Quality in Primary Care Open Access

Editorial

Healthcare innovation and market forces

• Moyez Jiwa, Jack Carlsen, Barbara Horner

Research Paper

Contributions from the lifeworld: quality, caring and the general practice nurse

• Christopher Pearce, Christine Phillips, Sally Hall, Bonnie Sibbald, Julie Porritt, Rachel Yates, Kathryn Dwan, Marjan Kljakovic

Research Paper

Reducing the cost of proton pump inhibitors by adopting best practice

• Jeffery D Hughes , Wanitchaya Tanpurekul, Neil C Keen, Hooi C Ee

Research Paper

Advice to consult a general medical practitioner in Western Australia: could it be cancer?

• Moyez Jiwa, Georgia Halkett, Hayley Arnet, Marthe Smith, Ruth McConigley, David Lim, Max Bulsara, Akil Islam

Research Paper

What is the importance of the referral letter in the patient journey? A pilot survey in Western Australia

• Moyez Jiwa, Hayley Arnet, Max Bulsara, Hooi C Ee, Abby Harwood

Discussion Paper

A unifying theory of clinical practice: Relationship, Diagnostics, Management and professionalism (RDM-p)

• Tim Norfolk, A Niroshan Siriwardena

Discussion Paper

The relevance of equity in health care for primary care: creating and sustaining a ‘fair go, for a fair innings’

• Paul R Ward

Discussion Paper

Managing multiple sclerosis in primary care: are we forgetting something?

• George A Jelinek, Craig S Hassed

Quality Improvement Report

One service, many voices: enhancing consumer participation in a primary health service for multicultural women

• Susan K Lee, Sandra C Thompson, Deisy Amorin-Woods

Quality Improvement Report

Learning from four years of collaborative access work in Australia

• Andrew W Knight

International Exchange

Co-ordination and management of chronic conditions in Europe: the role of primary care – position paper of the European Forum for Primary Care

• Stefan Gre?, Caroline A Baan, Michael Calnan, Toni Dedeu, Peter Groenewegen, Helen Howson, Luc Maroy, Ellen Nolte, Marcus Redae`lli, Osmo Saarelma, Norbert Schmacke, Klaus Schumacher, Evert Jan van Lente, Bert Vrijhoef

Editorial

Are we sufficiently aware of the complexity of systems and the need for a systemic approach to evaluating quality?

• Danica Rotar Pavlic