, E., Raymond Nairn, Ryan, K., Silverman, D., Smith, G., Smith, L. T., Teo, P., Timothy Mccreanor, Ussher, J., Ussher, J., Walker, R., Walker, R., Wetherell, M.   +37 more
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Optimising treatment in opioid dependency in primary care: results from a national key stakeholder and expert focus group in Ireland

BMC Family Practice, 2018
Background Treatment for opioid dependence in Ireland is provided predominantly by general practitioners (GP) who have undergone additional training in opioid agonist treatment (OAT) and substance misuse.
Marie Claire Van Hout, Des Crowley, Aoife McBride, Ide Delargy   +3 more
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Job dissatisfaction and early retirement: a qualitative study of general practitioners in the Northern Deanery [PDF]

, 2004
Early retirement has become an important labour market trend for workers in professional occupations. General practitioners (GPs), however, are in short supply, and are being encouraged by the government to stay at work beyond the age of 60.
Firth-Cozens, Jenny, Luce, Anna, Newton, John, van Zwanenberg, Tim   +3 more
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Piloting online self-audit of methadone treatment in Irish general practice: results, reflections and educational outcomes

BMC Medical Education, 2018
Background Work based learning underpins the training and CPD of medical practitioners. Medical audit operates on two levels; individual self-assessment and professional/practice development.
Marie Claire Van Hout, Des Crowley, Aoife McBride, Ide Delargy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source