EDITORIAL

The 12^th National Family Practitioners Conference

Why compulsory family medicine for general practice?

OPEN FORUM

Proposal of the Committee for General Practice of the Medical and Dental Professional Board: The future of family medicine  

6-10

ORIGINAL RESEARCH

The role of the visiting doctor in primary care clinics                                          

11-16

Couper ID, Malete NH, Tumbo JM and Hugo JFM

Abstract

Quality Improvement: Appropriate episiotomies in a district hospital               

17-19

Di Mattia L, Hugo JFM

Abstract

An assessment of factors influencing the prescribing of antibiotics in Acute Respiratory Illness: A questionnaire study  

20-24

Hoffman D, Botha J, Kleinschmidt I

Abstract

CPD PROGRAMME

Parkinson’s Disease – diagnosis and current management options

Smuts JA

Ethics - Dignity

Howarth GR

Forensic science in medicine: What every doctor in SA should know

Müller K, Saayman G

Quality use of medicines: Weighing SSRIs and TCAs

Gray A

Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis and Osteoarthritis

Gotlieb D