Table of contents (Vol 2, No 1)

Smoking Cessation a Feasibility Study.
 

Oksana Burford presents the preliminary findings of a study in which young people were 'photoaged' to demonstrate the harmful effects of smoking on their facial appearance.

 

By Oksana Burford

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RESEARCH

Resilience and Primary Care Practitioners
 

In this paper, it is argued that an understanding of the factors that make up resilience can enhance communication and concordance between practitioner and patient. A model is presented demonstrating that resilience is an interaction between factors in the internal domain, comprising psychological characteristics and resources, and the external domain, comprising the social environment surrounding the individual.

 

By Robert Muller, Paul Ward, Tony Winefield, George Tsourtos, Sharon Lawn

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EDITORIAL

Rural and Remote Health a Theme for AMJ 2009.
 

The AMJ will focus on access to health care and invite you to reflect on the role of primary health care as the first and main provider of health care wherever you live.

 

 

By Moyez Jiwa

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Delivering Oral Chemotherapies
 

Professor Dooley urges caution when prescribing oral chemotherapies as a general practitioner.

 

By Michael Dooley

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Cancer care: UK and Canada
 

Sue Bates reflects on the challenges of organising cancer care for patients in rural and remote Canada compared to urban UK.

 

By Sue Bates

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