Sore throat? Don’t expect antibiotics
Doctors still frequently prescribe antibiotics for ‘strep throat’ – without using an extended consultation that may indicate a viral infection rather than a bacterial one, a […]
Flinders Professor wins prestigious medical award
Flinders Professor Michael Kidd has been awarded the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners’ (RACGP) most prestigious honour, the Rose-Hunt Award.
Kidd heads family doctors world-wide
Professor Michael Kidd says he will pursue an “ambitious agenda” in working towards universal coverage of primary care during his presidency of the World Organisation of Family Doctors.
Family doctors have social justice role
For Professor Michael Kidd, health and human rights are inextricably linked.