Australian Family Physician audio

Work related upper limb disorders are common, expensive and difficult to treat. Rheumatologist and occupational physician Dr Michael Shanahan talks to Steve Trumble about effective management approaches, and answers the question: "where has all the RSI gone?".

Endometriosis is a difficult condition to diagnose clinically; it also has major consequences for women in terms of pain, disablement and possible infertility. Dr David O'Callaghan gives Steve Trumble an update.

Endometriosis is one of the major causes of pelvic pain and subfertility in women.

Endometriosis is a difficult condition to diagnose clinically; it also has major consequences for women in terms of pain, disablement and possible infertility. Dr David O'Callaghan gives Steve Trumble an update.

Dr Jane Fischer talks about palliation of symptoms other than pain (including dyspnoea, nausea, constipation, and depression) in people with cancer and other diseases.

Symptoms other than pain are a heavy burden for patients with either malignant or progressive nonmalignant disease and significantly reduce quality of life.

Professor Patsy Yates discusses three of the most challenging areas of palliative care: when children are dying, when older people need decisions made, and when an Indigenous Australian is in need of palliation.

Ensuring access for all Australians to high quality palliative care requires an understanding of special considerations for specific populations, including children, older persons, and Indigenous Australians.

Dr Jane Fischer talks about palliation of symptoms other than pain (including dyspnoea, nausea, constipation, and depression) in people with cancer and other diseases

Professor Patsy Yates discusses three of the most challenging areas of palliative care: when children are dying, when older people need decisions made, and when an Indigenous Australian is in need of palliation.

Dr Roger Neighbour, visiting President of the RCGP, talks with Steve Trumble about general practice in the United Kingdom and how it differs from Australia.

Dr Roger Neighbour, visiting President of the RCGP, talks with Steve Trumble about one of the skills that lies at the core of being a general practitioner: "phronesis", or practical wisdom.

Rick Kausman talks about successful strategies for helping people be their most healthy weight

Helping patients to achieve and maintain their most healthy weight is a common challenge. Giving a 'one size fits all' set of instructions to patients who are over their most healthy weight does not help.

The President of the RCGP Dr Roger Neighbour talks with Steve Trumble about general practice in the United Kingdom and how it differs from Australia.