AMJ

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.

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.

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.

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

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